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  • War WATCH: Episode 3 - Syria: The Search for Accountability After Assad

    War WATCH: Episode 3 - Syria: The Search for Accountability After Assad
    Jan 8 2026
    In the third episode of the War Watch podcast, a six-episode series from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute, host Juliette Graf meets Mohammad Al Abdallah, Executive Director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), who discusses Syria's dual accountability crisis one year after Assad's fall. Despite regime change, violations continue. They are joined by Stuart Casey-Maslen, Special Adviser to the Geneva Academy's IHL in Focus project, who explains Syria's legal obligations under international humanitarian law and what tools exist to achieve accountability. Syria is one of the conflicts featured on the War Watch portal, where you can track international humanitarian law violations and explore the conflict's classification. Find out more at: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/ War Watch portal - Syria entry : https://warwatch.ch/situations/armed-conflicts-in-syria/ Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC): https://syriaaccountability.org/
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    32 min
  • War WATCH Episode 2 - Mozambique: A War of Neglect and Impunity

    War WATCH Episode 2 - Mozambique: A War of Neglect and Impunity
    Dec 2 2025
    In the second episode of the War Watch podcast, a six-episode series from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute, host Juliette Graf meets Joshua Niyo from the IHL Centre, who has just returned from Cabo Delgado, to discuss what the Norwegian Refugee Council calls one of the world's most neglected displacement crises. They are joined by Stuart Casey-Maslen, Special Adviser to the Geneva Academy's IHL in Focus project who will help unpack the law and its limits in every episode. Find out more at: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/ War Watch: https://geneva-academy.ch/projects/war-watch/ IHL Centre: https://www.ihlcentre.org/ Norwegian Refugee Council - Mozambique: https://www.nrc.no/countries/africa/mozambique/ OCHA Mozambique: https://www.unocha.org/mozambique Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Mozambique: https://www.msf.org/mozambique Call for High Commissioner investigation into 2021 Palma events: https://www.amisdelaterre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/investigation-call-to-ohchr-on-mozambique-without-names-1.pdf Politico investigation into TotalEnergies: https://www.politico.eu/article/totalenergies-mozambique-patrick-pouyanne-atrocites-afungi-palma-cabo-delgado-al-shabab-isis/
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    28 min
  • War Watch: Episode 1 - Sudan: A War of Atrocities

    War Watch: Episode 1 - Sudan: A War of Atrocities
    Oct 23 2025
    In the first episode of the War Watch podcast, a six-episode series from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute, host Juliette Graf meets Mona Rishmawi, member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, to discuss what the United Nations calls the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. They are joined by Stuart Casey-Maslen, Special Adviser to the Geneva Academy’s IHL in Focus project who will help unpack the law and its limits in every episode. Find out more at: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/ IHL in Focus Report on the Weaponization of Water in Sudan: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/news/detail/792-water-wars-how-sudan-s-conflict-weaponizes-a-basic-human-need Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ffm-sudan/index
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    34 min
  • In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 5: Israel’s Weaponization of Water in Gaza

    In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 5: Israel’s Weaponization of Water in Gaza
    Sep 17 2025
    Less than a toilet flush: In Gaza, people survive on just 4–8 liters of water a day. This episode provides a legal analysis of Israel’s weaponization of water against civilians In this episode, host Juliette Graf speaks with Stuart Casey-Maslen (Geneva Academy), Dr. Elvina Pothelet (Diakonia IHL Centre), and Lama Abdul Samad (Oxfam), bringing together legal expertise, humanitarian perspectives, and field documentation to examine how Israel has turned water into a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza. Further reading: IHL in Focus Spot Report: Water Crisis in War and Under Occupation: Current Israeli Policy and Practice in Occupied Palestinian Territory under International Humanitarian Law: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/joomlatools-files/docman-files/IHL%20Spot%20Report%20-%20Water%20Crisis%20in%20War%20and%20Under%20Occupation.pdf Oxfam Briefing: Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponised water in its military campaign in Gaza https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/water-war-crimes-how-israel-has-weaponised-water-in-its-military-campaign-in-ga-621609/ International Humanitarian Law Centre Report: A Legal Appraisal of Israel’s Purported Aid Delivery Scheme in Gaza https://www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/a-legal-appraisal-of-israels-purported-aid-delivery-scheme-in-gaza/ Editing: Tim Young
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    34 min
  • In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 4: Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict

    In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 4: Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict
    Mar 24 2025
    In this episode of the In and Around War(s) podcast, Yousuf Syed Khan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins Academy Research Fellows Eugénie Duss and Francesco Romani to discuss the legal issues surrounding food security in armed conflict, as explored in our recent IHL in Focus Spot Report on Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict and the Use of Siege-Like Tactics. After examining IHL rules on starvation, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, and humanitarian assistance, they address current developments and prospects for their enforcement at the international level, particularly in relation to the work of fact-finding commissions, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice.
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    34 min
  • In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 3: The Geneva Conventions on Trial

    In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 3: The Geneva Conventions on Trial
    Nov 21 2024
    This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Do they address the realities of modern warfare? Are they to blame when violations occur? And do they really justify killing? In the latest episode of our podcast series ‘In and Around War(s)’, we delve into these frequently formulated questions by putting the Geneva Conventions on trial. This episode of 'In and Around War(s)' was co-produced with Janet H. Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg from the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, who lead the discussion by presenting three charges against the Geneva Conventions. Acting as defenders are Andrew Clapham, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, and Gloria Gaggioli, Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Geneva. The verdict is ultimately delivered by Francesco Romani, Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy.
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    55 min
  • In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 2: The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes

    In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 2: The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes
    Jul 9 2024
    The latest episode of our 'In and Around War(s)' podcast follows on from the IHL Talk 'The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes: State of the Law and Way(s) Forward' which took place in April. In the episode our Research Fellow, Eugénie Duss, speaks to Jelena Aparac, from UN SWTP, and Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, from of the Erik Castrén Institute at the University of Helsinki. The discussion covers the recent and ongoing proceedings addressing climate change outside the criminal framework, focusing in particular on the case of Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and others v. Switzerland. It also covers the request for an advisory opinion on climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and also the worrying tendency of the investor-state dispute settlement system to award large compensations to investors against states that adopt stricter environmental and climate change measures.
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    32 min
  • In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 1: The Weaponizing of Water in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

    In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 1: The Weaponizing of Water in Contemporary Armed Conflicts
    May 2 2024
    Following on from the discussions that took place during the recent IHL Talk on ‘The Weaponizing of Water in Contemporary Armed Conflicts’, Dr Eugenie Duss, researcher at the Geneva Academy speaks to Mark Zeitoun, Director General, Geneva Water Hub and Professor of Water Diplomacy, Geneva Graduate Institute, and Abby Zeith, Legal Adviser, Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross. Subjects covered in the episode include role of expert engineers in decision processes related to the targeting of water during hostilities, the historical and contemporary use of water as a weapon, and the need for more research around these topics. The guests were also able to frame the issues in the context of their current roles and give some examples of positive developments in the legal work that is going into preventing the use of water as a weapon.
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    26 min