- The Complementarity Regime of the International Criminal Court -

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Structure

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  Morning: Current Status of the International Criminal Court
DAY 1 Afternoon: The Framework of Complementarity
DAY 2 Morning: the Prosecution's Perspective
Afternoon: the National Perspective
DAY 3 Break-out session 1: Evidence & Forensics
Break-out session 2: International Legal Assistance
Break-out session 3: Defence Lawyer's point of view on complementarity
 
 
Wednesday 17 December 2003
The Current Status of the International Criminal Court
09:00 Registration and coffee

09:30

Introduction of the Conference

Chair: Roy S. Lee, Colombia Law School, former Executive Secretary of the Rome Conference

09:45

The ICC, the EU and the Rule of International Law

Piet Hein Donner, Minister of Justice, The Netherlands

10:15

The Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court

Elizabeth Odio Benito, Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court

10:45

Questions and answers

11:00

Break

11:30

Complementarity in practice

Luis Moreno Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

12:00

The ICC and its relation to military peacekeeping missions

Debate between the audience, the speakers and invited Permanent Representatives to the UN

12:30

Questions and answers

12:45

Lunch

 

 the framework of complementarity

 

13:45

The Complementarity Regime of the ICC

Mauro Politi, Judge of the International Criminal Court

14:15

Statement on the process of negotiations on Article 17

John T. Holmes, former Director of the UN Criminal and Treaty Law Division, Canadian Ambassador in Jordan

14:45

Questions and Answers

15:00

Break

15:30

International lawyer’s reflections on the legal standards contained in Article 17

Michail Wladimiroff, International Lawyer

16:00

Broader implications of the system of complementarity

Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Former Deputy Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom

16:30

Panel discussion: Prospects for the functioning ot the ICC in light of complementarity

Introduced and chaired by: Bill Pace, Convenor of the CICC

17:30

Reception at the Entrance Hall of the Peace Palace

Thursday 18 December

COMPLEMENTARITY IN DETAIL: THE PROSECUTION’S PERSPECTIVE

 

09:00

Overview of the challenges for the prosecution relevant to complementarity

Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

09:30

Fact finding, fact analysis and challenges for the prosecution deriving from Article 17

Xabier Agirre, Strategic Analist International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

10:00

The powers of the Prosecutor at the preliminary examination stage

Håkon Friman, Legal Expert Ministry of Justice, Division for Criminal Law Sweden, Member of the Swedish Delegation on the International Criminal Court

10:30

Questions and answers

10:45

Break

11:00

Investigation: role and reliability of non-state parties

Klaus Räckwitz, Senior Info and Evidence Adviser – International Criminal Court

11:30

Responding to situations: requirements in achieving rapid investigative response in light of victims and witnesses

Carla Ferstman Legal Director Redress, member of the Council of the International Criminal Bar

12:00

Final Reflections on the Complementarity Regime

Morten Bergsmo, Senior Legal Adviser – International Law,. International Criminal Court

12:30

Questions and answers

12:45

Lunch

COMPLEMENTARITY IN DETAIL: THE NATIONAL PERPECTIVE

14:00

Implementation of the Rome Statute: Making the national criminal justice system able in-law

Daniel Nsereko, Professor of International Law, University of Botswana, member of the Ugandan delegation of the Assembly of States Parties

14:30

Obligations to render cooperation and judicial assistance, and the importance of the privileges and immunities agreement

Christopher Hall, Legal Advisor Amnesty International

15:00

Part 3 of the Rome Statute, General Principles of criminal law concurring with such principles of criminal law in domestic legal systems?

Otto Triffterer, Professor of Law, University of Salzburg

15:30

Questions and answers

16:00

Break

16:15

Truth and reconciliation commissions and the determination of genuine ability and willingness to carry out an investigation or prosecution

John Dugard, Professor of International Law, University of Leiden, Member of the International Law Council

16:45

Prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia: issue of cooperation and judicial assistance

Giovanni Grasso, Vice President, State Court on Human Rights, Bosnia Herzegovina

17:15

Questions and answers

19:00

Joint dinner  in the Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel (optional)

Friday 19 December

Forensic evidence and the ICC: from physical trace to indictment

 

session 1:

 

9:30

Opening by session-chair

Ton Broeders, Chief Scientist, Netherlands Forensic Institute

9:35

Collecting evidence for the ICTY:  forensic anthropology in Kosovo

George Maat, Professor of Anatomy & Forensic Anthropology, Leiden University Medical Centre & Netherlands Forensic Institute

10:05

ICC Rules of Procedureand Evidence and forensic expertise

Klaus Räckwitz, Senior Information and Evidence Adviser – International Criminal Court

10:35

Questions and answers

10:45

Break

11:05

Expanding Forensic Science Horizons

Angela Gallop, Chief executive, Forensic Alliance Limited, United Kingdom

11:35

The reliability of evidence: can forensic evidence be decisive proof?

Ton Broeders,  Chief  Scientist, Netherlands Forensic Institute

12:05

Questions and answers

12:30

Lunch

13:30

New developments in forensic expertise

Three contributions from the Netherlands Forensic Institute

        Quick Response Team – Peter de Bruyn

        3D-visualisation – Jurrien Bijhold

        Biometrics – Arnout Ruifrok

 

14:15

Workshop: criteria for forensic evidence with special reference to the International Criminal Court

Experts from:

        Netherlands Forensic Institute

        Forensic Alliance Limited, United Kingdom

        International Criminal Court

 

15:30

Break

15:50

Continue workshop

17:15

Closure and drinks

Friday 19 December

International support for national legal reform

 

session 2

09:00

Opening by the co chairs

Christopher Stone, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice

Kees Kouwenaar, Director of the Center for International Legal Cooperation

09:45

Managing justice sector reform ; the case of Vietnam

Eric Vinken, Senior Project Manager & Consultant at CILC

10:05

Do’s and don’ts in legal reform projects: speaking from experience

Jean Jacques Heintz, President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance Mulhouse, former deputy registrar of the ICTY

10:25

Discussion

10:55

Break

11:15

Model legislation: a tool for regional cooperation in national legal reform

Ferdinand Feldbrugge, Professor of Eastern European Law, former Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Leiden

11:35

Managing legal reform projects, the case of Georgia

Abdeljalil Taktak, Senior Project Manager & Consultant at CILC

11:55

Discussion

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Demonstration projects as a tool for institutional reform : examples from Russia and Nigeria

Innocent Chukwuma, Director of Centre for Law Enforcement Education of Nigeria

Todd Foglesong, Senior Associate at Vera and former Director of Centre for Justice Assistance, Moscow

14:20

Discussion

14:45

Break

15:00

The challenges of sector-wide strategies and the role of domestic NGO’s

Speakers invited from the British Department for International Development and EuropeAid

15:40

Discussion

16:00

Closing sessions: reflections from the co-chairs and concluding discussion

Christopher Stone, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice

Kees Kouwenaar, Director of the Center for International Legal Cooperation

 

Friday 19 December

A lawyer’s view on complementarity

 

session 3:

Introduction

Michail Wladimiroff, International laywer, President of ICLN

Complementarity: the national perspective

Gerard Strijards, Professor of International Criminal Law, University of Groningen, Senior Legal Advisor Netherlands High Prosecutorial Office

Role of the defence council in arrest and surrender

Geert Jan Knoops, International Criminal Lawyer, Member of the Scientic Board of the Forensic Science Expert Center

Lunch

Challenging the jurisdiction of the Court

Stephan Kay QC Barrister, Amicus Curiae in the Milosevic Case

Investigation and pre-trial

Stephane Bourgon, Defence Counsel ICTY

(Inter)national strategies for lawyers towards complementarity

Carla Ferstmann, Legal Director REDRESS, Member of the Council of the International Criminal Bar

Adressing practical issues relatnig to the assignment of the defence counsel

Esteban Peralta Lossilla, Coordinator Defence Counsel, International Criminal Court

Closure and drink