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…

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…

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 consensusBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

2025 looks set to be a difficult year for international justice institutions.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

We take a look back at our favourite episodes from 2024.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

It was 30 years ago that the Rwanda Tribunal was established after the genocide. What were the issues and how is it seen now?By Genocide – 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 SterioBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

Reed Brody talks about his life and career in international criminal justiceBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

Kjell Anderson talks to Stephanie and Janet about Dominic Ongwen and other perpetrators of war crimes and genocideBy Genocide – 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 narrativeBy Genocide – 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 …

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

IHL expert Janina Dill discusses the myths and confusion around the rules of war.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

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

What just happened with the ICC application for arrest warrants in Israel Palestine? And what does it mean?By Genocide – 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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

Challenges of coordinating when collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar with the Head of the UN's IIMM Nick Koumjian.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

What did the ICJ say about Israel's obligations under the Genocide Convention and the rights that Palestinians in Gaza have to be protected?By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

We look back at some of our most thought provoking episodes from 2023 and play you some of the highlights.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

Dr. Melanie O'Brien discusses Armenia's judicial moves to stop alleged genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

Experts from Canada discuss the state's responsibility for crimes against humanity against indigenous children and the efforts to find the truth.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

A new treaty - MLA - has been agreed to get states to investigate and try alleged war criminalsBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 RaymondBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

Universal Jurisdiction cases for atrocity crimes - are they the new norm?By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 …

An ICC arrest warrant for Russia's Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine - quick reactions.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

Kate Gibson and Barbora Hola explain why eight men acquitted by the ICTR are stuck in Niger and why international justice is failing themBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 ICJBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

UNMICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz explains how they track fugitives alleged to be behind the Rwanda genocide.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

Emma DiNapoli discusses the start of first Darfur trial at the ICC.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

We discuss the myths and realities of Nuremberg with Diane Marie Amann and Francine HirschBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 CenterBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

How is Canada facing up evidence of cultural genocide with the discovery of mass graves at former residential schools for indigenous children?By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 RohingyaBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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 prosecutorBy Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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.By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts

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

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?By Genocide – asymmetrical haircuts