podcast episodes – asymmetrical haircuts

Justice Update – Vanuatu at the ICJ – The Eco Files

What is Vanuatu asking at the ICJ about states obligations to prevent climate change? Margaretha Wewerincke-Singh explains.

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 77 – Darfur Roots with Rebecca Hamilton and Tajedin Abdallah Adam

Rebecca Hamilton and Tajedin Abdalla Adam come on the podcast to explain what is going on in Sudan and Darfur and how the International Criminal Court might come into play

Justice Update – Universal Jurisdiction

Universal Jurisdiction cases for atrocity crimes – are they the new norm?

In Memoriam: Benjamin B. Ferencz

This week the international justice community has been brought together in mourning by the passing of Benjamin Ferencz. Ferencz served as the chief prosecutor for the United States Army during the Einsatzgruppen trial, one of twelve trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity part of the Nuremberg Trials. Later in his career Ferencz became a champion for the establishment […]

Justice Connection – Kosovo Timewarp

Former Kosovo president is on trial in The Hague – Janet and Stephanie outline the case

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

Justice Update – Putin and The Hague

An ICC arrest warrant for Russia’s Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine – quick reactions.

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 75 – Failures of Justice with Kate Gibson and Barbora Hola

Kate Gibson and Barbora Hola explain why eight men acquitted by the ICTR are stuck in Niger and why international justice is failing them

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

Reed Brody on his book To Catch a Dictator: how together with victims got justice for former dictator of Chad 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 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 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 62 – Black and White, Chagos at the ICJ with Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands on what the Chagos legal battle tells us about race and international law.

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.

Justice Update – Awful Anniversaries

The latest on Myanmar Syria and Ukraine accountability.

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.

Justice Update – Campaign for a new International Anti-Corruption Court

How to set up a new court – an International Anti-Corruption Court. With Maia Groff and Richard Goldstone.

Justice Update – Four Ways to Accountability in Ukraine

Accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine with Mykola Gnatovskyy, Kateryna Busol, and Howard Morrison: local prosecution, ICC, a potential new tribunal, and universal jurisdiction.

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 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 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.

Justice Update – Prison Life in North Korea

Torture and other crimes amounting to crimes against humanity are being committed in the North Korean penal system, says the NGO Korea Future which documents the alleged abuses

Justice Update – First Darfur trial at the ICC

Emma DiNapoli discusses the start of first Darfur trial at the ICC.

Episode 56 – Believing in Guatemalan Women with Brisna Caxaj and Marlies Stappers

How did Guatemalan indigenous women achieve success in a rape case against former paramilitaries with Marlies Stappers and Brisna Caxaj

Justice Update – Ukraine: All Roads Lead to the Hague

The Hague will be the focus for many people when it comes to accountability. At the International Court of Justice, Ukraine is asking for provisional measures against Russia – to stop the invasion – on the basis that Russia is misusing the genocide convention. Dr Melanie O’Brien of the University of Western Australia, fills us in on how that’s possible […]

Justice Update – International Law primer Russia & Ukraine

Juliette McIntyre from the University of South Australia and Astrid Reisinger Coracini from Salzburg Law School give us the low down on international law issues around the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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.

Justice Update – Myanmar

Myanmar is back in our sights with hearings coming up at the ICJ over genocide, plus cases in Argentina and Rohingya refugees suing Facebook over hate speech.

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

Episode 53 – Understanding Nuremberg with Diane Marie Amann & Francine Hirsch

We discuss the myths and realities of Nuremberg with Diane Marie Amann and Francine Hirsch

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 – the ICC Prosecutor and states

It’s six months into ICC’s new prosecutor Karim Khan’s tenure. How’s his pragmatic approach going?

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

Episode 52 – International Law What? with Phoebe Okowa and Dapo Akande

Dapo Akande and Phoebe Okowa explain all things International Law Commission

Justice Update – Winds of Change at the ICC

Angela Mudukuti joins to discuss the next big election at the ICC; the deputy prosecutors.

Justice Update – A Colombian Affair

Mariana Casij Peña guides us through the fascinating experiment in transitional justice in Colombia.

Episode 51 – Drone Wars with Jessica Dorsey and Aditi Gupta

Jessica Dorsey and Aditi Gupta discuss the lack of transparent rules and secrecy of states in deploying armed drones.

Episode 50 – Partnering Justice with Maxine Marcus, Kathleen Roberts and Drita Hajdari

How to make sure that local prosecutors are equipped to tackle atrocity crimes? Maxine Marcus, Kathy Roberts and Drita Hajdari explain.

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

Episode 49 – Iranian Crimes, Swedish Justice with Aida Samani and Gissou Nia

A trial in Sweden for crimes committed in Iran shows the potential of universal jurisdiction in ensuring justice is served.

Justice Update – Afghanistan Accountability

What happens now with those left behind in Afghanistan and with accountability for alleged war crimes? Sarah Kaye, Fiona Nelson and Julie Fraser discuss.

The Summer Collection – 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

The Summer Collection – Tipping the Power Balance with Alix Vuillemin and Dieneke de Vos

Our first live podcast with Alix Vuillemin and Dieneke de Vos on sexual harassment in international institutions #IWD2020.

The Summer Collection – Europe’s dirty hands with Miriam Saage-Maaß

Is it possible to get accountability for alleged war crimes in Yemen? Could European arms exporters be held responsible for the damage their bombs have done?

The Summer Collection – Truth-seeking in Ireland with Maeve O’Rourke and Mary Harney

Away from war crimes Janet and Stephanie look at advocacy for justice, truth and reparations in Ireland where thousands of unmarried women were forced into mother and baby homes run by the church or the state.

Episode 48 – Canada’s Reckoning with Ry Moran, Fannie Lafontaine, Karine Duhamel and Andrew Woolford

How is Canada facing up evidence of cultural genocide with the discovery of mass graves at former residential schools for indigenous children?

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

Justice Update – Afghanistan Victims in Limbo

What’s happening in Afghanistan to human rights defenders, and what’s happening at the ICC in their investigation into war crimes? Janet investigates

Episode 47 – Balkan Spies with Iva Vukusic and Marija Ristic

What the verdict on former Serbian Secret Service officials Stanišić and Simatović can tell us about the future of prosecution of war crimes in Serbia.

Episode 46 – ICC State of Mind with Diane Orentlicher and Dire Tladi

What’s the ICC’s state of health as the new prosecutor takes over? Diane Orentlicher and Dire Tladi discuss the big problems facing the court.

Episode 45 – Karim Khan and UNITAD

Incoming ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan talks about justice for Iraqi minorities after his three-year long position as Head of UNITAD.

Episode 44 – Lebanon Accountability with Olga Kavran and Aya Majzoub

Janet and Stephanie discuss Lebanon’s issues with ensuring accountability with Olga Kavran (ex-STL) and Aya Majzoub from Human Rights Watch

Justice Update – Darfur at the ICC: Mr “tough fibre” or not?

We discuss the first ever Darfur trial at the ICC, with the confirmation of hearing of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Episode 43 – Why be a Watchdog with Taegin Reisman and Jennifer Easterday

As IJMonitor stops watching the ICC, we ask Taegin Reisman and Jennifer Easterday why should we monitor atrocity crimes trials?

Episode 42 – Social Media on Trial with Yvonne McDermott Rees and Karolina Aksamitowska

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.

Episode 41 – Fatou Bensouda bows out at the ICC

Janet and Stephanie talk through quotes of the interview Stephanie had with outgoing ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

Episode 40 – Truth-seeking in Ireland with Maeve O’Rourke and Mary Harney

Justice Update – Sarah Kasande on Ongwen at the ICC

Janet and Stephanie talk to Sarah Kasande about what victim communities in northern Uganda made of Dominic Ongwen’s two hour statement to the ICC ahead of his sentencing

Episode 39 – Cinema Srebrenica with Alma Mustafic and Emir Suljagic

The Srebrenica massacre is the subject of a highly acclaimed movie Quo vadis, Aida?. We discuss with Alma Mustafić and Emir Suljagić, who were both there, how such a film helps define the image we have of a mass atrocity.

Justice Update – Please Appeal Me

Appeals judgments ar a chance to look at the bigger picture of legal developments at the ICC – Janet and Stephanie discuss Ntaganda sexual and gender-based crimes and modes of liability, and Gbagbo acquittal.

Justice Update – Reparations Reality

Karine Bonneau of the Global Survivors Fund discusses the realistic prospects for reparations for Yezidi sexual violence survivors in Iraq and beyond, and Ntaganda’s victims in the DRC.

What should states responses be to genocide

Episode 38 – Genocide Gap with Melanie O’Brien and Ewelina Ochab

Melanie O’Brien and Ewelina Ochab talk through the evidence of Uighur genocide in the western region of Xinjiang, denied by China. And states’ responses and responsibilities.

Justice Update – Myanmar on our Minds

Janet and Stephanie talk to Yasmin Ullah, Laetitia van Assum and Mike Becker about the impact of the Myanmar coup on accountability efforts for crimes against Rohingya

Justice Update – Israel Palestine and the ICC

Janet and Stephanie pick through the ICC prosecutor’s announcement that she will open a formal probe into war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories with Chantal Meloni, Sharon Weill and Yael Ronen.

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 – New ICC Prosecutor Elected

Karim Khan has been elected prosecutor of the ICC. What does the international justice community make of him?

Quote from Agnes Callamard on Mass Graves

Episode 36 – Bringing up the Bodies

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.

Justice Update – First LRA verdict

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

Episode 35 – Victims and the ICC Alphabet Soup with Lorraine Smith van Lin

Reparations expert Lorraine Smith van Lin shares expert views with us from a fascinating discussion into what needs to change at the ICC for victims.

Episode 34 – Distant Diplomacy with Milena Sterio and Maria Elena Vignoli

What happened at the ICC annual meeting? Milena Sterio and Maria Elena Vignoli analyse the covid-affected annual jamboree.

Justice Update – Podcasters United!

It’s a New Year, full of possibilities and new podcasts. Janet and Stephanie outline some plans and chat to other podcasters.

The Prosecutor Files: Robert Petit

Janet and Stephanie kick off 2021 with another interview for our Prosecutor Files series. We talked to Robert Petit, one of the five additional candidates for ICC prosecutor

Justice Update – Are Preliminary Examinations at ICC working? (extended lockdown/holiday remix)

How is the ICC using its opportunity to keep states under tabs and push them to domestic prosecutions of war crimes? We talk to Patryk Labuda about the prosecutor not going ahead with allegations of UK war crimes in Iraq.

Episode 33 – Universal Jurisdiction Close Up with Sarah Finnin and Patrick Kroker

What barriers do victims of international crimes still face in getting access to justice in Europe? Srah Finnan from FIDH and Patrick Kroker from ECCHR fill us in on the obstacles.

Justice Update – Aussie Rules

A new official report says that that Australian soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan. All of the victims were either civilians or prisoners of war. Rawan Arraf who heads the Australian Centre for International Justice explains what happens next.