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October 14: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Washington, DC: Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes before the ICC:
Translating Promises into Reality
Prior to the passage of the Rome Statute in 1998, women’s human rights activists engaged in a
campaign to demand prosecution of gender-based crimes in the proposed International Criminal
Court. Because of this campaign, the International Criminal Court is the first international
criminal justice mechanism that explicitly takes into account gender concerns in both its
administrative structure and its general subject matter jurisdiction. The International Criminal
Court serves as a symbol of a legal system that takes the concerns and needs of women seriously.
Join leading experts and practitioners in international criminal law and feminist jurisprudence
for a full day exploration of a deceptively simple question: Has the ICC’s symbolic potential as
an institution committed to holding accountable perpetrators of mass sexual and gender-based
crimes translated into reality?
Room 603, American University Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Click here for more information,
e-mail wilp@wcl.american.edu or call Angie McCarthy at (202) 274-4089.
July 17: 4:00 pm
Los Angeles, CA: The 10th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty of the International Criminal Court:
Meeting the Challenges of International Justice
On July 17, 1998, the nations of the world joined together to agree on terms of the Rome Treaty
of the International Criminal Court. Please join us at this free event to find out how YOU can
support the International Criminal Court as it works to meet the challenges of international
criminal justice, with Olivia Swaak-Goldman, ICC Office of the Prosecutor, and Judge Donald
Shaver, Stanislaus County Superior Court, and others. Sponsored by the International Criminal
Court Alliance, an AMICC local alliance.
Bullock's Tower, 2nd Floor, Westmoreland and Wilshire (on the campus of Southwestern Law School,
near the intersection of Vermont and Wilshire).
Click here for more information.
To RSVP, e-mail info@icc-alliance.org or call (310) 473-0777.
April 25: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Chicago, IL: International Justice: The International Criminal Court 10 Years after
the Rome Statute
The International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University
invites you to an all-day conference on the ICC. Speakers include ICC
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and ICC President Philippe Kirsch.
A student event will be held
the night before the conference to familiarize students and others
with the background and work of the ICC.
A luncheon will take place on the day of the conference from 12:15-1:45 pm in the Winter Garden
of the Library. The speaker will be Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, who will reflect on
his experiences in international criminal justice. Seating is limited. RSVP required.
The conference is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Lower Level, 400 South State Street.
Click here for more information and pre-registration.
April 8: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Washington, DC: Samuel Dash Confernce on Human Rights: The Future of Human Rights.
With the impending presidential election and start of a new administration, the time is
ripe for a reexamination of key issues in human rights and the role of the United States
in the promotion of human rights around the world. This conference promises to provide
the signal opportunity to engage in that reflection with major figures in the fields of
international relations and human rights as well as politics, journalism, and academia.
Co-sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center's Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights
and the Center for American Progress, this daylong event will include Secretary Albright's
insights into how the United States can best advance human rights and ICC Chief Prosecutor
Luis Moreno-Ocampo speaking on "The Role of the International Criminal Court in Preventing
Mass Atrocities." It will also mark the launch of a new book, The Future of Human Rights:
U.S. Policy for a New Era, designed to provide a blueprint for the next President's human rights
policies. Lunch will be provided for conference attendees on the 12th floor of the Gewirz
Student Center. Bill Schulz, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American
Progress and the former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, will lead an informal
discussion during the lunch break. Hart Auditorium, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W.
Click here for more information. To RSVP, e-mail specialevents@law.georgetown.edu.
April 3: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
New York, NY: The ICC and Ad Hoc Tribunals: Experiments in International Criminal Law
The program will discuss the use of the International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals in
combating international atrocity crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war
crimes. It will also discuss networking and cooperation among the tribunals.
Program Co-Chairs: John Washburn (Moderator), American NGO Coalition for the ICC, New York, NY; and
Bruce Zagaris, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC.
Speakers: Michael Scharf, Case Western University School of Law, Cleveland, OH;
Thomas C. Viles, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC; and
Ruth Wedgwood, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC.
American Bar Association Section of International Law Spring Meeting, The Grand Hyatt Hotel, 109 East 42nd Street.
Click here for more information and to register.
March 3: 4:30 pm
New Haven, CT: Inaugural Judge Jon O. Newman Lectur: From Rome to The Hague: The Creation and Development of the International Criminal Court.
Philippe Kirsch Q.C., President of the International Criminal Court and a judge in its Appeals Division.
"My lecture will trace the establishment and development of the ICC from the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998
to the current context of the ICC as a fully-functioning institution and a key component of the broader system of
international justice," said President Kirsch. "My experiences and insight with the Court over the past ten years
as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole of the Rome Conference, Chairman of the Preparatory Commission for the
ICC, and as its current President and judge of Appeals Chamber will also inform the lecture."
Room 127, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street. A reception will follow in the Alumni Reading Room.
Click here for more information.
February 21: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
San Diego, CA: The End of Exceptionalism in War Crimes.
The International Law Speaker Series presents Ambassador David Scheffer,
Northwestern University Law School. American exceptionalism may have a place
in international politics, but this concept has run its course in the sphere of
international criminal justice. The rule of law debacles in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and Guantanamo have been the death-knell of exceptionalism in the war crimes business.
No nation should ignore its duty to bring war criminals to justice or otherwise shield
its own leaders or soldiers from charges of atrocity crimes: genocide, crimes against
humanity, and war crimes. The permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) is here to stay.
Any claim that the US may have to the moral high ground in foreign policy will be difficult
to sustain without U.S. participation in the ICC. The United States needs the ICC to help
restore its global credibility, discipline its own decision-making, and strengthen judicial
intervention against atrocity crimes. We need a strategy for cooperation with the ICC and
ultimate ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS),
California Western School of Law, the American Branch of the International Law Association,
and the American Society of International Law-West. Social Science Building, Room 108, University of California, San Diego, School of Law.
Click here for more information or e-mail iicas-events@ucsd.edu.
January 25: 1:30 - 5:00 pm
Chicago, IL: Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year-in-Review Conference.
The Northwestern University School of
Law presents the first-ever conference in the US to examine the jurisprudence
of the international and hybrid criminal tribunals of 2007. Speakers will
include US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson,
ICTY Deputy Prosecutor David Tolbert, Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecutor
Stephen Rapp, ICTR Senior Appeals Counsel George Mugwanya, former ICC Senior
Trial Attorney Christine Chung, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights
at the National University of Ireland William A. Schabas, and President Emeritus
of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University College of
Law in Chicago Cherif Bassiouni. Professor David Scheffer, who is the Director
of the Center for International Human Rights and the former US Ambassador at
Large for War Crimes Issues, will participate in and moderate the afternoon discussion.
Rubloff 150 (keynote) and 8th Floor, Rubloff-Bluhm Legal Clinic (panel discussion,
Northwestern University School of Law, 357 East Chicago Avenue.
Click here for more information.
October 16: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Cleveland, OH: The International Criminal Court: Seeking Global Justice.
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Lecture in Global Legal Reform by
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, 2007 recipient of the Cox
International Humanitarian Award for Advancing Global Justice.
Moot Courtroom (A59), Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard.
Click here for information,
including CLE credit.
October 4: check agenda for times
Los Angeles, CA: Global Models for Peace Institutions/Conflicts: International Conflict Resolutions - Social Responsibility.
Features Brigitte Suhr, Director of Regional Programs at the international Coalition for the
International Criminal Court (CICC), and
Shirin Ershadi, Co-Chair of International Criminal Court Alliance (ICCA).
Part of the Global Peace Leadership Summit and co-sponsored by the ICCA, an AMICC alliance.
Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Airport, 5711 West Century Boulevard.
Click here
for more information, agenda details and registration.
September 28: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Cleveland, OH: To Prevent and to Punish: An International Conference in Commemoration of the
60th Anniversary of the Negotiation of the Genocide Convention.
Sixty years ago, on June 11, 1947, Raphael Lempkin working with the UN Secretariat legal staff,
completed the first draft of the Genocide Convention, launching the intense negotiations that
would conclude in the U.N.’s adoption of the Convention in December 1948. Today, the Genocide
Convention has 137 parties, and after years of dormancy, the Convention has become an important
legal tool in the international effort to end impunity for the worst crime known to humankind.
The past year alone has witnessed important cases based on the Genocide Convention before the
International Court of Justice, the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, and the domestic
courts of several countries. To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the negotiation of the
Genocide Convention, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve
University is hosting a major international symposium featuring two-dozen of the world’s
leading academic experts, high level government officials, and most distinguished jurists
and practitioners in the field, including Fabricio Guariglia, Senior Appeals Counsel in the
Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court.
Moot Courtroom (A59), Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard.
Click here for information
about the schedule, registration and CLE credit.
September 22: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Fargo, ND: War Crimes Foreign Policy Discussion.
This important discussion will explore the new venue for investigating war crimes established
by the International Criminal Court. What impact and challenges does this Criminal Court face
in light of the lack of U.S. participation? The discussion will begin with a 30-minute video
followed by discussion to share ideas, opinions and perspectives. The discussion is free and
open to the public. Concordia College Political Science Professor Rebecca Moore will facilitate
the discussion. This discussion is a part of the community’s World Peace Day events taking place
on September 21 and 22 hosted by the Peace Studies Council and Lutheran Campus Ministry. For more
information about World Peace Day events, call (701) 232-2587. Partners in this discussion include
Moorhead Community Education, F/M Communiversity, NDSU, Minnesota International Center and West
Acres Shopping Center. Major funding is provided by PRACS Institute, Ltd – Cetero Research.
Memorial Union, Upper Level, North Dakota State University.
To register for this discussion or for more information call Moorhead Community Education at
(218) 284-3400 or register online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us.
September 20: 6:00 pm
New York, NY: Lecture by Professor William Schabas: “The Genocide Convention: Where Are We Now?”.
William A. Schabas is an internationally renowned scholar in the area of
international human rights law and international criminal law.
Professor Schabas is chair in human rights law and director of the Irish Centre
for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has
authored dozens of books, monographs, and articles, including Genocide in
International Law, Introduction to the International Criminal Court, and The
Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law. The President of Sierra
Leone appointed Professor Schabas to the country's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission where he served from 2002 to 2004, as one of three international
commissioners. Presented by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University
Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies.
Cardozo School of Law Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street.
Reception to follow. RSVP: humanrightstalk@gmail.com.
September 7: 6:00 pm
New York, NY: Film Screening - A Child's War. During the past year, New York City students gathered regularly
to learn about film production, global issues, and virtual worlds, producing A Child's War,
a year-end project on the plight of child soldiers in Uganda. The film vividly documents the
fictional life experiences of a former child soldier who has come to the International Criminal Court
to testify against the warlord who forced him to murder hundreds of people, including his own family
members. A Child's War is the culmination of the year-long Virtual Video Project, an after-school
program conducted by Global Kids, Inc. in collaboration with the Museum of the Moving Image.
The video is available for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/user/holymeatballs.
A reception follows. Museum of the Moving Image, Queens. Public transportation: R or V train to Steinway Street or N or W train to 36 Avenue.
To RSVP, e-mail the organizers at afterschool@movingimage.us.
August 29: 8:00am - 2:30pm
Chautauqua, New York: The International Humanitarian Law Dialogs: The Laws of War: Past, Present, and Future.
Join the current and past prosecutors of the international criminal tribunals, including ICC
Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, together with
their colleagues from Nuremberg, for a unique two days of discussions about the laws of war.
The meeting is convened in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Hague Rules of 1907,
the cornerstone of the laws regulating armed conflict today. Set in the pristine setting of
the Chautauqua Institution, this gathering will allow the participants, their guests, and
the public to contemplate lessons learned and future developments involving the laws of war
in a roundtable setting, moderated by leading international criminal law experts.
Click here
for more information.
August 12: 10:00 - 11:30 am
San Francisco, CA: American Bar Association Section of International Law Annual Meeting.
CLE Showcase Program: Lessons and Legacy: The Judgments at Nuremberg, Sixty Years On.
The 60th anniversary of the first American Zone war crimes judgments at Nuremberg is an
opportunity to re-examine a defining legal moment of the 20th Century. This diverse panel
of international experts will consider how the trials have shaped international criminal
prosecutions and courts -- including the International Criminal Court, perhaps the ultimate
legacy of Nuremberg -- and their relevance to the post-9/11 "War on Terror" and to emerging
challenges in the International Justice arena, as illustrated by the Northern Uganda crisis.
Moderated by Raj Purohit, Senior Fellow, Citizens for Global Solutions. Confirmed panelists include:
Professor Michael Scharf, Sir Geoffrey Bindman and Professor Luz Estella Nagle.
Moscone Center West, Room 2014/2016, 2nd Floor.
Click here for more information.
July 15-19
Miami, FL; Seattle, WA; Kansas City, MO; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; St. Louis, MO; Brooklyn, NY:
Amnesty International Birthday Parties for the International Criminal Court.
As a part of nationwide events in honor of International Justice Day, Amnesty International members
and activists across the country will host birthday parties to celebrate
the nine-year anniversary of the adoption of the treaty that created the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
In addition, mayors from Raleigh, NC to Terre Haute, IN to Portland, OR
to New Haven, CT issued proclamations recognizing the ICC anniversary and
encouraging their communities to observe the day and the ICC's
contributions.
Events occurring around the nation include:
Miami, FL -- Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 12:00 p.m.
International Justice Day celebration at the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of Miami (7701 SW 76th Ave.)
Seattle, WA -- Sunday, July 15, 2007 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
ICC birthday party picnic in Volunteer Park, near the Conservatory
(1247 15th Ave. E)
Kansas City, MO -- Monday, July 16, 2007 at 7 p.m.
Program with Darfur local activist in All Souls Unitarian Universalist
Church (4501 Walnut St.)
Chicago, IL -- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
ICC birthday party in Grant Park (at E. Jackson Blvd. between Michigan
Ave. and Columbus Dr.)
Boston, MA -- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
ICC birthday party in the Lothrop Auditorium at the Community Church of
Boston (565 Boylston St.)
St. Louis, MO -- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.
ICC birthday party in Tower Grove Park, Humboldt South Shelter (just
southeast of the center of the park)
Brooklyn, NY -- Thursday, July 19, 2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
ICC birthday party at reBar (68 Jay St. #203)
For more information, click here, call
the Amnesty International media office at 202-544-0200, or e-mail ija@aiusa.org
June 8: 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Washington, DC: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court presents
The Current Status of the Prosecutor’s Office Before the International Criminal Court.
Comments by Claudio Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law,
and Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Vice President and Executive Director, American Society of
International Law.
Sponsored by the American University Washington College of Law Academy on Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) as part of Human Rights Month.
American University, Washington College of Law, Room 603, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
For more information, visit www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy, call
202-274-4070, or e-mail hracademy@wcl.american.edu
April 26: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Washington, DC: Defining Complementarity: National Justice and the International Criminal Court,
a report by Michael Johnson, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace.
An internationally recognized expert on transitional justice, Johnson considers how to improve the
complementary relationship between higher judicial bodies such as the ICC and national judicial
institutions responsible for handling war crimes. The expected closure of the ad hoc tribunals for
the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the next several years demands a focus on the shared relationship
between international courts and their national complements.
U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street, NW, 2nd floor conference room.
Click here for more information.
To reserve a seat, please contact Meredith McCormac at mmccormac@usip.org or (202) 429-3865.
April 11: 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Washington, DC: Panel Discussion on Issues in International Criminal Law. Join the Georgetown Journal of International Law,
in conjunction with the Georgetown Human Rights Institute, for a panel discussion on Issues in International Criminal Law.
Speakers and topics include Professor Jane Stromseth of Georgetown University Law Center on "Pursuing Accountability for
Atrocities after Conflict: What Impact on Building the Rule of Law?," Professor Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota
Law School on "Towards an International Criminal Procedure: Due Process Aspirations and Limitations," Nienke Grossman of Foley
Hoag LLP on "Rehabilitation or Revenge: Prosecuting Child Soldiers for Human Rights Violations," and Alex Little, clerk for the
Honorable Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on "Balancing Accountability and Victim Autonomy at the
International Criminal Court." Noah Novogrodsky, a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and the Director of the
International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, will moderate. A short reception will follow, and
drinks and refreshments will be provided.
Georgetown University Law Center, Gewirz, 12th Floor.
For questions, contact gjil@law.georgetown.edu. Click here for more
information and here for panelists' bios.
March 2: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
New York, NY: Lost and Found: Girl Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a panel discussion
presented by the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program & the Office of the Africa Regional Director.
Panelists include: Madeleine, age 15, former girl soldier and advocate for girl soldiers and girls affected by armed conflict, DRC;
Bukeni Tete Waruzi, Executive Director of the NGO AJEDI-Kat/Projet Enfants Soldats (AJEDI-Ka), DRC; Jimmie Briggs,
Author, Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War; and Debra Schultz (moderator), Director, Network Women's Program
Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, 3rd Floor, Conference Room 3AB.
Please RSVP to Emilie Neumann at eneumann@sorosny.org.
Light refreshments will be served.
February 17: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Los Angeles, CA: Finding Peace and Justice in Africa, a series of panels which will include a discussion of the ICC and accountability.
UCLA School of Public Policy, rooms 2345 and 2355. Co-hosted by the Africa Diaspora Foundation,
the UCLA Black Faculty and Staff Association, and the International Criminal Court Alliance, an AMICC local alliance.
Click here to download a flyer and the agenda. For more information, the conference schedule and how you can participate, contact Sean Butler,
co-chair of the International Criminal Court Alliance, at tsbummer@msn.com or (310) 473-0777.
January 25: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Washington, DC: UNA-NCA Chapter Forum on the International Criminal Court, in light of President Bush's announcement in November that the Administration will waive the provision that prevented, until now, some nations that support the ICC from receiving US assistance. Does this signal a shift in US policy towards the ICC? What issues lie before the 110th session of Congress regarding the ICC? What are the prospects of the Rome Statute being presented to the Senate for ratification?
Features John Washburn, Convener of the American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC), a program of the United Nations Association of the USA.
Presented by the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area. For more information, contact the UNA-NCA office at (202) 223-6092.
American Bar Association, 740 15th Street, N.W., 9th Floor, John Marshall Conference Room.
Click here for registration and RSVP for UNA members and registration and RSVP for non-UNA members.
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