International justice at the crossroads: what role for the media?
Ven 11 aprile 2025
10:30 - 11:20
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In Ukraine, Palestine, Sudan or Syria, international courts have become the high-profile legal battleground of the most sensitive and consequential conflicts. Judges have even been called to rule on climate change and its impact on millions of people. International law is on the retreat and yet as never before have the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) been looked up to to set principles and establish responsibilities. The stakes are high for States, political and military leaders – and for the courts themselves.
Journalists covering these institutions face unique challenges: procedural opacity, legal complexity, political pressure, geopolitical strategies, and the duty to inform audiences that are far away from the courtrooms and inevitably ill-equipped to understand the technicalities of law and the politics of justice.
This panel will bring together leading journalist experts to explore how media coverage of international justice and the role of reporters covering it have evolved over time and how it can meet growing demands for transparency, impact, and accessibility.
At a time when international justice is under attack, accused of lacking legitimacy and being politicized, this panel will discuss the tensions between their role as independent journalists (and therefore watchdogs of justice institutions) and accountability for international crimes.
Moderated by Thierry Cruvellier.
Organised in association with Fondation Hirondelle.
Launched in 2015 by Fondation Hirondelle, Justice Info is an independent news website that covers the latest news on justice initiatives in countries facing the most serious violence. A leading media outlet on the subject, its editorial team and thirty correspondents publish four articles a week, simultaneously in French and English (also in Spanish for Colombia, and in Ukrainian and Russian for Ukraine).
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Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo
Il Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia è un evento annuale che riunisce professionisti dei media, esperti di comunicazione e appassionati di informazione da tutto il mondo. Si svolge nel centro storico di Perugia e offre conferenze, dibattiti, workshop e opportunità di networking sui temi più rilevanti del giornalismo contemporaneo.
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Palazzo dei Priori (Perugia)
Il Palazzo dei Priori, o comunale, è uno dei migliori esempi d'Italia di palazzo pubblico dell'età comunale. Sorge nella centrale Piazza IV Novembre a Perugia, in Umbria. Si estende lungo Corso Vannucci fino a via Boncambi. È ancora oggi sede di parte del Municipio e, al terzo piano, della Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria. Deve il suo nome ai Priori, la massima autorità politica al governo della città in epoca medievale.
Janet Anderson
Janet H. Anderson is the lead correspondent of Justice Info in The Hague, Netherlands. A former radio producer at the BBC World Service and correspondent in West Africa, she’s been covering international tribunals for more than twenty-five years, and particularly the ICC and the ICJ in The Hague. She is the President of the Association of Journalists of the International Criminal Court. Alongside her Reuters colleague Stephanie van den Berg, she co-hosts Asymmetrical Haircuts, a podcast offering a reporter’s look at international justice, featuring primarily female guests who are experts in the field. She is also the founder of Justice Connection, a communication firm focused on accountability mechanisms.
Thierry Cruvellier
Thierry Cruvellier is the Editor-in-Chief of Justice Info, the leading news website on international justice created in 2015 by Fondation Hirondelle. For about thirty years, he has reported on trials for crimes against humanity and genocide, from Rwanda to Sierra Leone, from the former Yugoslavia to Cambodia and Colombia. He has been an Op-ed contributor to The New York Times, a 2003 recipient of the prestigious Nieman Foundation Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University. He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), and is the author of three books: Court of Remorse (Le Tribunal des vaincus, Calmann-Lévy, 2006) on Rwanda's genocide trials, The Master of Confessions (Le Maître des aveux, Gallimard, 2011) on the Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia, and Promised Land (Terre promise, Gallimard, 2018), a tale on the extraordinary resilience of the Sierra Leonean people over the past forty years.