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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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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

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.

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 121 – United States Universal Jurisdiction with Carmen Cheung

Carmen Cheung talks the United States approach to atrocity crimes

Justice Update – ICC Tribulations and Syria Joy

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

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 100 – Building a Universal Jurisdiction Movement with Mazen Darwish

Mazen Darwish is a former Syrian political prisoner, committed to getting accountability for international crimes, for now via Universal Jurisdiction cases across Europe.

Episode 95 – Adaptable Justice for Syria with Catherine Marchi-Uhel

Collecting evidence for crimes committed in Syria with head of the UN’s IIIM Catherine Marchi-Uhel.

Episode 94 – Women Creating Careers with Nathalie Mivelaz Tirabosco and Paige Morrow

On International Women’s Day: the career journeys of women working in international law.

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 92 – Prosecuting Female Jihadis with Tanya Mehra

How have female jihadis returned from Islamic State been prosecuted across Europe.

Justice Update: Lafarge Lundin Legal Liability

French cement company LaFarge faces charges of complicity in crimes against humanity. What’s chnaging in corporate responsibility for human rights violations?

Episode 89 – The Syria / Europe Connection with Hope Rikkelman and Fritz Streiff

New developments across Europe with investigations resulting in court cases about atrocities committed during Syria’s civil war.

Justice Update – Syria Missing and Tortured

New paths to accountability for torture victims and families of the disappeared in Syria.

Justice Update – Universal Jurisdiction

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

Episode 65 – Deadly Journalism with Almudena Bernabeu

Will accountability for the targeting and killing of journalists ever be possible? We discuss with Almudena Bernabeu.

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.

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.

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 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 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 – Podcasters United!

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

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.

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

Episode 28 – Private Investigations with Nerma Jelacic

Private investigators collected evidence of atrocity crimes in places like Syria. Nerma Jelacic of CIJA explains what’s happening to that evidence now.

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?

Justice Update – A Small Town in Germany

A German court in Koblenz is hearing a landmark crimes against humanity case against two people alleged to be former Syrian intelligence officials. We spoke to Balkees Jarrah and Sara Kayyali from HRW on this huge news of the first time the Syrian state apparatus is on trial.

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