It was a great pleasure for me to get interviewed about Belgium and universal jurisdiction by Asymmetrical Haircuts, a podcast from which I learnt a lot myself and whose episodes I have used as teaching material. You can find more information and listen to the episode below.
We have long since crossed over into crime against humanity territory. The only question whether the relevant crime against humanity is murder or extermination.
The Trump administrations’s widespread and systematic attack upon civilians at sea continues.
Killing for kicks and content.
On Ryan’s Q (whether these killings meet the crimes against humanity threshold), some relevant paragraphs from the ICC decision confirming charges against Rodrigo Duterte for murder as a CAH in his “war on drugs”
(NB only one of “widespread” or “systematic” is needed)
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
The unsealed ICC arrest warrant against Bato dela Rosa: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul....
The ICC might get a second case in the Philippines situation: www.philstar.com/headlines/20....
Among other things, the podcast touches upon a positive development in Belgium related to core international crimes: the increasing judicial recognition of Belgium`s liability for colonial crimes, such as the putting on trial of Etienne Davignon for war crimes in relation to Lumumba`s assassination.
For a legal analysis of this historic decision, you can read this insightful @ejiltalk.bsky.social post: www.ejiltalk.org/once-again-i....
Reporting on an investigation into the victims of US extrajudicial killing in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, identifying 13 of the victims.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
