Episode 119 – Dealing with Secondary Trauma, part 2
Secondary trauma: lawyers. journalists and trainers explain in this podcast how awareness of mental health in the international justice field is shifting.
Author: Margherita
Episode 118 – Dealing with Secondary Trauma, part 1
In the first episode of our mini-series on secondary trauma for documenters of atrocity crimes, we talk to journalists, lawyers and trainers on how traumatic material can impact them and how they cope.
Episode 112 – The Road to a New Crimes against Humanity Treaty with Leila Sadat and Priya Pillai
Leila Sadat and Priya Pillai explain why a new treaty for Crimes against Humanity matters for conflicts happening today.
Special Episode – Anthony Deutsch joins The War Criminals Book Club
At the Patreon War Criminals Book Club, we asked Anthony Deutsch about his experience investigating the 1960s massacres in Indonesia carried out against communists, and his thoughts on the documentary The Act of Killing, which follows the same events.
Episode 102 – Bonaire’s Climate Litigation – The Eco Files
Greenpeace expert Eefje de Kroon and planitiff Kjelld Masoud Kroon talk on the podcast about the climate litigation brought by the Caribbean island of Bonaire against the Netherlands
Episode 95 – Adaptable Justice for Syria with Catherine Marchi-Uhel
Collecting evidence for crimes committed in Syria with head of the UN’s IIIM Catherine Marchi-Uhel.
Episode 87 – Venezuela sequel with Dalila Seoane and Ignacio Jovtis
Dalila Seoane and Ignacio Jovtis tell us about the evidence they found of crimes against humanity in Venezuela and how it was possible to prosecute it in Argentina under the principle of universal jurisdiction
Episode 85 – Enforced Disappearance ‘firsts’ with Vony Rambolamanana and Ana Srovin Coralli
With Ana Srovin Coralli and Vony Rambolamanana we discuss how a Belarusian man who confessed and was tried for enforced disappearances was then acquitted in Switzerland.
Episode 82 – Finally, Venezuela with Marta Valiñas and Joanna Frivet
Marta Valinas and Joanna Frivet on documenting crimes against humanity in Venezuela and analyse how the ICC is moving forward
Justice Update – Investigating Aggression in Ukraine
What’s the new international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in Ukraine? Who’s behind it? What role will the US play?
Introducing: The War Criminals Book Club
In the first episode of our Patreon bonus series, the ‘War Criminals Book Club’ with Molly Quell, we read To Catch a Dictator by Reed Brody
Episode 76 – Virtual Legal Reality with Sarah Zarmsky, Brittan Heller and Shirin Anlen
Brittan Heller, Shirin Anlen, Sarah Zarmsky discuss opportunities and challenges of digital reconstructions in international courts
Justice Update – Migrant traffickers on trial in Europe
How come two Eritrean men are on trial in Italy and the Netherlands connected to human trafficking in Libya? With Gerben Wilbrink for the Dutch prosecution, Giorgia Righi for the Italians, and Nicole Samson for an ICC perspective.
Justice Update – Communications at the ICC
Janet and Stephanie discuss the whys and wherefores of NGO communications to the ICC, with Andreas Schüller
Episode 74 – Interventions for Aggression with Christian Wenaweser
Liechtenstein Ambassador at the UN Christian Wenaweser talk about the prosecution of the crime of aggression against Ukraine
Episode 73 – What About U.S.? with Beth van Schaack
Beth van Schaack on renewed US support to the ICC, crime of aggression in Ukraine and possible accountability in Liberia, Ethiopia, El Salvador
Episode 72 – Sex Crimes Education with Valerie Oosterveld and Kim-Thuy Seelinger
Conflict related sexual violence and gendered crimes – the basics – discussed by Professors Valerie Oosterveld and Kim-Thuy Seelinger
Justice Update – Palestine and Israel at the ICJ
What to expect from the ICJ on Israeli occupation in Palestine, with Mike Becker and Eliav Lieblich
Justice Update – Ongwen ICC Appeal Reactions
Janet and Stephanie assemble a panoply of lawyers, activists and on-the-ground observers to talk about the Ongwen appeals decision at the ICC
Episode 71 – Catching Dictators with Reed Brody
25 years after the Pinochet trial, listen back to Reed Brody on how he got into ‘Catching Dictators’ and -with victims – got justice for Chadian Hissène Habré
Episode 70 – Ukrainian War Crimes Trials with Ukrainian Judges
Ukrainian judges talk about how the national judiciary is coping with trying war crimes while at war
Episode 69 – International Humanitarian Law with Alphons Orie
Judge Alphons Orie on international humanitarian law as it meets international criminal tribunals
Episode 68 – Reverberations of Hawija with Lauren Gould and Machiko Kanetake
Lauren Gould and Machiko Kanetake discuss the consequences of the Dutch airstrike on Hawija Iraq.
Justice Update – Kenya Crimes against Humanity
How will Kenya prosecute post electoral crimes against humanity committed in 2017? Kathy Roberts and Maxine Marcus explain
Justice Update – The Sea The Sea with Molly Quell and Douglas Guilfoyle
Molly Quell and Douglas Guilfoyle explain the law of the sea and how ITLOS works and the Chagos dispute
Episode 66 – Documenting War Crimes with Anya Neistat and Eva Buzo
Anya Neistat and Eva Buzo discuss dangers of over-documentation and best practices in contexts like Rohingya refugee camp Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Ukraine.
Episode 65 – Deadly Journalism with Almudena Bernabeu
Will accountability for the targeting and killing of journalists ever be possible? We discuss with Almudena Bernabeu.
Episode 64 – Track and Trace with Serge Brammertz
UNMICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz explains how they track fugitives alleged to be behind the Rwanda genocide.
Episode 63 – Wild Things with Olivia Swaak Goldman
Olivia Swaak Goldman talk about organised wildlife crime and how to prosecute it.
Episode 61 – The Trouble with the Cambodia Tribunal with Megan Hirst
Megan Hirst tells Janet and Stephanie why she resiged from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), how victims’ representation should work and some pros and cons of hybrid tribunals.
The Summer Collection 2022 – Why be a Watchdog with Taegin Reisman and Jennifer Easterday (repeat)
Taegin Reisman and Jennifer Easterday on why should we monitor atrocity crimes trials
The Summer Collection 2022 – Bringing up the Bodies (repeat)
How should we investigate mass graves? Kathryne Bomberger from the ICMP and the UN’s Agnes Callamard join us with a zoom audience to discuss the challenges facing states and victims’ families.
The Summer Collection 2022 – Social Media on Trial with Yvonne McDermott Rees and Karolina Aksamitowska (repeat)
How does evidence from social media lead to a war crimes conviction in Europe? Yvonne McDermott Rees and Karolina Aksamitowska tell us what’s been changing.
The Summer Collection 2022 – Drone Wars with Jessica Dorsey and Aditi Gupta (repeat)
Jessica Dorsey and Aditi Gupta discuss the lack of transparent rules and secrecy of states in deploying armed drones.
ICC 20th Anniversary with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Why do states sign up to the ICC and why not? 20 years down the line, Coalition for the International Criminal Court members talk us through Ukraine Philippines and more.
Episode 60 – Libya and the real EU refugee crisis with Sally Hayden and Marwa Mohamed
Journalist Sally Hayden and Libya human rights defender Marwa Mohamed talk refugee detention centres and crimes against humanity in Libya.
Episode 58 – War reporting with Danny Kemp
Journalist Danny Kemp recalls finding the dead bodies in Bucha, and discusses the role journalists are playing in reporting war crimes in Ukraine.
Episode 57- International Justice Start-Up Junkie with Klaus Rackwitz
Klaus Rackwitz, a self-confessed start-up junkie, looks back at the beginning of the ICC and the Nuremberg legacy in relation to Ukraine.