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The Complementarity Regime of
the International Criminal Court
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Below
you will find the conference program. To download the full
brochure please click here. To
request a paper copy of the brochure, or for more information on the ICLN 2003
Annual Conference please
email us.
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Structure
To navigate, please
use the links below
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Morning: Current Status of the International Criminal
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Afternoon: The Framework of Complementarity |
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Morning: the Prosecution's Perspective |
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Afternoon: the National Perspective |
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DAY
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Break-out session 1: Evidence & Forensics |
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Break-out session 2: International Legal Assistance |
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Break-out session 3: Defence Lawyer's point of view on
complementarity |
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Wednesday 17
December 2003 |
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The Current Status of the International Criminal Court |
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09:00 |
Registration
and coffee |
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09:30 |
Introduction of the
Conference |
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Chair:
Roy S. Lee,
Colombia Law School, former Executive Secretary of
the Rome Conference |
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09:45 |
The ICC, the EU and the Rule
of International Law |
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Piet Hein Donner,
Minister
of Justice, The Netherlands |
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10:15 |
The Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court |
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Elizabeth Odio Benito,
Second Vice-President
of the International Criminal Court |
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10:45
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Questions and answers |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:30 |
Complementarity in practice |
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Luis Moreno Ocampo,
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court |
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12:00 |
The
ICC and its relation to military peacekeeping missions |
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Debate between the audience, the
speakers and invited Permanent Representatives to the UN |
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12:30 |
Questions and answers |
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12:45 |
Lunch |
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the
framework of complementarity |
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13:45 |
The Complementarity Regime of the ICC |
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Mauro Politi,
Judge of the International Criminal Court |
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14:15 |
Statement on the process of negotiations on
Article 17 |
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John T. Holmes,
former Director of the UN Criminal and Treaty
Law Division, Canadian Ambassador in Jordan
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14:45 |
Questions and
Answers |
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15:00 |
Break |
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15:30 |
International lawyer’s reflections on the legal
standards contained in Article 17 |
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Michail Wladimiroff,
International Lawyer |
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16:00 |
Broader implications of the system of
complementarity |
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Elizabeth Wilmshurst,
Former Deputy Legal Adviser to the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom |
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16:30 |
Panel discussion: Prospects
for the functioning ot the ICC in light of complementarity |
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Introduced and chaired by:
Bill Pace,
Convenor of the CICC |
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17:30 |
Reception at
the Entrance Hall of the Peace Palace |
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Thursday 18
December |
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COMPLEMENTARITY IN DETAIL: THE PROSECUTION’S
PERSPECTIVE |
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09:00 |
Overview of the challenges for the prosecution
relevant to complementarity |
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Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi,
Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court |
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09:30 |
Fact finding, fact analysis and challenges for
the prosecution deriving from Article 17 |
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Xabier Agirre,
Strategic Analist International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
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10:00 |
The powers of the Prosecutor
at the preliminary examination stage |
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Håkon Friman,
Legal Expert Ministry of Justice, Division for
Criminal Law Sweden, Member of the Swedish Delegation on the International
Criminal Court |
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10:30 |
Questions and answers |
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10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Investigation: role and reliability of
non-state parties |
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Klaus Räckwitz,
Senior Info and Evidence Adviser –
International Criminal Court |
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11:30 |
Responding to situations: requirements in
achieving rapid investigative response in light of victims and witnesses |
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Carla Ferstman
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Legal
Director Redress, member of the Council of the
International Criminal Bar |
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12:00 |
Final Reflections on the Complementarity Regime |
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Morten Bergsmo,
Senior Legal Adviser – International Law,.
International Criminal Court |
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12:30 |
Questions and answers |
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12:45 |
Lunch |
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COMPLEMENTARITY IN
DETAIL: THE NATIONAL PERPECTIVE |
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14:00 |
Implementation of the Rome Statute: Making the
national criminal justice system able in-law |
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Daniel Nsereko,
Professor of International Law, University of
Botswana, member of the Ugandan delegation of the Assembly of States Parties |
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14:30 |
Obligations to render cooperation and judicial
assistance, and the importance of the privileges and immunities agreement |
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Christopher Hall,
Legal Advisor Amnesty International |
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15:00 |
Part 3 of the Rome Statute, General Principles
of criminal law concurring with such principles of criminal law in domestic
legal systems? |
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Otto Triffterer,
Professor of Law, University of Salzburg |
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15:30 |
Questions and answers |
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16:00 |
Break |
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16:15 |
Truth and reconciliation commissions and the
determination of genuine ability and willingness to carry out an
investigation or prosecution |
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John Dugard,
Professor of International Law, University of
Leiden, Member of the
International Law Council |
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16:45 |
Prosecution of war crimes in the former
Yugoslavia: issue
of cooperation and judicial assistance |
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Giovanni Grasso,
Vice President, State Court on Human Rights,
Bosnia Herzegovina |
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17:15 |
Questions and answers |
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19:00 |
Joint dinner in the Steigenberger Kurhaus
Hotel (optional) |
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Friday 19
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Forensic evidence and the ICC: from physical trace to
indictment |
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session 1:
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9:30 |
Opening
by
session-chair |
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Ton Broeders,
Chief Scientist, Netherlands Forensic Institute |
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9:35 |
Collecting evidence for the ICTY: forensic
anthropology in Kosovo |
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George Maat,
Professor of
Anatomy
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Forensic
Anthropology,
Leiden University Medical Centre & Netherlands Forensic Institute |
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10:05 |
ICC Rules of Procedureand
Evidence
and forensic expertise |
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Klaus Räckwitz,
Senior Information
and Evidence Adviser – International Criminal Court |
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10:35 |
Questions and answers |
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10:45 |
Break |
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11:05 |
Expanding
Forensic Science Horizons |
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Angela Gallop,
Chief executive,
Forensic Alliance
Limited,
United Kingdom |
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11:35 |
The reliability of evidence: can forensic
evidence be decisive proof? |
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Ton Broeders,
Chief
Scientist,
Netherlands Forensic Institute |
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12:05 |
Questions and answers |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
New developments in forensic expertise |
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Three contributions from the Netherlands
Forensic Institute
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Quick Response Team – Peter de Bruyn
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3D-visualisation – Jurrien Bijhold
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Biometrics – Arnout Ruifrok
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14:15 |
Workshop: criteria for forensic evidence with
special reference to the International Criminal Court |
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Experts from: |
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Netherlands Forensic Institute
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Forensic Alliance Limited, United Kingdom
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International Criminal Court
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15:30 |
Break |
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15:50 |
Continue workshop |
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17:15 |
Closure and drinks |
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Friday 19
December |
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International support for national legal reform |
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session 2:
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09:00 |
Opening by the co chairs |
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Christopher Stone,
Director of the Vera Institute of Justice |
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Kees Kouwenaar,
Director of the Center for International Legal
Cooperation |
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09:45 |
Managing justice sector reform ; the case of
Vietnam |
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Eric Vinken,
Senior Project Manager & Consultant at CILC |
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10:05 |
Do’s and don’ts in legal reform projects:
speaking from experience |
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Jean Jacques Heintz,
President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance
Mulhouse, former deputy registrar of the ICTY |
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10:25 |
Discussion |
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10:55 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Model legislation: a tool for regional
cooperation in national legal reform |
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Ferdinand Feldbrugge,
Professor of Eastern European Law, former Dean of the Law Faculty,
University of Leiden |
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11:35 |
Managing legal reform projects, the case of
Georgia |
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Abdeljalil Taktak,
Senior Project Manager & Consultant at CILC |
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11:55 |
Discussion |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Demonstration projects as a tool for
institutional reform : examples from Russia and Nigeria |
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Innocent Chukwuma,
Director of Centre for Law Enforcement
Education of Nigeria |
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Todd Foglesong,
Senior Associate at Vera and former Director of
Centre for Justice Assistance, Moscow |
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14:20 |
Discussion |
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14:45 |
Break |
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15:00 |
The challenges of sector-wide strategies and
the role of domestic NGO’s |
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Speakers invited from the British Department
for International Development and EuropeAid |
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15:40 |
Discussion |
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16:00 |
Closing sessions: reflections from the
co-chairs and concluding discussion |
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Christopher Stone,
Director of the Vera Institute of Justice |
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Kees Kouwenaar,
Director of the Center for International Legal
Cooperation |
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Friday 19
December |
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A lawyer’s view on complementarity |
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session 3:
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Introduction |
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Michail
Wladimiroff,
International laywer, President of ICLN |
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Complementarity: the national perspective |
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Gerard Strijards,
Professor of International Criminal Law, University of Groningen, Senior
Legal
Advisor Netherlands High Prosecutorial Office |
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Role of
the defence council in arrest and surrender |
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Geert Jan Knoops,
International Criminal Lawyer, Member of the Scientic Board of the Forensic
Science Expert Center |
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Lunch |
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Challenging
the jurisdiction of the Court |
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Stephan Kay QC,
Barrister, Amicus Curiae in the Milosevic Case |
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Investigation
and pre-trial |
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Stephane Bourgon,
Defence Counsel ICTY |
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(Inter)national strategies for lawyers towards complementarity |
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Carla
Ferstmann, Legal Director REDRESS, Member of the Council of the
International Criminal Bar |
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Adressing
practical issues relatnig to the assignment of the defence counsel |
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Esteban
Peralta Lossilla,
Coordinator Defence Counsel, International Criminal Court |
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Closure and drink |
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