Episodes

87
Oct. 26, 2023

Episode 87 – Venezuela sequel with Dalila Seoane and Ignacio Jovtis

Dalila Seoane and Ignacio Jovtis tell us about the evidence they found of crimes against humanity in Venezuela and how it was possible to prosecute it in Argentina under the principle of universal jurisdiction
Oct. 17, 2023

Justice Update – Israel Palestine and International Law

What are the limitations of international law institutions during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
86
Oct. 12, 2023

Episode 86 – Portraits of Women in International Law with Immi Tallgren

We speak with Immi Tallgren about her book 'Portraits of Women in International Law'.
85
Oct. 6, 2023

Episode 85 – Enforced Disappearance ‘firsts’ with Vony Rambolamanana and Ana Srovin Coralli

With Ana Srovin Coralli and Vony Rambolamanana we discuss how a Belarusian man who confessed and was tried for enforced disappearances was then acquitted in Switzerland.
84
Sept. 29, 2023

Episode 84 – Cybercrimes as war crimes with Lindsay Freeman

Are Russian hacking attacks on Ukraine infrastructure war crimes and could they be charged at the ICC? Lindsay Freeman talks us through the issues.
83
Sept. 14, 2023

Episode 83 – Armenia wages ‘lawfare’ with Melanie O’Brien

Dr. Melanie O'Brien discusses Armenia's judicial moves to stop alleged genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh.
82
Sept. 8, 2023

Episode 82 – Finally, Venezuela with Marta Valiñas and Joanna Frivet

Marta Valinas and Joanna Frivet on documenting crimes against humanity in Venezuela and analyse how the ICC is moving forward
Aug. 31, 2023

Justice Update – Landmark Lundin trial

A rare case of corporate responsibility for war crimes in Sudan, prosecuted in Sweden against Lundin oil executives.
Aug. 24, 2023

Summer Collection 2023 – Uncomfortable Justice with Lisa Clifford

Filmmaker Lisa Clifford on the trial of Germain Katanga
Aug. 18, 2023

Summer Collection 2023 – War Reporting with Danny Kemp

Journalist Danny Kemp on witnessing war crimes in Ukraine
Aug. 11, 2023

Summer Collection 2023 – Canada’s Reckoning with Ry Moran, Fannie Lafontaine, Karine Duhamel and Andrew Woolford

Experts from Canada discuss the state's responsibility for crimes against humanity against indigenous children and the efforts to find the truth.
Aug. 3, 2023

The Summer Collection 2023 – Justice Via the Backdoor with Kevin Jon Heller

How can the ICC have jurisdiction over wr crimes that happen in places that are not members of the court? Kevin Jon Heller explains in this re-run.
July 27, 2023

Justice Update – Investigating Aggression in Ukraine

What's the new international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in Ukraine? Who's behind it? What role will the US play?
July 20, 2023

Justice Update – Climate Activists – The Eco Files

Who are the activists behind the climate cases we are covering? What motivates them?
July 14, 2023

Justice Update – Syria Missing and Tortured

New paths to accountability for torture victims and families of the disappeared in Syria.
81
July 5, 2023

Episode 81 – Ljubljana Legal Lobbying with Vaios Koutroulis and Raquel Saveedra

A new treaty - MLA - has been agreed to get states to investigate and try alleged war criminals
June 29, 2023

Justice Update – Ecocide at the ICC – The Eco Files

Ecocide is a concept that has been brought into sharp focus with the destruction of the dam in Ukraine. What is it and how might it work at the ICC?
80
June 22, 2023

Episode 80 – Another BRIC(S) in the Wall with Hannah Woolaver and Allan Ngari

The potential visit by Russian president Putin to South Africa is reviving the debates about ICC member states arrest obligations, and ambivalent attitudes across Africa to the invasion of Ukraine.
79
June 16, 2023

Episode 79 – Kabuga’s Alternative Procedure with Lucy Gaynor

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.
June 9, 2023

Justice Update – Septuagenarian Serbian Spies

The final Hague trial dealing the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
May 29, 2023

Justice Update – Vanuatu at the ICJ – The Eco Files

What is Vanuatu asking at the ICJ about states obligations to prevent climate change? Margaretha Wewerincke-Singh explains.
78
May 19, 2023

Episode 78 – Ukraine’s Taken Children with Yulia Ioffe and Nathaniel Raymond

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 Raymond
77
May 5, 2023

Episode 77 – Darfur Roots with Rebecca Hamilton and Tajedin Abdallah Adam

Rebecca Hamilton and Tajedin Abdalla Adam come on the podcast to explain what is going on in Sudan and Darfur and how the International Criminal Court might come into play
April 28, 2023

Justice Update – Universal Jurisdiction

Universal Jurisdiction cases for atrocity crimes - are they the new norm?