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Journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg delve into the world of international justice. We get experts on to talk about their field and ask them what everybody else forgets to ask.
Episodes
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Episode 168 – UJ in the UK with Rupert Skilbeck
Universal Jurisdiction in the UK with Rupert Skilbeck. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles:...
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Episode 167 – Kosovo’s Critiqued Court with Die Morina van Uijtregt and Fred Abrahams
Why are people in Kosovo so upset about the KSC decision on war crimes and their former prime minister Hashim Thaci and others? If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more...
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Episode 166 – Britain’s Nominee for the World Court with Dapo Akande
All rise for Britain's bid for the world bench with Dapo Akande. If interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles:...
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Episode 165 – Syrian Torture, Austrian UJ Sachertorte with Astrid Reisinger Coracini
A twisty tale of Austrian Universal Jurisdiction on Syria torture, with Astrid Reisinger Coracini. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international…
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Episode 164 – Gender Journalism in Gaza with Mai Yaghi
What are some of the specific challenges that women journalists in Gaza deal with? AFP reporter Mai Yaghi joins us on the pod. Mai is also one of the protagonists of the documentary Inside Gaza. Julia Hammett-Jamart, impact producer of the documentary and managing director of Catalyst Films…
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Episode 163 – Legal Sightseeing with Sofia Stolk and Renske Vos
What is legal sightseeing and how it can give us new perspectives on international law with Sofia Stolk and Renske Vos. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on...
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Episode 162 – Australia’s War Crimes Experience with Graham Blewitt
How Australia's experience with prosecuting war crimes translated to the ICTY, with Graham Blewitt. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international…
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Episode 161 – Seeing Isn’t Believing: Deepfakes and Evidence with Yvonne McDermott Rees and Anne Hausknecht
This week, Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees and PhD candidate Anne Hausknecht join us to ask what deepfakes and AI mean for international courts, and whether judges can still believe the evidence put in front of them. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out...
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Episode 160 – Universal Jurisdiction and Rwanda with John Bosco Siboyintore and Nicola Palmer
As universal jurisdiction gains momentum worldwide, we spoke with John Bosco Siboyintore and Nicola Palmer about its potential to close the accountability gap left by the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. If it's interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out…
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Episode 159 – Gender Journalism in Afghanistan with Zahra Nader
Do women cover conflict differently. We chat to Zahra Nader from Afghanistan. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the...
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Episode 158 – AI-powered Investigations with Marta Bo and Benjamin Thorne
As AI becomes embedded in international criminal investigations, we talked to Marta Bo and Benjamin Thorne about its promises and pitfalls. If it's interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including...
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Episode 157 – AI on the Battlefield with Jessica Dorsey and Elke Schwarz
AI's new role in military targeting; Jessica Dorsey and Elke Schwarz explain what it means for international humanitarian law. You can find Jessica's doctoral thesis here: https://research-portal.uu.nl/en/publications/keeping-our-humanity-ensuring-the-legitimacy-of-military-targetin/ and Elke's...
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Episode 156 – Belgian Waffling or Universal Jurisdiction with Mathias Holvoet
Belgian Universal Jurisdiction - how does it work - with Mathias Holvoet. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the…
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Episode 155 – Are Canada and Netherlands Consistent on International Law? With Mark Kersten and Otto Spijkers
Will middle powers like Canada and the Netherlands show some backbone and defend values of international law in the context of the US/Israel attack on Iran? We discuss this hot-button issue with Mark Kersten and Otto Spijkers. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to...
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Episode 154 – Environmental Damage at the ICC with Laura Baron-Mendoza
Laura Baron-Menodza explains how the ICC can tackle environmental crimes and how a new policy should radically shift how the court works. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the…
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Episode 153 – The French Connection or Universal Jurisdiction à la Francaise with Jeanne Sulzer
With Jeanne Sulzer we discuss universal jurisdiction in France, against individuals and corporations, such as the Lumbala case and LaFarge case. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all…
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Episode 152 – No Court for Old Men with Caroline Davidson
What are rights and wrongs of putting very old people on trial for atrocity crimes? With Caroline Davidson of Williamette University. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds…
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Episode 151 – Corporate Crime Litigation in Latin America
Corporate crime cases in Latin America - why are they leading the field? If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles:...
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Episode 150 – Iran Protests and Argentina Accountability with Gissou Nia
Gissou Nia guides us through accountability for violence agianst protestors in Iran. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all...
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Episode 149 – Might versus Right in Venezuela ? with Brian Finucane and Ignacio Jovtis
Maduro kidnapped by the US - what are the implications for accountability for human rights violations in Venezuela and for peace and security in Latin America. With Brian Finucane and Ignacio Jovtis. 1st para - who, talking about what, and why it’s important. If it’s interesting, do like…
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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. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background...
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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. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including...
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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. If it’s interesting…
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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. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including...
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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…
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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…
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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. If this is interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international...
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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…
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles:...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the…
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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. Do like,...
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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" “Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international...
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the...
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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. Want to find out…
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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. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts…
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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.” For more information, check our website...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 121 – United States Universal Jurisdiction with Carmen Cheung
Carmen Cheung talks the United States approach to atrocity crimes
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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.
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Journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg delve into the world of international justice. We get experts on to talk about their field and ask them what everybody else forgets to ask.
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