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Janet H. Anderson

- International courts / Podcast partner

War crimes in Ukraine and ICC arrest warrants - Photo: Sergey Surovikin (former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army) and Vladimir Putin pose in front of Russian flags.
8 March 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Ukraine: “We could still expect another ICC arrest warrant soon” Law Professor Sergey Vasiliev analyses the two arrest warrants issued on March 5 by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sergey Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, two top officers of the Russian army. He explains what we know [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has heard arguments from Aishath Shaan Shakir for the Maldives, on the subject of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
5 March 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Is the ICJ the new “nuclear weapon” of small states? The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) is now subject to thousands of memes and TikTok videos of its proceedings. A whole new generation have found out about this court via its involvement in the ongoing wars in Pale [...]
Hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel's occupation of Palestine, February 19, 2024. Photo: Philippe Sands develops his arguments from the Palestinian side.
20 February 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Palestine’s plea against occupation On the first day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in the Hague on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the judges heard from Palestine’s lawyers. They emphasised the international importance of the ca [...]
International Court of Justice (ICJ): 2 questions for peace in Palestine. Photo: view of the court during the hearing of South Africa (right) against Israel (left), facing the judges. 2 question marks are embedded in screens.
16 February 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Israel occupation: ICJ goes to the heart of the “political deadlock” The two questions being debated from Monday 19 February - by 52 States and 3 international organisations - at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) goes all at once to the heart of the conflict that is raging, of the world lega [...]
Israel / Palestine conflict - Inhabitants of Gaza amid the ruins.
15 January 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Israel-Palestine: the legal battle has started On January 11 and 12, lawyers for South Africa and Israel presented their arguments before the International Court of Justice. South Africa is alleging that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. For now it [...]
Alfred Yekatom, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic, shakes hands with his lawyer Mylène Dimitri during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
11 January 2024 by Janet H. Anderson + Margherita Capacci
The controversy on “intermediaries” hits back in the ICC Yekatom trial Alfred Yekatom's defence opened its case early December in The Hague, with a couple of witnesses and a heavy artillery charge against the International Criminal Court prosecutor, accused of having once again used intermediaries an [...]
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is under pressure over the Palestine issue.
20 November 2023 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Palestine: the ICC Prosecutor under pressure On November 17, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that 5 states sent him a referral of the situation of Palestine. As the numbers of Palestinians killed in the Israeli response to Hamas attacks ratchets [...]
Mokom case at the ICC: a fiasco - Photo: Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka, from the Central African Republic, on trial for crimes committed in the Central African Republic, talks to his lawyers in a courtroom at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (Netherlands).
23 October 2023 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
The Mokom fiasco at the ICC It’s a new blow for the International Criminal Court. On October 16 the Prosecutor announced he was withdrawing all charges against Maxime Mokom, a former minister from Central African Republic. Other cases linked to this country’ [...]
ICC investigation in Palestine: while awaiting the hypothetical results of the International Criminal Court's investigation, the death toll is rising in Palestine (and Israel). Photo: A Palestinian woman holds her wounded children.
13 October 2023 by Janet Anderson
The weak hope of an ICC investigation into Palestine The situation in Palestine has been on the books of the International Criminal Court long before the recent violence in and around Gaza. Critics of the slow pace and lack of information on the investigations by the Office of the P [...]
Hashim Thaçi's trial in The Hague - Kosovo's ex-president displayed on a giant poster in Pristina
3 April 2023 by Janet H. Anderson
With ex-Kosovo president Thaçi, the special court big trial opens Today, the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague plays host to a former head of state in the big showpiece trial of this court. Dealing with events at the tail end of the 1990’s as Kosovo was struggling for liberation from Serbian repressi [...]
ICC vs Putin - Karim Khan visiting Ukraine
21 March 2023 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC arrest warrants against Putin: what do experts say? Justice Info interviewed a number of experts over the weekend to get their reaction and analysis after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova.
Image symbolizing a communication filed by an NGO to the ICC (2/2)
10 February 2023 by Janet H. Anderson
Lobbying the ICC: the experience of a German NGO (2/2) A growing way for civil society organisations to lobby the International Criminal Court is to file « communications” to the Office of the Prosecutor. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), a NGO based in [...]
Image symbolizing a communication filed by an NGO to the ICC
9 February 2023 by Janet H Anderson
Lobbying the ICC: how successful are NGOs in influencing the Prosecutor? (1/2) Year in year out the International Criminal Court (ICC) receives thousands of “communications”, mostly from NGOs, detailing alleged crimes that these organisations wish the Office of the Prosecutor to investigate. Only five - a ti [...]
Kevin Jon Heller holds a book in his hands (he is the co-author):
13 December 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Everything you need to know or argue about a special tribunal on Russia’s crime of aggression There was new momentum this month on the idea of creating a special tribunal that would deal with the crime of aggression of Russia against Ukraine. The president of the European Commission declared her support for it, followed by [...]
20th session (in 2021) of the Assembly of the States Parties (ASP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague (Netherlands).
2 December 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Can 2023 be the booster year for the ICC budget? This year's annual meeting of States Parties opens on Monday 5 December in The Hague. The triple combination of the war in Ukraine, the unprecedented involvement of states in the situation, and the zero-increase policy of previous [...]
Mahamat Said, former member of the Seleka in Central Africa, smiles during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) - The Hague, Netherlands
25 November 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
First Seleka trial at the ICC, behind closed doors For the first time, the International Criminal Court is dealing with crimes allegedly committed by the ‘Seleka’ rebel forces who pushed then president François Bozizé out of office and installed Michael Djotodia as president of th [...]
Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru was scheduled to be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) but died suddenly in September 2022.
15 November 2022 by Janet Anderson
Gicheru dead, the mysteries of ICC's Kenya case fall in a black hole On 26 September 2022, Paul Gicheru died in Kenya. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the collapse of a big case on the 2007 electoral violence that involves the newl [...]
In a street of Vilnius (Lithuania) crowded with demonstrators, a huge flag of Ukraine is deployed on the road, held by Lithuanians.
9 September 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Why Lithuania is at the forefront of the Ukrainian lawfare Lithuania has been front and centre when it comes to pushing for justice and accountability in a variety of fora since Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine on a massive scale. Why?
Paul Gicheru in videoconference at the closing hearing of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
28 June 2022 by Janet Anderson
Last stabs in the darkness at the ICC on the Kenyan case As if the historic failure of the Kenyan trial was not bitter enough, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken it upon itself, in agreeing to prosecute Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, to seek the trut [...]