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Janet H. Anderson

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Janet H Anderson is one of JusticeInfo’s correspondents in The Hague. As a freelance journalist she's been covering international justice - Rwanda, The Hague, Sierra Leone, Uganda - for several decades. Janet trains and supports locally-based journalists in covering atrocity crimes trials, and has authored several manuals guiding journalists and monitors in their work. She's also the vice president of the Association of Journalists at the ICC. Together with JusticeInfo colleague Stephanie van den Berg, she co-hosts Asymmetrical Haircuts: a podcast offering a sideways look at international justice, interviewing mainly female experts in their fields.

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Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on Friday May 16 his decision to take leave until the end of an ongoing investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct. Photo: Khan walks inside the Courtroom in the Hague.
ICC prosecutor steps aside in the storm
19 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On Friday, media covering the International Criminal Court (ICC) received a sudden announcement: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor, was stepping aside “until the end” of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.
Ukraine / Russia: announcement of the creation of a tribunal for the crime of aggression. Photo: A Russian serviceman leans against a machine gun on the roof of an armed vehicle bearing the inscription ‘Z’. What to make of the announced Tribunal for the crime of aggression?
12 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On May 9 around 40 countries announced their support for the creation of a new international court to prosecute the “crime of aggression” by Russia against Ukraine. The result of a joint agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe.
Palestinian children cry after their relatives, including infants, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 14, 2025. Is Israel losing the legal battle?
5 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Less than a year after the International Court of Justice ruled Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal and supported Palestinian rights to self-determination, the UN court hears about it again.
Defence lawyers Jennifer Naouri and Dov Jacobs. The incredible disappearing defence of Said
28 April 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On March 17 the defence of Central African Mahamat Said Adel Kani presented one witness in support of their client at the International Criminal Court. The trial, which has gone on for several years, may be coming to a precipitate close.
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Sudan has filed a genocide claim against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: Soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in a combat vehicle are greeted by Sudanese in Khartoum.
21 March 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Sudan vs UAE: just trying to get attention? Sudan has filed a genocide claim against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice. But legal experts agree that the case has very little chance of proceeding, so why have they bothered?
Suspension of US aid (USAID agency and other grants and organisations): the impact is also felt on transitional justice. Photo: A woman holds a sign that reads: ‘USAID saves lives, save USAID’.
18 February 2025 by Janet H. Anderson + Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
US aid freeze: how many dead? Since the end of January, thousands of people across the globe have received a stop work order as a result of the new US administration’s decision to “pause” global aid for 90 days. In the field of transitional justice, from confl [...]
Donald Trump became President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (back) raises his fist.
21 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 2) The upcoming U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are throwing the court into unknown territory. They have the potential to disable the institution. Individuals working for or even interacting with the Cou [...]
Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (front) raises his fist.
20 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 1) Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill calling on the U.S. president to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for any investigations into “protected persons” of the United States and its alli [...]
Central African Republic - Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Rhombot Yekatom before the International Criminal Court (ICC): what sentences could they face?
13 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Last words in the Yekatom and Ngaïssona trial It is four years that Alfred Rhombot Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona have been on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic [...]
Construction of the IPC of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
2 December 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The clouded skies over the ICC The annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court takes place in The Hague from December 2-7. Against the prospect of a hostile Trump administration in the U.S., an investigation on alleged misconduct of th [...]
Political treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands between the United Kingdom and Mauritius. Photo: The island of Diego Garcia seen from a satellite.
22 November 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Will the Chagos treaty address the wrongs of the past? In October 2024, the United Kingdom and Mauritius suddenly announced that they had “reached a political agreement on the future” of the Chagos islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean from which around 2,000 Chagossians were fo [...]
Karim Khan and the ICC are under pressure - Photo: Karim Khan listens to Luis Fernando Murillo whisper in his ear as he shakes his hand during a visit to Colombia.
24 October 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Pressure mounts on the ICC The investigation into the Israel-Palestine conflict has positioned the International Criminal Court in the forefront of world politics. The institution faces pressures on multiple fronts, externally and internally. Evidence of Is [...]
Belarus before the ICC for two complaints - Photo: Riot police arrest a man in a street of Minsk (Belarus).
3 October 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Suddenly, Belarus wakes up with two complaints before the ICC The legal calm seems over for a country which seemed to escape any form of accountability. On Monday, September 30, Lithuania submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Belarus for crimes against oppon [...]
Maxime Mokom, a former Central African minister who was prosecuted and then released by the International Criminal Court, is now seeking compensation. Photo: Mokom before the ICC.
10 September 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The Mokom fiasco, part 2: everybody did their job, no one needs to know How much should you be compensated if the prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) suddenly decides to stop prosecuting you? In Maxime Mokom’s case, he thinks about 3,5 million euros for him and his family would be su [...]
Al Hassan trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: ICC judges enter the courtroom where Al Hassan is charged with crimes committed in Mali.
5 September 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Sentencing Al Hassan, and his judges The controversial and confusing judgement convicting the former head of Timbuktu’s Islamic police Al Hassan was at the heart of the debates over sentencing before the International Criminal Court on September 4. Whatever the sente [...]
Ngaïssona testifies at the ICC on his alleged role in crimes committed in the Central African Republic. Photo: Ngaïsonna speaks at the International Criminal Court on August 28, 2024.
30 August 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
At the ICC, Ngaïssona in his own words Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, a former minister in Central African Republic, is on trial before the International Criminal Court. On August 28-29 he gave a last-chance, unsworn testimony of his role during the civil war. And nobody r [...]
Banner on Westminster Bridge (United Kingdom) asking
30 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Judges in ICC Palestine have many ‘friends’ The United Kingdom started the ball rolling and has been followed by dozens of amicus curiae – or ‘friends of the court’ – in a move that will considerably delay any decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges on the [...]
Occupation of Palestine by Israel: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues its ruling. Photo: a bulldozer operates at a construction site in Givat HaMatos, an Israeli settlement suburb of annexed east Jerusalem.
22 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Israeli occupation of Palestine: strong reactions after ICJ ruling On Friday 19 July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it considered Israeli policies and practices in the Palestinian territories illegal, that they amounted to annexation, discrimination and segregation. The advisory o [...]
Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike.
1 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
When war becomes illegal What do the International Criminal Court arrest warrants for the attacks on power plants in Ukraine tell us about the possible prosecution of war at international courts? After the ICC prosecutor issued two more warrants against R [...]
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