Victims and the ICC: "I want them to know that we still exist"

Venezuelan victims and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Venezuelan victims protest on the outskirts of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 3 December 2024. A poster challenges (in Spanish, left) the ICC prosecutor: ‘Khan, are you for truth or for criminals?’ Photo: © Franck Petit.

Luis Carlos Díaz, Elizabeth Atieno and Oleksandr Maksymenko, who are victims of atrocities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine, turned to the International Criminal Court for the justice it promised. But they were disappointed. It is the victims who go to the ICC, not the ICC that goes to the victims, they say in this new podcast by our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts. “I want [the ICC] to know that there is still a need to address the harm that we have suffered,” says Atieno. “I want them to know that we want reparation, that we have never moved on, we have never forgotten. I want them to know that we still exist, we are not just a number but real human beings with real experiences.”

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This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between Justice Info and Asymmetrical Haircuts, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.

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