Episode 148 – Madam War Criminal with Olivera Simic

Why do people plead guilty at an international tribunal? And is it common for women to be war criminals? Olivera Simic, examines former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic.
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Justice Update – ICC Under Pressure

With Danya Chaikel of FIDH we discuss the ICC annual meeting and sanctions and other challenges.
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Justice Update – Ukraine’s Special Tribunal in Practice

This week’s pod is on Ukraine’s Special Tribunal – from trials without the accused to who gets immunity to whether the new tribunal could be a bargaining chip in peace negotiations.
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Justice Update – Accountability for Ukraine’s Children

What do we know now about the illegal transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia and what kind of crime might it be? We chat to Thordis Gylfadottir of the Council of Europe.
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Episode 147 – Afghanistan Accountability Avenues with Shaharzad Akbar

What are the realistic avenues to accountability especially for the women of Afghanistan. Shaharzad Akbar dicusses all the current possibilities.

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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 – Checking in with Ukraine’s New Aggression Tribunal

This week’s Justice Update is all about the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression – created specifically to hold the Russian Federation to account for its war of aggression in Ukraine.
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Bonus episode – The War Criminals Bookclub on Patreon

This Bonus Episode introduces you to our Patreon feed, where every month we do a bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club.

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Episode 145 – Lawfare at the Busiest Court in The Hague with Juliette McIntyre

Juliette McIntyre explains what’s happening at the International Court of Justice and what she’ll be looking out for in upcoming genocide cases.
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Episode 144 – Lady of the Lagoon with Monica Feria-Tinta

In this episode of our Climate series, we look at Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood. A unique place for several reasons, Mar Meno is now also the first natural entity to be represented at the European Court of Human Rights by our guest Monica Feria-Tinta, counsel for Mar Menor and a barrister practising in public international law and international arbitration at Twenty Essex Chambers in the UK.

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Episode 143 – Disinformation in the Philippines with Benjie Aquino

A complex legal shuffle is going on in The Hague currently, where the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte is being held at the International Criminal Court Detention Unit. Duterte faces potential charges related to a campaign against drugs sellers buyers and users in which at least 7,000 Filipinos were killed. Why is it complex? Well, any ICC case […]

Episode 142 – Prosecuting digital harms with Sarah Zarmsky

In this episode we explore the challenges of digital evidence and how international courts are keeping pace with Sarah Zarmsky.

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Justice Update – Live at the ICC without Kony

We cover the ICC confirmation of charges proceedings this week against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, who has still not been arrested, and discuss it all with Lucy Gaynor.
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Episode 141 – Defining Genocide with Melanie O’Brien

Experts are saying Israel’s action in Gaza are genocide. How do they come to this conclusion? Melanie O’Brien guides us through the elements they consider.
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Summer Collection 2025 – Patreon Bonus: Enforced Disappearances in Mexico with Ana Srovin Coralli

We bring you one of our Patreon War Criminals Book Club bonus episodes: Ana Srovin Coralli joins to discuss the documentary Toshkua, by director Ludovic Bonleux and enforced disappearances of Central
American migrants in Mexico.
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Summer Collection 2025 – Lafarge Lundin Legal Liability

We finish our summer series with two ongoing cases: Lafarge and Lundin Mining. We have updates on these cases at the end of the episode.
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Summer Collection 2025 – Kosovo Timewarp

Our second episode in our summer series of repeats deals with the ongoing trial of the former president of Kosovo for war crimes.

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Summer Collection 2025 – The Road to a New Crimes against Humanity Treaty with Leila Sadat and Priya Pillai

We start our summer series on the lobbying for a new Crimes Against Humanity Treaty. Since we recorded, the treaty idea has been approved by the UN General Assembly.
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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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Episode 140 – States’ Atrocity Crimes Obligations with Aarif Abraham, Christine Chinkin and Ewelina Ochab

We explore a new UK group pressurising the government to fulfil its obligations under international law to prevent atrocities.
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Episode 139 – What will the ICJ say on Climate with Nikki Reisch and others

We look ahead to the International Court of Justice official advisory opinion on climate justice which is due this month. What were the arguments made during the hearings back in December 2024, how much attention this is getting and how may it be received? With Nikki Reisch, Vishal Prashad, Brenda Reson Sapuro and Felix Golenko.
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Episode 138 – Breaking the Law with Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn on Israel and the US attacks on Iran in international law.
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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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Justice Update – Conflict and Trauma with General Dallaire

In this Justice Update Janet and Steph talk about Janet’s sidequest into understanding about combattants and trauma and meeting Canadian General Roméo Dallaire.
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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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Episode 134 – Ups and Downs of Strategic Litigation with Frederiek de Vlaming

“Where do victims of war crimes go to get reparations? We talk to Frederiek de Vlaming about the Nuhanovic Foundation’s litigation against the Dutch government”

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Episode 133 – What’s next after ICC’s Karim Khan steps aside? with Alix Vuillemin and Danya Chaikel

Now that Karim Khan the ICC prosecutor has stepped aside amid an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, we discuss with Alix Vuillemin and Danya Chaikel what next.
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Episode 132 – Justice for Sexual Crimes against the Rohingya with Ishita Kumar

We discuss sexual crimes against the Rohingya and the genocide case in Argentina with Ishita Kumar of Legal Action Worldwide.
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Episode 131 – Journalists Reporting Gaza with Helene Lam Trong and Yann Olivier

What’s happening on the ground in Gaza is being reported by Palestinian journalists. How are they risking their lives to document the war? We discuss and new documentary with Helene Lam Trong and Yann Olivier.
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Justice Update – Busy Bones with ICMP

Come inside ICMP’s new laboratory to examine bones and teeth – essential evidence for court cases and for families of the missing. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review.

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Justice Update – Who Answers for the Crimes of International Forces in Afghanistan?

How are countries reckoning with their role in the Afghanistan conflict and allegations of war crimes? We discuss various types of investigations currently taking place and what justice might look like going forward.

With Iain Overton, Thijs Bouwknegt, Ben Saul & Rachel Reid.

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Episode 130 – Gender Lens on Mali with Marta Valiñas

How did the ICC apply a gender lens to Timbuktu in northern Mali and come up with gender persecution as the alleged crime? With Marta Valiñas.
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Epsiode 129 – Sexual Violence in Sudan with Hala Al-Karib

Sudanese activist Hala Al-Karib speaks about the horrific, targeted and widespread violence against women in Sudan. Al-Karib says sexual violence is being used as a tool of war which “strips communities of everything, including their dignity.”
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Episode 128 – Justice & Accountability in Syria with Uğur Ümit Üngör

As Syria’s transitional government grapples with security issues, the long-term challenges of justice and accountability post-Assad remain crucial. While extensive documentation exists of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the civil war, efforts to pursue accountability have faced significant blockages at multiple levels, including attempts to refer the case to the ICC. Since the regime’s fall in December 2024, […]

Justice Update – Duterte in The Hague

Former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested for crimes against humanity. Stephanie and Janet discuss how it happened and what it means for the ICC

Episode 108 – Gender Norms in Ukraine with Kateryna Busol

War-time Ukraine has seen progress on gender discrimination – but LGBTQ+ people are still facing obstacles in the military & communication regarding loved ones on the battlefield. What else has changed? Last year the team did an interesting series together with our partners the Hogue Humanity Hub and UN women in Ukraine. They asked us to interview activists, experts and […]

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.