Episode 103 – The End of UNITAD with Christian Ritscher

Christian Ritscher taks about wrapping up UNITAD mission in Iraq. UNITAD is the UN investigative mechanism to get accountability for crimes committed by Isis.

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.

Episode 78 – Ukraine’s Taken Children with Yulia Ioffe and Nathaniel Raymond

Janet and Stephanie talk about the methods used by the Russian government for the transfer of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation and what legal classifications could apply with international law scholar Yulia Ioffe and war crimes investigator Nathaniel Raymond

Episode 67 – Staging an ICJ intervention with Juliette McIntyre

Self-professed ICJ procedure wonk Juliette McIntyre of the University of South Australia on the slew of interventions in the Ukraine Russia genocide case at the ICJ

Episode 59 – When Your Beat Becomes a War Zone with Oksana Kovalenko

Ukrainian journalist Oksana Kovalenko explains how her work has changed during war, against the reality of air raids and petrol shortages.

Episode 55 – Detour to Strasbourg with Molly Quell and Isabella Risini

An interstate case at the ECHR between Ukraine and the Netherlands versus Russia, with Molly Quell and Isabelle Risini.

Episode 54 – ISDS 101 with Tara van Ho

Janet and Stephanie sit down with Dr Tara van Ho to get a crash course in Investor State Dispute Settlements and the controversy around them

Justice Update – Khan meets the press and the ICC states

Janet and Stephanie head to the the corridors of the International Criminal Court’s annual assembly of states parties in The Hague and talk Karim Khan, budget and complimentarity

Justice Update : Sweden and Sudan

We talk to Pax for Peace’s Egbert Wesslink about the Lundin Sudan war crimes case being brought in Sweden

Justice Update – We Love a Balkans Theme

Stephanie catches Janet up with the first day of the first ever trial in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and gives a theatre recommendation

Special Episode – Asymmetrical Haircuts presents Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to know

The people behind the new podcast – Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to know (you can tell they are researchers) – came over to us at Asymmetrical Haircuts to tell us all about it

Episode 37 – Liberian Truths with Massa Emilia Washington and Emmanuelle Marchand

War crimes committed in the Liberian civil war is now being litigated via universal jurisdiction trials. Journalist Massa Washington and Emmanuelle Marchand from Civitas Maxima discuss universal jurisdiction cases in Switzerland and Finland.

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.

Transcript – The Prosecutor Files: Fergal Gaynor

Fergal Gaynor candidate for ICC prosecutor transcript

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

Episode 30 – Calling Kosovo with Una Hajdari

Janet and Stephanie call Kosovo journalist Una Hajdari to see what the view from Pristina is on a busy few weeks with the first Kosovo court arrests

Justice Update – The First in Many Ways

Janet and Stephanie take a break from their break to ask Shannon Raj Singh about the upcoming judgement at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Episode 27- Srebrenica 25: Genocide and Denial with Iva Vukusic, Jennifer Trahan and Hikmet Karcic

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide Janet and Stephanie sit down with Iva Vukusic, Jennifer Trahan and Hikmet Karcic to talk the legacy of the Yugoslavia tribunal and revisionism in Bosnia

Episode 26 – High Moral Character with Danya Chaikel, Diane Marie Amann and Priya Pillai

Janet and Stephanie talk through the upcoming election for a new ICC prosecutor with three fabulous women commentators Diane Marie Amman, Danya Chaikel, Priya Pillai.

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

Episode 25 – Victims’ Day in Court with Liesbeth Zegveld

Dutch human rights lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld discusses how she manages to get the state to pay compensation to victims of war crimes.

Episode 23 – Perceptions of Evil with Kjell Anderson

Janet and Stephanie sit down with Kjell Anderson to talk about perpetrators and genocide and the myths that surround both

Episode 20 – Kosovo’s zombie court comes to life with Maj Grasten

It’s alive! We finally got around to talking all things Kosovo court with Maj Grasten from Copenhagen Business School

Episode 18 – Afghanistan and the U.S. war on terror with Katherine Gallagher

Katherine Gallagher has been arguing that the ICC should investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Her clients passed through Afghanistan and are currently held at Guantanamo Bay. The ICC investigation could target U.S. military personnel, as well as Afghan government forces and the Taliban.

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.

Justice Update : Please, Release Me Unconditionally

Stephanie catches Janet up on the case of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo who wants the ICC to lift all restrictions on his release

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 – Dinner at the ASP

Janet and Stephanie catch up on the buzz around ecocide and environmental crimes

Episode 14 – ICC Con comes to town with Liz Evenson, Amal Nassar and Alix Vuillemin Grendel

To prepare for the the International Criminal Court’s assembly of state parties (ASP) Janet and Stephanie sit down with NGO representatives Liz Evenson, Amal Nasser and Alix Vuillemin Grendel to hear about the big issues at the ICC’s annual get-together

Episode 12 – Genocide and Gender with Akila Radhakrishnan

On the day of Gambia’s historic filing with the ICJ to ask Myanmar to ‘stop the genocide of the Rohingya’ Janet and Stephanie talk to Akila Radhakrishnan of the Global Justice Center

Episode 11 – The Attraction of the World Court with Priya Pillai

We’re taking a closer look at the kind of highly-charged cases the International Court of Justice has been getting more and more of.

Episode 10 – Sabine Nolke: Maple Leaf Diplomacy

We try to get the low down on who could be the next ICC prosecutor from the very diplomatic Sabine Nolke, chair of the committee looking for a new ICC prosecutor

Transcript Ep 7 – Justice via the backdoor with Kevin Jon Heller

Written version of episode 7 where Janet and Stephanie talk about Kevin Jon Heller’s dark Hollywood past and his opinion on the ICC and Myanmar

Episode 8 – JJ Wangui lets victims speak

Janet goes AWOL and interviews another woman with an asymmetrical haircut. Kenyan journalist JJ Wangui who lets victims of sexual violence tell their stories

Justice Update – CAR II: Redacted

Stephanie and Janet talk through the ICC confirmation of charges hearing for the Central African Republic II case

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

Transcript Ep 6 – Dogs of War with Iva Vukusic

A written transcript of Episode 6 where Janet and Stephanie talk paramilitaries in the former Yugoslavia with researcher Iva Vukusic

Episode 6 – Dogs of War with Iva Vukusic

For our delve into paramilitaries and the former Yugoslavia, Iva and her research assistant Joy, took us on a walk in a cemetery in The Hague.

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.

Episode 5 – All the different ways of getting justice for MH17 with Marieke de Hoon

Marieke de Hoon talks us through all the different legal avenues for getting justice for the victims of flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine in 2014

Episode 4 – Perp Talk with Barbora Hola

We sit down with criminologist Barbora Hola to talk about perpetrators and life after sentencing at international courts

Episode 3 – Only human, judges at the ICC

There has been a lot of talk about judges at the ICC this year. We sit down to talk you through the different controversies and have insights from a former ICC judge.

Episode 2 – It’s not about the money, says Lorraine Smith van Lin

We speak with Lorainne Smith van Lin of Redress about reparations for victims at the ICC and why the process is taking so long

Episode 1 – Justice on the Cheap, with Celeste Hicks

We discuss the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre with journalist Celeste Hicks

Episode 0 – Sharon Stone & the Haircut of International Justice

Welcome to our podcast, in this introduction we explain who we are, what we want with the podcast and how we got our name

Trailer – a one minute introduction to Asymmetrical Haircuts