Asymmetrical Haircuts
@asymmetricalh.bsky.social
Two journalists, one haircut, tons of opinions on international justice. Hosted by @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social. Find us wherever you get your podcasts.
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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.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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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.
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 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'
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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...
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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...
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...
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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
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
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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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
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
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
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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
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
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.
Andriy Kostin, now ambassador in The Hague explains why Kyiv needed this Special Tribunal agreed.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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.
Andriy Kostin, now ambassador in The Hague explains why Kyiv needed this Special Tribunal agreed.
Out tomorrow: Why do states bring cases to the ICJ - even when there’s no jurisdiction? @drnajimagi.bsky.social helps run though the current caseload. Plus with the genocide cases against Myanmar and Israel, are states trying to be useful or just delaying when they make additional interventions?
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Out tomorrow: Why do states bring cases to the ICJ - even when there’s no jurisdiction? @drnajimagi.bsky.social helps run though the current caseload. Plus with the genocide cases against Myanmar and Israel, are states trying to be useful or just delaying when they make additional interventions?
Out tomorrow We are exploring the largest permanent saltwater lagoon in #Europe, Mar Menor in #Spain. Why? Because it’s the first ecosystem to be granted legal personhood in Europe. And now it’s also likely to be the first ecosystem to be represented at the European Court of Human Rights.
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How is social media being used to shift public perception around the ICC?
Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How is social media being used to shift public perception around the ICC?
Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
Out now on #Patreon 🎙️
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Out now on #Patreon 🎙️
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
Out Tomorrow - With former Filipino President Duterte waiting to stand trial at the ICC, we look at the misinformation initiatives employed during and after his ‘War on Drugs’ campaign in which human rights orgs say over 12,000 Filipinos were murdered.
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Out Tomorrow - With former Filipino President Duterte waiting to stand trial at the ICC, we look at the misinformation initiatives employed during and after his ‘War on Drugs’ campaign in which human rights orgs say over 12,000 Filipinos were murdered.
🎯ICYMI - go listen to our latest epsiode where @szarmsky.bsky.social unpacks the challenges of prosecuting harmful online content!
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With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
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With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎯ICYMI - go listen to our latest epsiode where @szarmsky.bsky.social unpacks the challenges of prosecuting harmful online content!
asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
Out now! Can international courts adapt to the rise of digital evidence? Sarah Zarmsky argues that if international criminal law is to survive, it must catch up with advances in technology.
Episode out now👇
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Episode out now👇
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September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Out now! Can international courts adapt to the rise of digital evidence? Sarah Zarmsky argues that if international criminal law is to survive, it must catch up with advances in technology.
Episode out now👇
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Episode out now👇
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What are the ethical dilemmas of using digital evidence in international criminal law for the victims and survivors involved?
In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Sarah Zarmsky to discuss what she calls “digital harms.”
🎧 Tune in tomorrow!
In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Sarah Zarmsky to discuss what she calls “digital harms.”
🎧 Tune in tomorrow!
September 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What are the ethical dilemmas of using digital evidence in international criminal law for the victims and survivors involved?
In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Sarah Zarmsky to discuss what she calls “digital harms.”
🎧 Tune in tomorrow!
In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Sarah Zarmsky to discuss what she calls “digital harms.”
🎧 Tune in tomorrow!
ICYMI: The ICC held it's first in absentia hearing last week on Joseph Kony — its first-ever indictee, still at large after 20+ years.
🎧 Listen for expert insights from Michael Scharf & @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
🎧 Listen for expert insights from Michael Scharf & @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
September 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
ICYMI: The ICC held it's first in absentia hearing last week on Joseph Kony — its first-ever indictee, still at large after 20+ years.
🎧 Listen for expert insights from Michael Scharf & @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
🎧 Listen for expert insights from Michael Scharf & @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
We went through the arguments aired at the extraordinary hearings at the ICC - Joseph Kony faces 39 counts of crimes mainly against women and children. At the media centre we were joined by @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social.
Episode out now:
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Episode out now:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We went through the arguments aired at the extraordinary hearings at the ICC - Joseph Kony faces 39 counts of crimes mainly against women and children. At the media centre we were joined by @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social.
Episode out now:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Episode out now:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Our first podcast of the new season is out tomorrow! @drmelob.bsky.social explains how genocide scholars have come to the overwhelming consensus that Gaza is facing genocide and what that means legally for states under the Genocide Convention.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our first podcast of the new season is out tomorrow! @drmelob.bsky.social explains how genocide scholars have come to the overwhelming consensus that Gaza is facing genocide and what that means legally for states under the Genocide Convention.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
With @janethanderson.bsky.social & @svdberg.bsky.social
The third episode of our summer series looks at two ongoing cases of corporate legal liability in different countries: Lafarge in France concerning Syria and Lundin Mining in Sweden concerning Sudan. If you listen through to the end, we bring events up to date
August 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The third episode of our summer series looks at two ongoing cases of corporate legal liability in different countries: Lafarge in France concerning Syria and Lundin Mining in Sweden concerning Sudan. If you listen through to the end, we bring events up to date
Coming tomorrow!
Why has a statue of #CRSV survivors been created?
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @mukwegefoundation.org
Why has a statue of #CRSV survivors been created?
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @mukwegefoundation.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Coming tomorrow!
Why has a statue of #CRSV survivors been created?
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @mukwegefoundation.org
Why has a statue of #CRSV survivors been created?
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @mukwegefoundation.org
Out now on #Patreon🎙️
We review 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot.
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social explains how the book can help to analyse how historical narratives are constructed in international trials
Listen👇
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We review 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot.
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social explains how the book can help to analyse how historical narratives are constructed in international trials
Listen👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
July 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Out now on #Patreon🎙️
We review 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot.
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social explains how the book can help to analyse how historical narratives are constructed in international trials
Listen👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
We review 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot.
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social explains how the book can help to analyse how historical narratives are constructed in international trials
Listen👇
www.patreon.com/c/Asymmetric...
Out tomorrow on #Patreon!
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social joined the War Criminals Book Club to discuss 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
We talk about the process of creating narratives in history and trials + how to deal with what is left out
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social joined the War Criminals Book Club to discuss 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
We talk about the process of creating narratives in history and trials + how to deal with what is left out
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Out tomorrow on #Patreon!
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social joined the War Criminals Book Club to discuss 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
We talk about the process of creating narratives in history and trials + how to deal with what is left out
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social joined the War Criminals Book Club to discuss 'Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History' by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
We talk about the process of creating narratives in history and trials + how to deal with what is left out
Excavation of a mass unmarked grave in Tuam, Ireland has finally begun. 796 infants died at the St Mary’s ‘mother and baby home’ between 1925-1961. Listen back to an episode we did covering this in 2021.
View episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
View episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Excavation of a mass unmarked grave in Tuam, Ireland has finally begun. 796 infants died at the St Mary’s ‘mother and baby home’ between 1925-1961. Listen back to an episode we did covering this in 2021.
View episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
View episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Coming tomorrow!
Why don’t govts do more to recognize and prevent atrocities? @ewelinaochab.bsky.social gives examples of what has not worked in the past + what is needed to pressurise the #UK government to fulfil its international law obligations, with @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin
Why don’t govts do more to recognize and prevent atrocities? @ewelinaochab.bsky.social gives examples of what has not worked in the past + what is needed to pressurise the #UK government to fulfil its international law obligations, with @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin
July 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Coming tomorrow!
Why don’t govts do more to recognize and prevent atrocities? @ewelinaochab.bsky.social gives examples of what has not worked in the past + what is needed to pressurise the #UK government to fulfil its international law obligations, with @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin
Why don’t govts do more to recognize and prevent atrocities? @ewelinaochab.bsky.social gives examples of what has not worked in the past + what is needed to pressurise the #UK government to fulfil its international law obligations, with @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin