Author: Stephanie van den Berg

den Berg (The Hague 1974) is a freelance journalist working for Reuters and other clients on international justice and Dutch news. Her interest in all things war crimes and international tribunals started while covering the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and other The Hague courts in the early 2000s for the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency. After seven years abroad in Senegal and Serbia she returned to The Hague and international courts with her family and two rehabilitated Belgrade street cats a few years ago.

Episode 146 – When Is It A War? with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg

With the last weeks of U.S. strikes on alleged drug dealer boats and saying they are in “a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, we ask ‘when is war’ and whether a state can just announce it is at war, with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg.
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Justice Update – Petrified Survivors

Steph and Janet discuss the newly unveiled global memorial dedicated to all survivors and victims of conflict-related sexual violence in The Hague

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Asymmetrical Haircuts is created, produced and presented by Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, together with a small team of producers, assistant producers, researchers and interns. Check out the team here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/what-about-asymmetrical-haircuts/

Episode 137 – Hospitals and IHL with Cordula Droege

What International Humanitarian Law (IHL) – the laws of war – say about hospitals, with Cordula Droege of the ICRC.
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Episode 136 – Aggression Therapy with Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė and Christian Wenaweser

Gabija Grigaite Daugirde and Christian Wenaweser come on the podcast to discuss the new Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and the new International Criminal Court’s focus on aggression.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts is created, produced and presented by Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, together with a small team of producers, assistant producers, researchers and interns. Check out the team here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/what-about-asymmetrical-haircuts/

Episode 135 – The Climate in Africa with Yusra Suedi

This week we’re looking a possible case on climate change before the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (and asking our guest Yusra Suedi how it fits in with other cases before international legal bodies that involve climate change and trying to hash out states’ obligations.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts is created, produced and presented by Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, together with a small team of producers, assistant producers, researchers and interns. Check out the team here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/what-about-asymmetrical-haircuts/

Justice Update – ICC Speed Check

Rumours of arrest warrants in the Palestine investigation at the ICC are circulating – how is the court managing its workload? With Mark Kersten.

Justice Update – Happy 2024

What were the big justice events of 2023 and what are the challenges of 2024? Practicioners, journalists, and academics all tell us what’s happened and what’s ahead.

Justice Update – First LRA verdict

Former Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen is found guilty. Horrendous crimes. But his former child soldier status fascinates commentators.

The Prosecutor Files: Fergal Gaynor

It’s the biggest job in international justice: prosecutor of the ICC. Who will the next one be? Janet and Stephanie talk to the candidate Fergal Gaynor

The Prosecutor Files: Richard Roy

It’s the biggest job in international justice: prosecutor of the ICC. Who will the next one be? Janet and Stephanie talk to candidate Richard Roy.

Justice Update – ICC omnishambles

Stephanie and Janet offer a smorgasbord of commentators to talk about all things ICC: the upcoming elections, the expert review and the U.S. sanctions

Justice Update – Darfur case at last?

Janet and Stephanie catch up with Amal Nassar of FIDH to talk about the long wait for ICC Darfur cases after one of the fugitives hands himself in to the court

Justice Update: Is Sudan’s Bashir ICC-bound?

This week it appeared that ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir might be transferred to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity and genocide for his army’s crackdown in Darfur.
Janet and Stephanie talk through the latest developments.

Episode 15 – All the way to the top with Elies van Sliedregt

How can you prosecute military and civilian leaders for atrocity crimes? Leeds University professor Elies van Sliedregt helps unravel ‘modes of liability’ for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity at international criminal tribunals

Justice Update – Holiday Haircuts

The Haircuts celebrate this holiday season with self-indulgence and a dose of self-mockery. Plus intern Hannah gives some super recommendations on what to watch and listen to.

Justice Update – A busy week in court

Janet calls Stephanie to see what’s been going on with the Lebanon Tribunal, the Gbagbo case at the ICC and the a case about alleged Israeli war crimes in a Dutch court

Justice Update – Back to School

We’re back from the break and introducing our new Justice Update format where Janet and Stephanie talk current developments in the courts

Justice Update – Cake and Courts

We take a short break from other reporting duties to talk about India versus Pakistan at the International Court of Justice and celebrate the first two weeks of having the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast up and running.