Stephanie van den Berg
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Journalist @Reuters & host of the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social podcast on international justice. Reports on international justice, war crimes courts & Dutch news. Also posts about cats, books & neurodiversity (she/her)
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Out tomorrow We are exploring the largest permanent saltwater lagoon in #Europe, Mar Menor in #Spain. Why? Because it’s the first ecosystem to be granted legal personhood in Europe. And now it’s also likely to be the first ecosystem to be represented at the European Court of Human Rights.
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How is social media being used to shift public perception around the ICC?

Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
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The gang was all there for #Kabuga at the #IRMCT only to learn it was the last ever hearing in the #ICTY's legendary courtroom 1 where I spent a big chunk of my late twenties with accused Yugoslav war criminals @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social @janethanderson.bsky.social @mollyquell.bsky.social
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A friend sent me the only #autism take you need "The existence of Dutch people with autism - whose two fundamental beliefs are that no one should take pain killers for any reason and that sprinkles on bread are a health breakfast - should be all the proof we need that Tylenol isn't the cause"
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Out now on #Patreon 🎙️
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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The #ICC's Office of the Prosecutor has released its 'Pre-Confirmation Brief' to accompany the 'Document Containing the Charges' against former President of the #Philippines, Rodrigo Roa #Duterte

The PCB is a legal narrative outline of the 'story' of the charges.

A short 🧵on the main takeaways:
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Sequel just dropped: "Furthermore, [REDACTED]."
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"In other words [REDACTED]" will have to be the title if I ever write a book about covering international courts. Courtesy of the latest filing in the Duterte case at the ICC
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Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 25
BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
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And just like that I am a lot less worried about AI taking over my job. Google AI summary can't tell the ICJ and the ICC apart
Image shows Google AI summary about China and the ICJ mixing up ICJ and ICC
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Excavation of a mass unmarked grave in Tuam, Ireland has finally begun. 796 infants died at the St Mary’s ‘mother and baby home’ between 1925-1961. Listen back to an episode we did covering this in 2021.

View episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
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"In other words [REDACTED]" will have to be the title if I ever write a book about covering international courts. Courtesy of the latest filing in the Duterte case at the ICC
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Next up on our series on the Srebrenica Massacre, Episode 39: ‘Cinema Srebrenica’. This episode discussed the Oscar winning Srebrenica dramatisation, 'Quo vadis, Aida?', along with people who were actually there.

Full episode and transcript here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
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Oh, but I did!
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You didn't need a video of a happy armadillo playing in a sprinkler, but here you go #bluesky ... ☺️