V IBEROAMERICAN WEEK OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE 1-12 JUNE 2015
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Monday 1 June 2015 9h00-11h00 Opening Ceremony of the V Ibero-American Week of International Justice, followed by a Reception* International Court of Justice Place for the opening to be announced - Héctor Olasolo Alonso, IIH Chairman; Chair in International Law at University of El Rosario (Colombia); Ad Hoc Professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences; - Nora Stehouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to International Organizations; - Philippe Couvreur, Registrar of the International Court of Justice (to be confirmed); - Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Judge at the International Criminal Court; 14h00-16h00 Visit to the International Criminal Court* Guided Visit Maanweg 174, The Hague 16h00-17h00 Annual Gathering with Ibero-American Professionals of the International Criminal Court* Tuesday 2 June 2015 8h00-10h30 First Series of Preliminary Rounds of the III Edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition in the Spanish Language 11h30-14h00 Second Series of Preliminary Rounds 15h00-17h30 Third Series of Preliminary Rounds Wednesday 3 June 08h00-10h30 Fourth Series of Preliminary Rounds
11h30-14h00 Fifth Series of Preliminary Rounds 15h00-17h30 Sixth Series of Preliminary Rounds Thursday 4 June 13h00-16h30 Semifinals of the III Edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition in the Spanish Language Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies & T.M.C. Asser Instituut Semifinals I and II: Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University Kantoren Stichthage, Koningin Julianaplein 10, The Hague Rooms Korte Voorhout /Het Plein Semifinal III: T.M.C. Asser Instituut R.J. Schimmelpennincklaan, 20-22, The Hague Friday 5 June 9h30-12h00 Final Hearing of the III Edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition in the Spanish Language International Criminal Court Maanweg 174, The Hague 12h30-13h30 Closing Ceremony of the III Edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition in the Spanish Language* International Criminal Court Maanweg 174, The Hague Monday 8 June 9h00-13h00 City Visit: The Hague* Place for departure to be announced Tuesday 9 June 16h30-17h00
Opening of the II Seminar on Ibero-American Thinking on International Justice Auditorium of The Hague University, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75 - Hilde Cadenau, Coordinator of the Law Programme at The Hague University of Applied Science - Héctor Olasolo Alonso, IIH Chairman; Chair in International Law at the University of El Rosario (Colombia); Ad Hoc Professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences; - Silvia Herrera Carbuccia, Judge at the International Criminal Court 17h00-18h00 Annual Conference Luis Moreno Ocampo Opening words by Héctor Horacio Salvador, Ambassador of Argentina to the Netherlands Annual Conference: Direct and indirect effects of the Judgements of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Particular attention to the El Mozote v. El Salvador and Gelman v. Uruguay cases - Eduardo Ferrer McGregor, Judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 18h00-18h30 Presentation of the Winning Essay of the III Edition of the Blattmann, Odio Benito & Steiner Essay Competition on International Criminal Justice: Groups protected by the Genocide Convention: interpretative perspectives and challenges - Speaker: Fernando Geraldo Leao Simoes, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Presented by Antonio Agustín Aljure Salame, Dean of the Law Faculty of University of El Rosario (Colombia) 18h30-19h00 Reception offered by the Embassy of Argentina Wednesday 10 June II Seminar on Ibero-American Thinking on International Justice: The Hague University, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, Room K-47 9h00-10h00 Uruguay: The interaction between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Uruguay concerning the investigation and prosecution of international crimes committed in the 70 s and 80 s - Pablo Galaín Palermo, Director of the Latin-American Observatory on Penal Policy and Reform; Marie Curie Programme for Post-Doctoral Studies; Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for International Law Presented by Ania Salinas, International Criminal Court
10h00-11h00 Brazil: Informal mechanisms of social justice: popular religions, solidarity networks and criminal governance - Kees Koonings, Chair in Brazilian Studies, University of Amsterdam Presented by Katherine García Porras, The Hague University of Applied Sciences 11h00-11h30 Break 11h30-13h00 Mexico: The interaction between human and divine justice: citizens justice and the Saint Death Cult - Wil Pansters, Professor in Latin-American Studies; Chairman of the Institute for Mexican Studies, University of Groningen - Jose Carlos Aguiar, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Leiden Panel Moderated by Lorena González, Ibero-American Institute of The Hague 13h00-14h00 Lunch 14h00-16h00 Colombia: Investigation, Prosecution and Reparations in the case concerning Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias el Iguano / second in command at the Catatumbo Paramilitary Group, operative in the Colombian side of the north-eastern Venezuelan/Colombian border - Uldi Teresa Jiménez, Magistrada de Justicia y Paz de la Sala de Conocimiento de Bogotá (Colombia) - Andreas Forer, Profis Project, German Cooperation and Development Agency, GiZ Panel moderated by Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo, Head of the Spanish Delegation to the Rome Diplomatic Conference; Permanent Representative of Spain in the Organisation of the United Nations (1991-1996 and 2004-2010); State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2010-2011) A 45 minutes video entitled May God Forgive Them (Que Dios los Perdone), on the reparation proceedings conducted in this case in 2014 will be shown. The video will be in Spanish with English subtitles 16h00-18h00 Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Research Network on Ibero-American Epistemological Perspective of International Society and Justice The Hague University, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, Room K-47 Presented by Héctor Olasolo Alonso, IIH Chairman; Chair in International Law at University of El Rosario (Colombia); Ad Hoc Professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences
18h00-19h30 Panel on national cooperation with the International Criminal Court - John A. Vervaele, Chair in Economic and European Criminal Law at Utrecht University; President of the International Association of Criminal Law (AIDP); - Oswaldo Zavala, International Criminal Court; Panel Moderated by Diana Contreras, Utrecht University College Thursday 11 June II Seminar on Ibero-American Thinking on International Justice: 10h00-11h30 Visit to the International Court of Justice (to be confirmed) International Court of Justice Carnegieplein 2, The Hague 11h30-13h00 Presentation on the history of the International Court of Justice: particular attention to the cases concerning Ibero-American States (to be confirmed) - Philippe Couvreur, Registrar of the International Court of Justice 13h00-14h00 Lunch Break 14h00-16h00 Visit at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia* International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Churchillplein 1, The Hague 18h00-21h00 Concert, followed by a Reception* Mexican Embassy in the Netherlands Nassauplein 28, 2585 EC, The Hague Friday 12 June II Seminar on Ibero-American Thinking on International Justice: The Hague University of Applied Sciences Auditorium of The Hague University, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, Room K-47 9h00-10h00 Cuba: Evolution of media reporting on human rights and justice
- Edwin Koopman, Dutch Journalist, Author of the Book Cuba: de ritselaars van Havana Presented by Stefania Marassi, The Hague University of Applied Sciences 10h00-11h00 Argentina: The proceedings in the case against Bishop Angelleli in Argentina - Carlos Lascano, Chair in Criminal Law at National University of Cordoba; Judge at La Rioja Oral Federal Tribunal Presented by Esteban Peralta Losilla, International Criminal Court 11h00-11h30 Break 11h30-13h00 The Role of Civil Society in Universal Jurisdiction Cases - Juan Garcés, Legal Representative of Victims in the Pinochet Proceedings before Spanish national courts; - Helen Duffy, Director of Human Rights in Practice; - Alejandro Chehtman, Chair in International Law, Tortuato Di Tella University (Argentina) - Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Spain - Panel moderated by Fabián Raimondo, Associate Professor of International Law at Maastricht University 13h00-14h00 Lunch Break 14h00-15h30 Media Reporting on International Justice - Sonia Robla, Head of the Public Information and Communications Section of the ICC - Pablo Gámez, Radio Netherlands Panel Moderated by Romina Morello, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) 15h30-16h00 Break 16h00-18h00 Conclusions of Participants in II Seminar on Ibero-American Thinking on International Justice Presented by Héctor Olasolo Alonso, IIH Chairman; Chair in International Law at University of El Rosario (Colombia); Ad Hoc Professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences