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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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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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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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 – 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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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 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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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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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, […]

Episode 127 – The Italian (Libyan) Job with Luigi Prosperi and Margherita Capacci

What happened between Italy, the ICC and Libya? Did Rome get it wrong? With Luigi Propseri and Margherita Capacci.

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 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 125 – Enforced disappearances in Mexico with Omar Gómez Trejo

Omar Gómez Trejo, the former lead prosecutor of the Ayotzinapa case tell us about his investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students back in 2014, what we know now and why he had to leave.

Justice Update – Accountability for International Crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo

What are the prospects for accountability right now for the alleged crimes being committed in eastern DRC?

Justice Update – Afghan Victims Still Waiting for Justice

We investigate whether any justice has been achieved for Afghan victims of Australia’s alleged war crimes.

Episode 123 – Confronting Australia’s War Crimes Allegations with Major General Jeff Sengelman

An exclusive interview Major General Jeff Sengelman, the commander widely credited with initiating Australia’s landmark Afghanistan Inquiry into alleged war crimes.

Episode 122 – The Brereton Report: How Australia Grappled with War Crimes Allegations

The first in our series exploring how Australia has been confronted by allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan. We take an in-depth look at the Brereton Report.

Episode 121 – United States Universal Jurisdiction with Carmen Cheung

Carmen Cheung talks the United States approach to atrocity crimes

Episode 120 – Guantanamo Bay and the 9/11 Trial with Alka Pradhan

We talk to Alka Pradhan about her firsthand insights into the ongoing legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay and her outlook on the 9/11 trial.

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 – ICC Tribulations and Syria Joy

Catch up with the latest news from the ICC and new developments in Syria

Justice Update – ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Deif

Arrest warrants out of the ICC for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and Israel against Netanyahu, Gallant and Hams leader Deif – what does it all mean?

Episode 116 – The Geneva Conventions on Trial with Gloria Gaggiola and Andrew Clapham

Can you put the Geneva Conventions on trial? We tried, with the help of the Geneva Academy, to explore why these 75 year old rules seem to be falling apart.

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

Justice Update – Molly meets the Ukraine Evidence Gatherers

In the middle of the war in Ukraine, how are the evidence-gatherers operating? Molly Quell investigates.

Justice Update – ICC Sharpens its Focus on Belarus

Lithuania has sparked an ICC a preliminary inquiry by submitting a referral to investigate Belarus for crimes against humanity.

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.

Justice Update – WTF is Going on in International Law (Lebanon Israel Palestine version)

International law in conflict and updates from the courts and the UN in relation to Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. With Marco Sassoli, Adil Haque and Nada Kiswanson.

Episode 109 – Israel’s treatment of Palestinian detainees with Tal Steiner

We speak to Tal Steiner from PCATI about the torture of Palestinians in Israel’s prison system.

Justice Update – Ukraine (Nearly) Joins ICC and Invades Russia

Iryna Marchuk discusses Ukraine’s membership of the ICC and Craig Martin explains the legalities of Ukraine’s recent invasion of Russia.

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 107 – Ukraine’s Justice System under Strain with Nadia Volkova

Is Ukraine’s justice system up to the task of prosecuting the many thousands of war crimes it is investigating? Nadia Volkova explains.

Episode 106 – Russian Hate Speech with Ilya Nuzov and Anna Vyshniakova

How could Russian hate speech against Ukrainians be prosecuted at the ICC? With Ilya Nuzov and Anna Vyshniakova

Justice Update – All Amici Aboard Palestine Israel ICC

Israel Palestine the ICC and the legal issues that are emerging: a debunk on complementarity with Kevin Jon Heller and what about that UK intervention with Leila Sadat

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.

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?

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.

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.

Justice Update –  Record Reparations for Ugandan Victims

We discuss the ICC’s record reparations ruling for victims of Uganda’s convicted militia leader Dominic Ongwen.

Episode 96 – A Special Tribunal for Ukraine with Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė

Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Justice discusses progress on creating a Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

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 – 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 – 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.

Justice Update – The Assembly of States Parties begins

We preview the hot topics to be addressed at the ICC annual meeting.

Justice Update – Israel Palestine and International Law

What are the limitations of international law institutions during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Episode 84 – Cybercrimes as war crimes with Lindsay Freeman

Are Russian hacking attacks on Ukraine infrastructure war crimes and could they be charged at the ICC? Lindsay Freeman talks us through the issues.

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.

Episode 82 – Finally, Venezuela with Marta Valiñas and Joanna Frivet

Marta Valinas and Joanna Frivet on documenting crimes against humanity in Venezuela and analyse how the ICC is moving forward

Summer Collection 2023 – Uncomfortable Justice with Lisa Clifford

Filmmaker Lisa Clifford on the trial of Germain Katanga

Summer Collection 2023 – War Reporting with Danny Kemp

Journalist Danny Kemp on witnessing war crimes in Ukraine

The Summer Collection 2023 – Justice Via the Backdoor with Kevin Jon Heller

How can the ICC have jurisdiction over wr crimes that happen in places that are not members of the court? Kevin Jon Heller explains in this re-run.

Justice Update – Investigating Aggression in Ukraine

What’s the new international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in Ukraine? Who’s behind it? What role will the US play?

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 80 – Another BRIC(S) in the Wall with Hannah Woolaver and Allan Ngari

The potential visit by Russian president Putin to South Africa is reviving the debates about ICC member states arrest obligations, and ambivalent attitudes across Africa to the invasion of Ukraine.

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

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 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 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 – 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 69 – International Humanitarian Law with Alphons Orie

Judge Alphons Orie on international humanitarian law as it meets international criminal tribunals

Justice Update – Kenya Crimes against Humanity

How will Kenya prosecute post electoral crimes against humanity committed in 2017? Kathy Roberts and Maxine Marcus explain

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.

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 – 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.

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 – First Darfur trial at the ICC

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

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

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.

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?