INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HUMANITARIAN LAW
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Dear Sir/Madam,
We have the pleasure to inform you that the International Institute of Humanitarian Law will organize the 29th Round Table on Current Problems of International Humanitarian Law in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross. This Round Table which will be held in Sanremo, Italy, from 7 – 9 September this year is entitled :
“Justice and Reconciliation – An Integrated Approach”
The International Institute of Humanitarian Law welcomes high level UN and NGOs experts, academics, diplomats, military officers and humanitarian personnel willing to discuss openly and concretely on this issue.
You will find herewith enclosed the Agenda which will hopefully be finalized by the end of June. You will find registration form and further information about the Round Table on our homepage (http://www.iihl.org/).
Best regards,
Nicolas Le Ruyet
International Institute of Humanitarian Law
Research Assistant, Secretary of the Organizing
Committee for the Round Table
Liaison Office – La Voie Creuse 16
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel : +41 22 919 79 30
Fax : +41 22 919 79 33
geneve@iihl.org
Draft Agenda
7 – 9 September 2006
Sanremo, Italy
Wednesday, 6th September 2006
15.00-20.00 Registration
Congress Centre Grand Hotel de Londres
All plenary meetings will take place at the Congress Centre
Thursday, 7th September 2006
09.30-11.00 Opening Session
Message from the President of the Republic of Italy
H. E. Mr. Giorgio Napolitano
Keynote Speaker:
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Welcome Address
- Mr. Claudio Borea, Mayor of Sanremo
- Dr. Massimo Barra, National President of the Italian Red Cross
Statements
- Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (TBC)
- Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (TBC)
- H.E. Mr. Sergei Alexandrovitch Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva (TBC)
- Sen. Gianni Vernetti, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Italy (TBC)
11.00-11.30 Coffee-Break
11.30-12.15
Nuremberg Judgment – 60 years later
Judge Theodor Meron, Appeals Judge and Former President, ICTY – Professor Emeritus, New York University, School of Law
12.15-14.30 Lunch
14.30-19.00
The International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court
14.30-16.30
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Panel:
Moderator: Dr. Frits Kalshoven, Professor Emeritus, Leiden University
a.The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY
b.The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Judge Dennis Byron, Member, Trial Chamber III, ICTR
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
16.30-17.00 Coffee-Break
17.00-19.00
The International Criminal Court (ICC)
Panel:
Moderator: Prof. Akua Kuenyehia, First Vice-President of the ICC
Papers prepared by:
a. Ms Betty Oyella Bigombe, Consultant to the World Bank, former Uganda Government Minister
b. Prof. Erich Kussbach, Andrássy-University, Budapest
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
19.30 Reception – Royal Hotel
Friday, 8th September 2006
09.00-12.30
Hybrid and National Tribunals
Panel:
Moderator: Judge Abdul G. Koroma, International Court of Justice
Hybrid Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor
a. Prof. David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone
b. Mr. Hansjörg Strohmeyer, former Deputy Principal Legal Adviser to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (TBC)
National Tribunal: the War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina
c. Judge Almiro Rodrigues, War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
12.30.14.30Lunch
14.30-16.00
Truth Commissions: Actors in the reconciliation process
Panel:
Moderator: Dr. Alexander Boraine, New York University School of Law - Chairperson and Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, Cape Town Office
a. Mr. Mark Freeman, Senior Project Manager, International Center for Transitional Justice, Brussels Office
b. Prof. William Schabas, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway – former Member of the Truth Commission for Sierra Leone (TBC)
c. Mr. Pierre Hazan, Senior Fellow of the Jennings Randolph Fellowship program, United States Institute for Peace, Washington D.C.
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
16.0.16.30Coffee Break
16.30-19.00
Truth Commissions: Actors in the reconciliation process (continuation)
Panel:
Moderator: Judge Gérard Niyungeko, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Gambia
a. Ms Hlengiwe Mkhize, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands, former Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
b.Mr. Jakob Finci, President, Association of Citizens Truth and Reconciliation, Sarajevo - Bosnia Herzegovina
c.Dr. Michel Veuthey, Vice-President, International Institute of Humanitarian Law
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
20.30Official Dinner
Guest Speaker:
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Saturday, 9th September 2006
09.30-12.00
Thematic Issues (simultaneous panels)
A.The Role of sanctions in an integrated approach to justice and reconciliation
Panel:
Moderator: Dr. Yves Sandoz, Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross
a. Mr. Eric Sottas, Director of the World Organization against Torture, Geneva
b.Prof. Christian-Nils Robert, University of Geneva
c.Prof. Xavier Philippe, Paul Cézanne University – Aix-Marseille III, International Committee of the Red Cross’s Regional Legal Adviser, Moscow
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
B.Resolving the problem of people unaccounted for as a result of armed conflict or other situations of violence: important element in an integrated strategy
Panel:
Moderator: Dr. François Bugnion, Director for International Law and Cooperation within the movement, International Committee of the Red Cross
a. Mr. Bertrand Kern, Diplomatic Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross
b.Dr. Anne-Marie La Rosa, Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross
c. Mr. Christopher Keith Hall, Senior Legal Adviser, International Justice Project, International Secretariat of Amnesty International
Discussion
Summary by Moderator
12.15–12.30 Closing Session
Concluding remarks
Prof. Yoram Dinstein, Member of the Council, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Coordinator of the Round Table