"Ukraine has provided us with, I think, the most striking, the most rapid, the most swift and complete legal offensive or lawfare strategy that has ever been implemented."
In this episode
πΊπ¦ Ukraine's aggressive lawfare strategy
βοΈ International justice finally comes for the West
π€ Why former great powers can't cope with their colonial crimes
π«π· Reckoning with the Algerian War
π¨π© The DR Congo schools us on prosecuting environmental destruction
π¨π΄ Transitional justice lessons from Colombia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and more
π Restitutions, reparations and truth commissions β justice beyond the courts
Show notes
[00:00:16] Intro
[00:01:42] "There is a before Ukraine and an after Ukraine"
[00:07:18] "Justice has become the third weapon of Ukraine's strategy"
[00:11:46] Is lawfare a communication tool?``
[00:15:39] The slow wheels of the ICC
[00:18:43] Justice gets much more pragmatic at the local level: the example of environmental crimes in the DRC
[00:25:52] A renewed interest in justice for indigenous people
[00:28:58] Colombia, a case study for all-encompassing transitional justice
[00:30:14] Why are some countries better than other at looking into their colonial past?
[00:32:26] The restitution of pillaged objects
[00:34:28] A generational reckoning with colonial crimes: the French Algerian war
[00:40:13] Statues, history vs memory and the new frontline of transitional justice
[00:42:53] Outro
π justiceinfo.net
π The Master of Confessions, by Thierry Cruvellier. Ecco Press. 2015. Find it here.
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