Summary of Hague l Events

Hague Colloquia >

From left: Professor Nico Schrijver, Dean Bruce Smith, John Hagan, Judge Theodor Meron, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen, Judge Navanethem Pillay, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo; all participants in the Colloquium on Sexual Violence as International Crime. Photo by Martijn van Dam

 17 June, 2009: 

Working Group A: 

 

  • Chair: John Hagan (left), Northwestern University and Centre on Law and Globalization
  • Resource persons: Renée Römkens, The International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT), Tilburg University & Maxine Marcus, ICTY
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Working Group B: 

 

  • Chair: Thomas Ginsberg (left), University of Chicago Law School and Centre on Law and Globalization
  • Resource Person: Binaifer Nowrojee, Open Society Institute
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Working Group C: 

 

  • Chair: Dr. Charlotte Ku (left), University of Illinois and Centre on Law and Globalization
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18 June, 2009: 

Working Group 1: Prosecuting Sexual Crimes and Transitional Justice

  • Co-Chairs: Larissa van den Herik, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University & Carsten Stahn, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Campus The Hague, Leiden University
  • Speaker: Patricia Viseur Sellers, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: International Prosecution of Sexual Violence: General Introduction
  • Speaker: Dianne Luping, International Criminal Court: International: Prosecution of Sexual Violence: The International Criminal Court
  • Speaker: Liesbeth Zegveld, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University: Domestic Prosecution of Sexual Violence: The Experience from Dutch Court
  • Speaker: Sofia Candeias, REJUSCO Program on Gender and Sexual Violence: Domestic Prosecution of Sexual Violence: The Experience from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Working Group 2: The Importance of Creating Awareness

  • Chair: Anne-Marie Brouwer, The International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT), Tilburg University
  • Speaker: Usta Kaitesi - National University Rwanda
  • Speaker: Ana Uzelac – CARE Netherlands
  • Speaker: Katy Glassborow – Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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