Episodes

Sanctions on the ICC - what's next? 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/support-us/ Or want to supp...

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 podcasts on international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like wha...

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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/supp...

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 justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: ht...

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, joins the conversation to explain how to best engage people with these topics. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on internation...

A couple of major developments in the summer - the new sanctions on the ICC and the death of an ICTY convict. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip ...

To conclude our summer series, we're looking back on Episode 59 with Ukrainian journalist Oksana Kovalenko, discussing what happens to your role as a journalist when your country becomes a warzone. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newslette...

Summer Collection: Witness to War Crimes. We went back to this conversation on what's happening on the ground in Gaza, reported by Palestinian journalists risking their lives to document the war. We discuss the 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 more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircu...

This is episode two of our 2026 Summer Series, chronicling the theme "Witness to War Crimes." This week, Steph and intern Gigi reflect back on Episode 39 Cinema Srebrenica, which hosted Srebrenica Genocide survivors Alma Mustafić and Emir Suljagić. 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: https://www.asymmetrica...

For the first episode in our 2026 Summer Collection - Witness to War Crimes, we look back on our episode about the People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists with prosecutor Almudena Bernabeu. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter...

Karim Khan has been removed. What now? 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/support-us/ Or want to s...

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 international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you he...

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 justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: h...

Will Kenya be a venue for accountability for alleged crimes in Sudan? We talk to Antonia Mulvey and Owiso Owiso about a new 'first' in Kenya. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Di...

ICC member states vote on 24 July on the dismissal of Prosecutor Karim Khan. We walk through Steph's Reuters reporting, the applicable rules, and what may come next. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircu...

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 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 ...

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 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 t...

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 angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetrica...

Last month Janet sent Steph off to round up interesting speakers at the IBA war crimes conference held in The Hague and see what they had to say about the future of international justice. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://...

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 hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did y...

Explore strategic litigation across Asean countries against Myanmar's military rulers, with Chris Gunness, Zaj Uk, and Jenna Dolecek. 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: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you li...

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 book here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526114822/ 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...

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 angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhai...

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 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...