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 more podcasts on international justice covering all the…

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 justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetr…

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.Do like, subscribe a…

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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: h…

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 covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts…

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 background information on our website including hundreds more po…

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, subscribe and leave us a review.Want to find out more? Ch…

"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 hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering al…

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 including hundreds more podcasts on international justice c…

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 justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetri…

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 background information on our website including hundreds m…

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 more? Check out all the background information on our webs…

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 on international justice covering all the angles: https…

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 https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/.To stay in touch subscribe t…

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 attem…

What happened between Italy, the ICC and Libya? Did Rome get it wrong? With Luigi Propseri and Margherita Capacci.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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 consensusโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Janet and Steph met up with Matevž Pezdirc, who is the head of the Genocide Network Secretariat at Eurojust.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

An exclusive interview Major General Jeff Sengelman, the commander widely credited with initiating Australia's landmark Afghanistan Inquiry into alleged war crimes.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Carmen Cheung talks the United States approach to atrocity crimesโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Secondary trauma: lawyers. journalists and trainers explain in this podcast how awareness of mental health in the international justice field is shifting.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

In the first episode of our mini-series on secondary trauma for documenters of atrocity crimes, we talk to journalists, lawyers and trainers on how traumatic material can impact them and how they cope.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Vanuatu's Special Envoy on Climate, Ralph Regenvanu explains why his small island state has turned to the ICJ for climate justiceโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

We discuss gender apartheid and how it applies as a legal concept for cases concerning Afghanistan, with Karima Bennoune.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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 Sterioโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Sexual Torture is being used during conflict more and more says Alice Edwards the UN's special rapporteur on torture.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Leila Sadat and Priya Pillai explain why a new treaty for Crimes against Humanity matters for conflicts happening today.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Chiara Giorgetti talks about the work, goal and legacy of Claims Commissions and how thys system can work in Ukraine.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

What is the Register of Damages for Ukraine and how will it work?โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

We speak to Tal Steiner from PCATI about the torture of Palestinians in Israel's prison system.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Reed Brody talks about his life and career in international criminal justiceโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Stephanie and Janet sit down with Beth van Schaak to talk about the role of the United States in international criminal justiceโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Kjell Anderson talks to Stephanie and Janet about Dominic Ongwen and other perpetrators of war crimes and genocideโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Janet and Stephanie talk to Dianne Marie Amman and Francine Hirsch about the enduring significance of Nuremberg and the need for a new narrativeโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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 …

Is Ukraine's justice system up to the task of prosecuting the many thousands of war crimes it is investigating? Nadia Volkova explains.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

How could Russian hate speech against Ukrainians be prosecuted at the ICC? With Ilya Nuzov and Anna Vyshniakovaโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Anna Sosonska of Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General and Anastasiia Moisaieva of GRC talk about challenges of prosecuting CRSV in Ukraine.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

IHL expert Janina Dill discusses the myths and confusion around the rules of war.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

A special live episode discussing if the Hague and its institutions are still fit for purpose.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

At the Patreon War Criminals Book Club, we asked Anthony Deutsch about his experience investigating the 1960s massacres in Indonesia carried out against communists, and his thoughts on the documentary The Act of Killing, which follows the same events.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Christian Ritscher taks about wrapping up UNITAD mission in Iraq. UNITAD is the UN investigative mechanism to get accountability for crimes committed by Isis.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

Greenpeace expert Eefje de Kroon and planitiff Kjelld Masoud Kroon talk on the podcast about the climate litigation brought by the Caribbean island of Bonaire against the Netherlandsโดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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

Alette Smeulers talk about the various types of perpetrators and how ordinary citizens can commit mass atrocities.โดย feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts