As always, great to have the chance to talk with the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social team and @janethanderson.bsky.social.

Another must-listen! So interesting

This week’s #ThursdayThrowback - a podcast you should (re)listen to - is about the trial of Eritrean human trafficker Amanuel Walid in a Dutch court. Why? He was just sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Our pod gives you the background. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent? www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Need to catch up on the huge genocide case about the Rohingya in 2017, also known as Gambia versus Myanmar at the ICJ? Tomorrow we will have a basic summary for you on what each side has been saying and our assessment of the case.

Out now on #Patreon For our bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed Philippe Sands' 38 Londres Street with friend of the pod Reed Brody, who worked on the Pinochet case. We discuss its reverberations + how it felt to be in the room at the time 🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...

Coming tomorrow on #Patreon 📚 On the War Criminals Book Club, friend of the pod Reed Brody joins us to discuss Philippe Sands' latest book: 38 Londres Street & the legacy of the Pinochet case on immunity for former heads of state - "It has a huge amount of relevance for justice today".

📣 ICYMI: Our episode on survivors' hopes and struggles with the ICC is out! How can it feel to "put a name to the things the government did to you"? Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and survivor from Venezuela, tells us about his experience and his engagement with the International Criminal Court.

Following Climate Crisis litigation? The ruling comes this week in the Greenpeace-backed case on Dutch state obligations to mitigate climate change in the island of Bonaire under international treaties. Check our throwback episode from 2024: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

OUT NOW 🎙️ How do survivors see the International Criminal Court? At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Coming tomorrow! What’s it really like as a torture survivor to try to engage with the International Criminal Court? We spoke to three advocates for their communities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine about how the court is seen in their countries.

It's not a UN-like entity, but it is clearly intended as an alternative to the UN, but MAGA-fied. We can hold two thoughts here - it is a vehicle for corruption and absolutism, AND it is designed to undermine the post-WWII international order.

Our 'throwback' episode this week is on genocide and gender. At this week's hearings at ICJ in the Gambia v Myanmar genocide case, the role that CRSV played will be central to how to prove alleged 'intent' in the clearance operations against the Rohingya. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

There's much commentary on Venezuela Maduro and international law. We focus on potential accountability routes, after examining illegality of US actions + immunity issues. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... Thanks @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio for making time.

We're back - shaken out of holiday mode by Trump, Maduro Venezuela. For a quick take on international law implications and potential avenues for real accountability listen later today to @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio Jovtis

Maybe something based on the Bournemouth Protocol? www.icmp.int/wp-content/u... I assigned a podcast episode about this from @asymmetricalh.bsky.social for my human rights class (www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...). Not exactly what you’re looking for but a start? Students were into it!

Out Now on #Patreon🎙️ For our last War Criminals Book Club of the year, we review The Cranes Call. With Hope Rikkelman we discuss the importance of working together with the local community when investigating Russia's war crimes in #Ukraine Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...

The holiday read by @philippesands.bsky.social and the best reading companion: Kriva (Kiki for short). Prepping for @asymmetricalh.bsky.social bookclub podcast

I am very pleased to see that the #ICJ has taken the decision to amend its rules to facilitate publishing party reports on the implementation of provisional measures. This is a common sense reform that I have been advocating for since 2020 (opiniojuris.org/2020/08/25/r...).

Hi mum, I’m again in my favorite podcast! 😍 (file under: life goals)

OUT NOW 📣 In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate Listen: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Out tomorrow! Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time

This issue has been explained very thoroughly in an episode of @asymmetricalh.bsky.social discussing the investigations into crimes committed against migrants in Libya www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Why plead guilty at an international tribunal? And is it common for women to be war criminals? Olivera Simic has written a new book on former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic. Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social

Out tomorrow! Olivera Simic sat down with @svdberg.bsky.social and @janethanderson.bsky.social for her book Madam War Criminal about Biljana Plavsic. What drove the only woman ever sentenced by the Yugoslav tribunal & What does her case say about accountability in the former Yugoslavia?

Lots of talk of keeping the ICC going at #ASP24 despite sanctions. But court’s issues extend well beyond the Washington pressures. www.justiceinfo.net/en/152952-ic...

Out tomorrow Next week’s annual meeting of the ICC will not officially discuss the unresolved investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the prosecutor. But it's affecting the court's work.

Out now on #Patreon On the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague' by Slavenka Drakulić With @vukusiciva.bsky.social, we discuss the legacy of the ICTY, what criminal trials can really achieve www.patreon.com/c/asymmetric...

Joined my friends in discussing one of my favourite books. #Accountability #Justice #ICTY #WarCrimes

Out tomorrow on #Patreon We reviewed 'They Would Never Hurt a Fly' by Slavenka Drakulić with friend of the pod @vukusiciva.bsky.social We asked Iva what she thought when she first read the book when it came out in 2003, and what atmosphere there was in terms of accountability for war crimes

The #Nuremberg records and #archives made available, and that's great. Now the same spirit of long-term preservation and access should carry over to the #ICTY, as it's records are in danger of being wiped off the internet. #WarCrimes #Accountability #Justice www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This is great! I’ll be teaching a lecture on aggression and the special tribunal for Ukraine in two weeks and there’s so much to unpack 😍 definitely adding this to the list of “other material” for the students! (Joining many more Asymmetrical Haircuts episodes!)

This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes. Episode out now👇 [LINK] www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Out tomorrow: Could Vladimir Putin be found guilty by an international tribunal without him ever entering the courtroom? This week’s pod this very topic: Trials in Absentia and how they will work at the new Ukraine Special Tribunal. With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social

Out Now: What is the state of accountability for the children of Ukraine? We asked @thordiskolbrun.bsky.social, the Council of Europe's Special Representative on this issue, what we know today about the children + which avenues for justice are there www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Out tomorrow! What more do we know now about the illegal deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children when #Russia invaded #Ukraine? We talked to the Council of Europe’s special representative for the children of Ukraine, @thordiskolbrun.bsky.social

Loved speaking to @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social about accountability pathways for Afghanistan, opportunities and limitations. Thank you for having me on. Very excited to have been on @asymmetricalh.bsky.social. Was nervous tbh

#Afghanistan [podcast] 🎧 - There is no shortage of initiatives regarding justice for the many serious crimes committed in Afghanistan over at least the past 25 years. And they are mostly frustrating. Shaharzad Akbar explains how she keeps the fight. www.justiceinfo.net/en/151875-fi...

Out now! Catch up with all the latest developments on accountability for the women of #Afghanistan including prospects for the new investigative mechanism and the recent Women’s Tribunal. Along with developments at #ICJ and #ICC. Listen here 👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Out tomorrow We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.

Out Now! In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico. @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Out now on #Patreon🎙 What does it feel like to be translating the horrors of war, recounted by the victims & the perpetrators? We sat together to watch and discuss in real time the New Yorker documentary 'In Flow of Words: Translating the Trauma of War' www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...

Out tomorrow What’s really going on with the ‘war on drugs’ that has led to the US killing dozens of alleged drug dealers off the coast of Venezuela Colombia & most recently Mexico? How is "a non-international armed conflict" legally defined? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social @alonso-gd.bsky.social explain

Out tomorrow on #Patreon 📣 We watched The New Yorker documentary 'In Flow of Words: Translating the Trauma of War' together at the Hague Humanity Hub & reacted to it in REAL TIME! We discuss how interpreters at intl trials can be impacted by what they hear from victims + perpetrators

Want to know details of the statute for the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine? How will it work? Our main interlocutor is Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s ambassador to The Hague and former prosecutor general. Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Time for another #ICJ ruling! Advisory Opinion on Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other Int Organizations & Third States in & in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory dropping now.

Coming tomorrow: We are getting our heads around the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. But there’s still a lot of detail to be ironed out. Andriy Kostin, now ambassador in The Hague explains why Kyiv needed this Special Tribunal agreed.

Check out our special episode, introducing our Bookclub over on #Patreon. @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social is one of our occasional contributors there. She recommended and reviewed Michel Trouillot’s Silencing the Past for us. One of her faves Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/bon...

Question to my followers: is anyone working on the intersection of international law/norm contestation and memory politics? Please be in touch if you are...