A Courtroom Suicide: On the Vulnerability of Legal Theatre Half a year after the ICTY formally dissolved, this post reflects on the theatricality of an unexpected event that shook the Tribunal's foundations in its very last week: the courtroom suicide of Slobodan Praljak. Tessa de Zeeuw • June 26, 2018
Just Peace - or more? On September 21st The Hague celebrates the UN International Day of Peace with the Just Peace festival - but is there more to 'peace' than what is being celebrated? An exploration of The Hague's Yi Jun Peace Museum. Tessa de Zeeuw • September 21, 2017
Happy Birthday Blog To celebrate the blog's first birthday, this post looks back on some of the highlights so far. Sophia Hendrikx, Lieke Smits, Nynke Feenstra, Tessa de Zeeuw, Robbert Striekwold and Céline Zaepffel • April 06, 2017
Close to the Skin: Courtroom Sketches A post about the erotics of courtroom sketching and our collective attraction to sensational criminals. Tessa de Zeeuw • March 09, 2017 • 2 comments
Landscape: The LUCAS Graduate Conference Some reflections on last week's LUCAS Graduate Conference on 'Landscape' Lieke Smits, Anna Volkmar and Tessa de Zeeuw • February 02, 2017
When Law Gets Spectacular In this post I describe my experience of watching the International Criminal Court's verdict in the recently concluded case of Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi on my office computer. A reflection on the ICC's web stream: am I being involved as a spectator? Tessa de Zeeuw • November 17, 2016
‘And a Fury of tweets came back at her’ This post delves into the phenomenon of Twitter-shaming. It discusses outbursts of fury on the platform that take the form of proper manhunts realized through retweets, hashtags, and at-signs, and that raise the question of institutionalized intervention. Tessa de Zeeuw • August 04, 2016
The Rage and The Machine Can a retweet be a criminal offense? Yes, say judges in a recent verdict in the The Hague 'Context-case,' which deals with the question of 'incitement' in the use of social media by terrorist organizations. And what does this say about Twitter? Tessa de Zeeuw • May 25, 2016
