Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity
Presentation by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, Ambassador Hans Corell, and Judge Van den Wyngaert
November 20, 2011 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
11th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Charles G. Taylor Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes
April 26, 2012
Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord, is the first head of state to be convicted by an international court since the Nuremberg trials after WWII. Taylor was convicted by Special Court for Sierra Leone tribunal for arming, supporting and guiding a brutal rebel movement that committed mass atrocities in Sierra Leone during the civil war in the 1990s.
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President Barack Obama Announces a New Atrocities Prevention Board
April 23, 2012
President Barack Obama recently announced the establishment of an Atrocities Prevention Board as part of his comprehensive strategy to prevent genocide and mass atrocities.
The Atrocities Prevention Board is a key feature of the reforms package initiated following the Presidential Study Directive in August 2011 that made the prevention of atrocities a key thrust of U.S. foreign policy. The Board is made up of senior officials from throughout the federal government including the State Department, USAID and Defense, and will convene once a month to create and implement policies to prevent atrocities and respond urgently to situations as they arise.
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“Widespread and Systematic!” – Crimes Against Humanity in the Shadow of Modern International Criminal Law
Fifth International Humanitarian Law Dialogs
August 28-30, 2011
Chautauqua Institution, New York
This unique event invites past and present international prosecutors, leading experts in the field of international criminal law, and the general public to discuss the scourge of crimes against humanity and the role of modern international criminal law in preventing and punishing their commission.
Prosecutors:
Daniel A. Bellemare
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Fatou Bensouda
International Criminal Court
Serge Brammertz
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Andrew T. Cayley
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
H.W. William Caming
United States Military Tribunal, Nuremberg
David M. Crane
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Hassan Jallow
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Brenda J. Hollis
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Robert Petit
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Ambassador Stephen Rapp
Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues
Speakers:
Diane Marie Amann
University of Georgia School of Law
Elizabeth Andersen
American Society for International Law
John Q. Barrett
St. John’s University School of Law
M. Cherif Bassiouni
DePaul University School of Law
Ambassador Hans Corell
Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations
Mark Drumbl
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Mark Ellis
International Bar Association
Mike Newton
Vanderbilt University School of Law
Leila Nadya Sadat
Washington University, St. Louis School of Law
Beth Van Schaack
Santa Clara University School of Law
William Schabas
Irish Center for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway
Michael P. Scharf
Case Western University School of Law
Amb. David J. Scheffer
Northwestern University Law School
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Live Seminar: “Countries in Upheaval: Developing a Protection Network in Situations Short of Armed Conflict”
July 28, 2011
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University
A range of states around the world continue to experience serious violence and social disruption without the situation qualifying as an armed conflict to which the framework of international humanitarian law would apply. Questions arise as to what international legal frameworks may apply for government and humanitarian professionals working to develop a protection strategy aimed at enhancing the security of the civilian population. Amid recent or ongoing violence in places such as Syria, Bahrain, and Kyrgyzstan, this Live Web Seminar will address the following questions:
• What protections does human rights law provide in such contexts?
• In what ways might international humanitarian law provide a relevant framework to consider?
• What accountability mechanisms and normative protections does international criminal law provide?
• What doctrines – such as Responsibility to Protect – provide a normative or operational framework to promote protection of civilians?
Presenters:
Vincent Cochetel, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International
Professor Leila Sadat, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Professor John Cerone, New England Law | Boston
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Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity
Presentation by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat
June 23, 2011
Irish Center for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland
Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity
Presentation by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat
June 16, 2011
International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands
Expert Meeting on the Crimes Against Humanity Project
May 4, 2011 – 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights, Paris, France
Presentation:
- Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, Director, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute; Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law, Washington University Law; Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Fulbright Chair, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Roundtables:
- Roundtable 1: Legal and technical aspects of the project
- Roundtable 2: Political feasibility of the project
Moderator:
- Emmanuel Decaux, Professor, Université Paris II
Development Dialogue – Dealing with Crimes Against Humanity
Issue no. 55, March 2011
This issue of Development Dialogue focuses on the continuing efforts to create normative global frameworks to address prevention and punishment of atrocity crimes. Following earlier volumes (nos. 50 and 53), this is the third installment in a series dealing with the challenges of how to take appropriate action in the face of genocide, mass violence, and crimes against humanity. [more]
Panel Debate: Responses to Crimes Against Humanity
March 8, 2011 – 5:15 – 6:45 p.m.
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden
Organized by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.
Welcoming remarks:
- Björn Wittrock, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Discussants:
- Nanci Adler, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies/The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Iain Cameron, Swedish Institute of International Law/Uppsala University
- Knud Haakonssen, Sussex Centre for Intellectual History/University of Sussex, Boston University, currently a fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
- Leila N. Sadat, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute/Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (currently Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Fulbright Chair, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France)
- Marie Tuma, Raoul Wallenberg Institute/University of Lund
Moderator:
- Henning Melber, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Closing remarks:
- Paul Levine, Hugo Valentin Centre/Uppsala University
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Panel Discussion: Book Launch and Conversation on Crimes Against Humanity
March 4, 2011 – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
The City University of New York, New York City
Organized by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
Discussants:
- Edward Luck, International Peace Institute
- Henning Melber, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
- Lawrence Woocher, United States Institute of Peace
Moderator:
- Monica Serrano, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
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