Stephanie van den Berg

Episode 143 – Disinformation in the Philippines with Benjie Aquino Stef, Benjie and Janet in The Hague Humanity Hub 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 Inte…

Confirmation hearings have been going on at the ICC for former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte - is ‘fake news’ circulating? Listen to our #throwback episode, where we discuss all things misinformation from a civil society perspective.

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Please, no! Then I'd have to cover it

The Dutch are more quietly smug about "what a small country can be great at"

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We discussed the Iran protests and Argentina accountability with @gissounia.bsky.social

How are the current protests in Iran related to the 2022 ones? And what means are protesters using to get evidence out & fight for accountability?

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Initially this episode was supposed to focus on the complaint we filed in Argentina in mid Dec & UN reform & impact on documentation bodies.

But then last month the Islamic Republic killed thousands of protesters in just two days…

Without meaningful accountability cycles of violence will continue.

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions Trump’s sanctions on U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court froze assets and disrupted war crimes investigations. The clash is part of the broader campaign by his administ...

Trump's war on global justice and the ICC. It took a while but we pulled it together. With @reuters.com colleagues Andrew Marshall, @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @johnshiffman.bsky.social Anthony Deutsch and @michellenichols.bsky.social www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Episode 150 – Iran Protests and Argentina Accountability with Gissou Nia Gissou Nia guides us through accountability for violence agianst protestors in Iran. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the backgrou…

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The current protests in Iran are closely linked to the 2022 Women Life Freedom uprising. Gissou Nia explains a universal jurisdiction case in Argentina filed by women blinded in those demonstrations, and how evidence is being gathered now.
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Justice Update – Survivors @ The ICC We sat down with torture survivors from Kenya, Venezuela and Ukraine to ask them what their experience engaging with the International Criminal Court and seeking justice is. Check out all the backg…

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Justice Update – Survivors @ The ICC We sat down with torture survivors from Kenya, Venezuela and Ukraine to ask them what their experience engaging with the International Criminal Court and seeking justice is. Check out all the backg…

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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

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definite proof of the competition elbowing in

Episode 12 – Genocide and Gender with Akila Radhakrishnan On the day of Gambia’s historic filing with the ICJ to ask Myanmar to ‘stop the genocide of the Rohingya’ Janet and Stephanie talk to Akila Radhakrishnan of the Global Justice Cen…

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...

Did I pick my top to match the press room's ornate green velvet wallpaper? Maybe...

Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia tells genocide case Gambia on Monday told judges at the United Nations' top court that Myanmar targeted minority Muslim Rohingya for destruction and made their lives a nightmare in a landmark case accusing Myanmar of gen...

I'm at the ICJ/World Court this week for the Myanmar Rohingya genocide case : www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.

**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**

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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

3 panel-comic of a black cat that is sitting close to the number 2025, then looks at it and then pushes it down, so that 2025 drops from the table.

bye 2025👋

Black cat on orange couch next to open book

Not to be outdone by the upstart Lola has now joined me on the couch to read about Pinochet's crimes

White cat sitting next to a copy of Philippe Sands book "38 Londres Street. On impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia"

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

Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...

I was off on Wednesday but my colleague @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social was busy putting out this story on new US threats to the ICC, that Anthony Deutch and I contributed to from The Hague www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Episode 148 – Madam War Criminal with Olivera Simic Why do people plead guilty at an international tribunal? And is it common for women to be war criminals? Olivera Simic, examines former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic. If it’s interesting, …

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👇

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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?

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

The Hague like a local Our correspondent's guide to legal landmarks, Dutch-Indonesian fusion food and seaside escapes.

My tips for The Hague
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You're gonna complain about pumkin spice pepernoten?

ICC confirms charges against LRA's leader Kony in absentia
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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.

Episode 146 – When Is It A War? with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg 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 whet…

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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
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