Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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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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, […]

Episode 126 – Law Will Tear U.S. Apart Again with Oona Hathaway

Janet and Steph sit down with Oona Hathaway to ask if international law as a concept is still relevant and if such a seeming crisis would tear down the idea of the rule of law or if it might sharpen minds and build a new different consensus

Episode 124 – Genocide Network with Matevž Pezdirc

Janet and Steph met up with Matevž Pezdirc, who is the head of the Genocide Network Secretariat at Eurojust.

Justice Update – Hello 2025

2025 looks set to be a difficult year for international justice institutions.

Justice Update – Festive Favourites Roundup

We take a look back at our favourite episodes from 2024.

Justice Update – 30 years Since ICTR Founded

It was 30 years ago that the Rwanda Tribunal was established after the genocide. What were the issues and how is it seen now?

Episode 114 – A Tattered Star-Spangled Banner with Milena Sterio

It’s US presidential election time and we consider the american relationship to some of the big justice issues like Israel-Palestine and Ukraine, with Milena Sterio

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.

Summer Collection 2024 – Catching Dictators

Reed Brody talks about his life and career in international criminal justice

Summer Collection – What about U.S.?

Stephanie and Janet sit down with Beth van Schaak to talk about the role of the United States in international criminal justice

Summer Collection 2024 – Perceptions of Evil

Kjell Anderson talks to Stephanie and Janet about Dominic Ongwen and other perpetrators of war crimes and genocide

Summer Collection 2024 – Understanding Nuremberg

Janet and Stephanie talk to Dianne Marie Amman and Francine Hirsch about the enduring significance of Nuremberg and the need for a new narrative

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 […]

Episode 105 – Prosecuting CRSV in Ukraine with Anna Sosonska and Anastasiia Moiseieva

Anna Sosonska of Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General and Anastasiia Moisaieva of GRC talk about challenges of prosecuting CRSV in Ukraine.

Episode 104 – Laws of War 101 with Janina Dill

IHL expert Janina Dill discusses the myths and confusion around the rules of war.

Live show: The Hague – 125 Years of Peace and Justice

A special live episode discussing if the Hague and its institutions are still fit for purpose.

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 – Emergency! ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

The ICJ has ruled that Israel must stop its offensive in Rafah. Stephanie and Molly give us the latest breaking news from the court.

Justice Update – ICC’s Khan Applies for Arrest Warrants Israel and Hamas

What just happened with the ICC application for arrest warrants in Israel Palestine? And what does it mean?

Episode 101 – Counting Casualties with Emily Tripp and Rachel Taylor

During conflicts where do the numbers we quote as journalists come from, who is collecting the data and how does it get used? With Emily Tripp and Rachel Taylor.

Episode 99 – How People Become Perpetrators with Alette Smeulers

Alette Smeulers talk about the various types of perpetrators and how ordinary citizens can commit mass atrocities.

Episode 98 – Uncovering Myanmar’s Atrocities with Nicholas Koumjian

Challenges of coordinating when collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar with the Head of the UN’s IIMM Nick Koumjian.

Episode 93 – Yazidi Genocide Justice with Natia Navrouzov

Ten years on from the Yazidi genocide by IS fighters, we discuss what kind of accountability has been achieved for the thousands of dead and enslaved.

Episode 91 – Gaza and Genocide at the World Court with Nada Kiswanson

What did the ICJ say about Israel’s obligations under the Genocide Convention and the rights that Palestinians in Gaza have to be protected?

Justice Update – ICJ hears genocide case against Israel

All you need to know about this week’s blockbuster ICJ hearings, on South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war.

Justice Update – Season’s streamings: Our end of year picks

We look back at some of our most thought provoking episodes from 2023 and play you some of the highlights.

Episode 83 – Armenia wages ‘lawfare’ with Melanie O’Brien

Dr. Melanie O’Brien discusses Armenia’s judicial moves to stop alleged genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Summer Collection 2023 – Canada’s Reckoning with Ry Moran, Fannie Lafontaine, Karine Duhamel and Andrew Woolford

Experts from Canada discuss the state’s responsibility for crimes against humanity against indigenous children and the efforts to find the truth.

Episode 81 – Ljubljana Legal Lobbying with Vaios Koutroulis and Raquel Saveedra

A new treaty – MLA – has been agreed to get states to investigate and try alleged war criminals

Episode 79 – Kabuga’s Alternative Procedure with Lucy Gaynor

What next for Felicien Kabuga, unfit to stand trial for the Rwandan genocide, but possibly facing an alternative procedure never before heard of in international criminal tribunals.

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

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 Update – Putin and The Hague

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

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 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 64 – Track and Trace with Serge Brammertz

UNMICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz explains how they track fugitives alleged to be behind the Rwanda genocide.

Justice Update – First Darfur trial at the ICC

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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 – Myanmar and more

Fresh developments at both ICC and ICJ on Myanmar, in discussion with Priya Pillai. Plus US sanctions against the ICC prosecutor.

Justice Update – Legal Contortions

How can the ICC take on alleged crimes against the Uighur Muslim community when China is not a member and would it be a good idea?

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

Justice Update – Where Will Rwanda’s Genocide Financier Be Tried?

Felicien Kabuga, on the run for 25 years and one of the few last alleged masterminds of the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested, but where will he face trial?

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

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.