With the last weeks of U.S. strikes on alleged drug dealer boats and saying they are in "a non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, we ask 'when is war' and whether a state can just announce it is at war, with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg.If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review.Want to find …

Juliette McIntyre explains what's happening at the International Court of Justice and what she'll be looking out for in upcoming genocide cases.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 coverin…

In this episode of our Climate series, we look at Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood. A unique place for several reasons, Mar Meno is now also the first natural entity to be represented at the European Court of Human Rights by our guest Monica Feria-Tinta, counsel for Mar Menor and a barrister practising in public int…

A complex legal shuffle is going on in The Hague currently, where the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte is being held at the International Criminal Court Detention Unit. Duterte faces potential charges related to a campaign against drugs sellers buyers and users in which at least 7,000 Filipinos were killed. Why is it complex? We…

In this episode we explore the challenges of digital evidence and how international courts are keeping pace with Sarah Zarmsky.If this is 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 angl…

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.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 consensusfeature 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.feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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

Carmen Cheung talks the United States approach to atrocity crimesfeature 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.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.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.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 justicefeature 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.feature interviews – asymmetrical haircuts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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