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January 2002
19-20 January
"The International Criminal Court: The Road to Rome and the Future," a conference hosted by the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, co-sponsored by the Friends of The Simon Wiesenthal Centre For Holocaust Studies Toronto, Canada For more information, email [email protected]
21-23 January
"Human Rights and ICC," a national workshop, organized by the Center for Human Rights and Development, Amnesty International-Mongolia and Forum Asia in collaboration with the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, with support from the CICC and its network Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia For more information, e-mail Evelyn Serrano at: [email protected]
25-26 January
"Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Practice and Prospects," organized by the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL), the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT) and No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) Amsterdam, the Netherlands For more information, please visit the website http://www.jur.uva.nl/acil/events.htm or e-mail [email protected]
29-31 January
Regional seminar on ratification and implementation of the ICC Statute, organized by the ICRC, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the ICC Technical Assistance Program of Canada Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire For more information, contact Joanne Lee at: [email protected] or e-mail Barbara Bedont at: [email protected]
February 2002
4-8 February
"Towards Global Justice: Accountability and the ICC," a conference on the ICC organized by Wilton Park with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK London, United Kingdom For more information, e-mail Kelley Donnelly at: [email protected]
11-16 February
The IVth Regional Training Workshop on International Justice for NGOs from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, organized by Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Hommes (FIDH), to include discussions on the ICC Moscow, Russian Federation For more information, e-mail Jeanne Sulzer at: [email protected]
March 2002
5 March "Reponsibility of Spain to the International Criminal Court,"
a seminar organized jointly by Federacion de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos and the CICC Madrid, Spain For more information, e-mail Paloma Garcia at: [email protected]
6 March Conference on International Criminal Justice, jointly organized
by the University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Law, The Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL), The Department of Justice, HKSAR, to include discussions on the International Criminal Court Hong Kong For more information, please contact: Simon N.M. Young at: [email protected]
7 March Conference on the ICC organized by the Law University of
Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania For more information, e-mail Justina Zilinskas at: [email protected]
7-8 March
"Regional Conference on Ratification and Domestic Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court," organized by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and No Peace Without Justice Mexico City, Mexico For more information, please contact Marco Perduca at: [email protected]
11-13 March
"Fighting Impunity: Stake and Perspectives," a conference jointly organized by Amnesty International-Belgium and the CICC, with the support of the Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brussels, Belgium For more information, e-mail [email protected]
11-15 March
Inter-sessional meeting of the UN Preparatory Commission The Hague, Netherlands For more information, email [email protected]
12-14 March
Regional NGO meeting on campaigning for ratification of the Rome Statute in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, organized by Human Rights Watch and Coalicion Guatemalteca por la Corte Penal Internacional Guatemala City, Guatemala For more information, e-mail Brigitte Suhr at: [email protected]
25-26 March
Vietnam Workshop on ICC and Gender Justice, jointly organized by Forum-Asia, CICC's focal point for Asia, Vietnam Women's Union and the Center for Gender and Development at Hanoi University for Social Sciences and Humanities. Hanoi, Vietnam For more information, contact Evelyn Balais Serrano at: [email protected]
27-29 March
Conference on ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute in Burkina Faso, jointly organized by Human Rights Watch and the Association of Women Lawyers of Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso For more information, email Pascal K. Kambale at: [email protected]
April 2002
2 April "Crimes of War…And Consequences", a conference co-
sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the International Film and TV Exchange, Inc., in collaboration with the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. The conference will be held on Capitol Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168. Washington, DC For more information, please email: [email protected]
3-20 April
International Human Rights Academy (IHRA), a course jointly organized the Law Faculty of the University of Western Cape (UWC), the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghent (RUG), and the Law Faculty of Utrecht University, with the support of the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR), Oslo as well as the Belgian Government Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa For more information, visit the website: http://www.uwc.ac.za/law/ or contact Jeremy Sarkin, University of Western Cape, at: +27 21 685 7004.
8-19 April
Ninth Preparatory Commission on the ICC New York, United States For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit our website: http://www.iccnow.org
25-26 April
Conference on Human Rights, to include a panel on the ICC, organized by the European Law Students Association in collaboration with the University of Deusto Bilboa, Spain For more information, email: [email protected]
25-27 April
International Justice, War Crimes and Terrorism: The U.S. Record, organized by the Social Research Journal at New School University with support from the Open Society Institute New York, United States For more information, email [email protected], or visit the website: http://www.socres.org/justice
29 April – 3 May
"Victor Carlos Garcia Moreno," international mock trial of the ICC, organized by the Mexican Association of the International and Comparative Human Rights Studies and COLADIC-Mexico Mexico City, Mexico For more information, visit the COLADIC website at: http://www.coladicmx.org or e-mail Paulina Vega at: [email protected]
May 2002
10-12 May
"The International Criminal Court: Some Questions and Answers from the Arab Region," a conference organized by The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP). Cairo, Egypt For more information, email: [email protected]
13 May Forum on the ICC, organized by the National Human Rights
Commission of Thailand, in cooperation with FORUM-ASIA. Bangkok, Thailand For more information, contact Somchai Homlaor, secretary-general of FORUM-ASIA, [email protected]
13-14 May
Stakeholders’ Conference on the ICC in Nigeria, organized by the International Human Rights Law Group (Law Group) in collaboration with the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) and BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights. Abuja, Nigeria For more information, please contact Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim via email: [email protected] or telephone: + 234-9-4134152 or +234-9-4134155
16-18 May
East and South Asia Tours by international experts on the International Criminal Court. Participating experts from Canada, Belgium, Hongkong, Thailand and the Philippines will meet with parliamentarians and executive officials in Korea, Japan, Nepal and Bangladesh, to discuss progress toward ratification in Asian countries. For further details, contact Ms.Evelyn Serrano at: [email protected]
22-23 May
"El derecho de defensa en el procedimiento ante la Corte Penal Internacional" (The right to defense in the ICC), a seminar organized by the Madrid Bar Association. Madrid, Spain For more information, please contact the Madrid Bar Association, via fax: +34 91 5760417, telephone: +34 91 4315553, or e-mail: [email protected]
23 May
Conference on the International Criminal Court, sponsored by the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Washington, DC For more information, please contact Dean Reuter via email: [email protected], or telephone: (202) 822-8138
27-29 May
"Conference for ICC Ratification and Implementation for Francophone States" hosted by the Parliament and Government of Mauritius, and organized by Parliamentarians for Global Action and the Agence Inter-gouvernementale de la Francophonie, with the support of the European Commission and the governments of Canada and France. Port Louis, Mauritius For more information, please contact Marie-Claire Leman at: [email protected]
31 May Interministerial Roundtable Forum on th ICC, jointly organized
by the Ministry of Forein Affairs and the Philippine Coalition on the ICC. Manila, Philippines For more information, please contact Dr. Aurora Parong at: [email protected]
June 2002
6-8 June
Regional conference on the implementation of the Rome Statute of the ICC, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Budapest, Hungary For further information, please contact Tony Camen at: [email protected]
12 June
Forum: Towards a New Penal Code, organized by the National Assembly of the Republic of Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela For more information, please contact Fernando Fernandez at: [email protected]
13-15 June
Conference on the creation of the International Criminal Bar, jointly organized by the Paris Bar, the Netherlands Bar, the ICDAA, the Mexican Bar, the Federation of German Bars, the Quebec Bar and the Montreal Bar, with support from the Council of Europe. Montreal, Canada For more information, please email: [email protected]
17-20 June
"International Criminal Law in Practice," a training course for defense lawyers, prosecutors and other legal professionals, organized by the International Criminal Law Network. The Hague, Netherlands For more information and registration please contact: Mrs. Helian Ophorst, by telephone: +31-70-358.80.60; or email: [email protected]
19-21 June
"Conference on International Justice and the International Criminal Court," hosted at Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Santander, Spain For more information, visit: http://www.uimp.es
25 June
"Hearing on the International Criminal Court: the Entry into Force of the Rome Statute and the challenges ahead," a conference jointly organized by the CICC European office and the European Parliament. Brussels, Belgium For more information, please contact Rita Patricio: [email protected]
26-27 June
National Workshop on the ICC, hosted by the Timor Leste NGO Forum, Yayasan HAK and Forum Asia. Dili, Timor Leste For more information, please contact Evelyn Serrano at: [email protected]
27-28 June
"Conference on the ratification and implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court," organized by the Spanish Senate in collaboration with Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, co-sponsored by the European Commission. Madrid, Spain For more information, contact Juan Kim at: [email protected]
27-28 June
National Workshop-Consultation on the ICC, organized by the Philippine Coalition for the ICC, with support from Forum Asia. Manila, Philippines For more information, please contact Evelyn Serrano at: [email protected]
July 2002
1 July "The Assembly for Japan’s early accession to the Rome
Statute," a conference organized by the Japanese Network for the ICC (JNICC) Tokyo, Japan For more information, contact Mr. Takashi Kurihashi at: [email protected]
1-12 July
Tenth Preparatory Commission on the ICC at United Nations Headquarters. New York, United States For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit our website: http://www.iccnow.org
17 July
Press briefings and festivities hosted worldwide in celebration of World Day for International Justice. For more information about media events, contact Adele Waugaman at: [email protected] To discuss your plans and obtain materials and support, please email Joydeep Sengupta at: [email protected]
20-26 July
Irish Centre for Human Rights Summer School on the International Criminal Court. Galway, Ireland For more information, visit the website: http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/
21-27 July
"The International Criminal Court: A mechanism for solving the problem of impunity in armed conflict," a panel discussion held during the 8th Annual Womens' World Congress, held at Makerere University Kampala, Uganda For more information, contact contact Mary Kaboggoza at: [email protected]
22-26 July
Seminar on international and domestic justice, organized jointly by the Burundian League of Human Rights (ITEKA), and the International Federation of the Leagues of Human Rights (FIDH) Bujumbura, Burundi For more information, contact Desire Assogbavi at: [email protected]
22-26 July
"La Corte Penal Internacional: Realidad y Desafios (The ICC: realities and challenges)," a course organized by the International Public Law Department (Law Faculty) of the Universidad Nacional de Education a Distancia
Avila, Spain For more information, contact Rita Patricio at: [email protected]
August 2002
9-13 August
"Prosecuting Transnational Terrorists: What are the Options?," a meeting organized by the American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice. Willard Hotel, Washington, DC For more information, please contact: Jennifer Dabson, via email: [email protected]; or via telephone: +1-202 662-1667
TBD Regional Workshop on Universal Jurisdiction and the Rome
Statute, organized by INREDH, Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos, with the support of other organizations. Guayaquil, Ecuador For more information, contact Patricio Benalcázar at: [email protected]
21-23 August
"The International Criminal Court and the Rome Statute: Implementing Peruvian Legislation", a seminar organized by the Office of the Prosecutor of Peru Lima, Peru For more information, contact Olenka Woolcott at: [email protected]
September 2002
TBD "Contribution of the Civil Society in the Fight Against
Impunity," a conference jointly organized by the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme dans les Pays des Grands Lacs (Rwanda) and Human Rights Watch Arusha, Tanzania For more information, contact Noel Twagiramungu, Executive Secretary LDGL, via email: [email protected]; or via telephone: +250 573307
3-10 September
First Meeting of the Assembly of States Parties at UN Headquarters New York, NY, United States For more information, email: [email protected]
9 September
"Women and Public International Litigation," a panel discussion organized by the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT), held at New York University Law School New York, NY, United States For background papers and more information, visit the PICT website at: www.pict-pcti.org
19 September
"Conflict, Justice, and the International Criminal Court," a discussion organized by Women in International Security, featuring Ruth Wedgwood, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Nancy Paterson, The World Bank; Rama Mani, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva; and Sarah C. Carey, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (Moderator) Washington, DC, United States For more information, contact Kate Capossela at: [email protected] or visit: www.wiis.org
21 September
"An Ever Changing World: The Shape and Future of Peace Studies," an annual conference organized by the Regional Peace Studies Consortium, in collaboration with the Peace Studies Program at Colgate University. One panel to address "The Perspectives of Internationalism and International Law" Hamilton, New York, United States For more information, contact Amy Rhoades at: [email protected]
21 September
"Globalizing Justice," a meeting organized by Amnesty International USA. Panel of speakers includes: Roméo Dallaire, former head of the UN Mission in Rwanda; Abdullahi an-Na'im, Emory University School of Law; Paul Hoffman, Amnesty
International; Sandra Coliver, Center for Justice and Accountability; Bartram Brown, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Heather Hamilton, World Federalist Association; Douglass Cassel, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law; Chris Adams, Southern Center for Human Rights; and David Matas, Amnesty International-Canada (ES) Legal Network Atlanta, Georgia, United States For more information, email: [email protected] or call: +1-312-435-6381 or visit: http://www.amnesty-usa.org/events/09212002lawyermtg.html
24 September
"The International Criminal Court and the United States," a briefing organized by the American Society of International Law (ASIL). A presentation will be given by The Honorable Pierre-Richard Prosper, US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes, with commentary by David Stoelting from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City and ABA Delegate to the Rome Conference Washington, DC, United States For more information, contact the ASIL Services Group at 202-939-6000, or e-mail Chris Borgen at: [email protected]
24 September
"US Involvement in the International Criminal Court," a panel discussion organized the United Nations Association of New York. Panelists include: Darin Bartram, Esq., Baker & Hostatler; Professor Frederic Smoler, Sarah Lawrence College; Jayne Stoyles, CICC; and Valentin Zellweger, Permanent Observer Mission of Switzerland New York, United States For more information, call: +1-212-907-1353
27 September
"The International Criminal Court and the National Jurisdiction", a conference organised by the Institutum Ius Gentium Conimbrigae and Fundação Mário Soares Lisbon, Portugal For more information, call: +00-351-21-3920441 or visit: http://www.fundacao-mario soares.pt/iniciativas/Conferencias/TPI/JornadasTPI.htm
27-28 September
Second Regional Experts Meeting on the ICC, organized by Forum Asia, with support from the European Union. Speakers include: Indira Rosenthal on behalf of the CICC, Joanne Lee of ICCLRCJP, and Dr. Ahmed Ziauddin of ANICC Bangkok, Thailand For more information, contact Evelyn Serrano at: [email protected]
Ocotober 2002
1 October The Community of Democracies: European Perspectives
and Strategies on the Road From Warsaw to Seoul, a conference organized by the Democracy Coalition Project Brussels, Belgium For more information, visit: www.demcoalition.org
1-3 October First International Conference on Justice and Law,
organized by the Supreme Popular Tribunal of the Republic of Cuba. Havana, Cuba For more information, please contact Dr. Ortelio Juiz Prieto at: [email protected] or Migdalia Luna Cisneros at: [email protected]
3-4 October Conference on implementation of the Rome Statute in
Mongolia, organized by the CICC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, with support from the Constitutional and Legal Project Institute (COLPI) and the Government of Canada Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia For more information, contact Isaac Flattau at: [email protected]
4 October "Course on the International Criminal Court," oriented to
lawyers and attorneys from the International Bar Association for Public Defense of Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala For more information, contact Jose Antonio Guevara at: [email protected]
7 October "Le principe d'universalité en droit pénal face à la
criminalité envers les enfants" (International Symposium on Universality of Criminal Law with regard to Children), organized by Terre des Hommes Foundation Zurich, Switzerland For more information, contact Isaac Flattau at: [email protected]
8-9 October Experts’ Conference on the ICC: Ratification/Accession
and Implementation of the Rome Statute, with the support of the Government of Canada Phnom Penh, Cambodia For more information, Eveleyn Serrano at: [email protected]
9-11 October
"V Forum on Human Rights," organized by Sistema Educativo UIA-ITESO, an association formed by educational centers from the Compañia de Jesus in Mexico Puebla, Mexico For more information, visit: http://www.pue.uia.mx/forodh/
11 October "Paradigms of International Justice," a conference
organized by the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies at Washington University School of Law. Keynote speakers include: Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, International Human Rights Law Institute; Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch; David Scheffer, United Nations Association of the United States of America and Former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes; and Justice Richard Goldstone, South African Constitutional Court and first Chief Prosecutor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) St. Louis, Missouri, United States For more information, visit: http://law.wustl.edu/igls/current.html or contact Linda McClain via phone: +1-314-935-7988 or email: [email protected]
14-16 October
"International Criminal Order," organized by the French Embassy in Peru, in collaboration with the Ministerio Publico-Fiscalia de la Nacion, Comision Andina de Juristas (Andean Commission of Jurists), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) and the CICC. Lima, Peru For further information, contact Ms. Nathalie Berthy at: [email protected]
18-20 October
Conference on Universal Jurisdiction over International Crimes, organized by Africa Legal Aid, to include a discussion of ICC implementing legislation Arusha, Tanzania For more information, contact Evelyn Ankumah at: [email protected]
21-27 October
Consultations on draft implementing legislation, organized by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and CICC Kinshasa and Lumumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo For more information, contact Alphonse Nkunzimana at [email protected]
24-26 October
"The Measure of International Law: Effectiveness, Fairness, Validity," the 31st annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law. Panels include: "The Administration of War Torn Territories", "The Effectiveness of Human Rights Treaty Bodies", "International Criminal Law: Recent Developments", and "Terrorists: Combatants, Criminals or ?" Ottawa, Canada For more information, visit: http://www.ccil-ccdi.ca
26 October "EYES on the ICC: What Americans Want to Know about
the new International Criminal Court," a half-day conference, organized by the Amnesty International of Maine, UNA-Maine, and the International Law Society of the University of Maine School of Law Portland, Maine, United States For more information, contact [email protected] or register online at: www.unamaine.org/ICCevent
29-31 October
"La Corte Penal Internacional, su Importancia, Funcionamiento, Polemica y Futuros Retos", (The International Criminal Court: Importance, Functioning and Upcoming Challenges)" organized by the Interamerican Institute on Human Rights, Universidad de La Salle, and Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Supreme Court of Costa Rica and the International Committee for the Red Cross San José, Costa Rica For more information, contact Katia Jiménez at: [email protected]
November 2002
4 November Significado y Proyecciones del Tribunal Penal
Internacional ("Significance and Projections of the ICC"), a conference organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile and Fundacion Chile 21. Santiago, Chile For more information, contact Dr. Zoran Ostoic Marroquin of Fundacion Chile 21 at: [email protected]
4-5 November
Parliamentary Assembly for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Promotion of the Rule of Law, organized by Parliamentarians for Global Action with the support of the European Commission, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), the Government of Sweden and the Ford Foundation Ottawa, Canada For more information, contact Juan Kim at: [email protected]
5 November La Cour Penale Internationale: Problems et Perspectives
(The International Criminal Court: Problems and Perspectives), a meeting organized by the Laboratoire européen de soutien aux jurisdictions pénales internationales (LINCS) and the European Parliament. Brussels, Belgium For more information, send an email to: [email protected]
6 November Presentation of the Brussels Principles against Impunity
and for the International Justice, organized by the Brussels Group for the International Justice and sponsored by the Bruylant Edittions. Brussels, Belgium For more information, contact Montserrat Carreras at: [email protected]
6-8 November
"The International Criminal Court and the defense of Human Rights", organized by the Colombian Commission of Jurists and the School for Political Science and International Relations at the Pontificia Universidad Javieriana. Bogota, Colombia For more information, contact Comisión Colombiana de Juristas at: +571 376 8200 ext.142; or the School for Political Science and International Relations at the Pontificia Universidad Javieriana at: +571 3208320, ext. 2468
7 November "The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals," a lecture organized
by Columbia University International Politics Seminar (CUIPS), the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), and the Institute of War and Peace Studies. New York, United States For more information, contact Ingrid E. Gerstmann at: [email protected]
9 November "The ICTY at Ten: A Critical Assessment of the Major
Rulings of the International Criminal Tribunal over the Past Decade", organized by the New England School of Law Boston. Massachusetts, United States For more information, contact Prof. Tawia Ansah, Director of the Center for International Law and Policy at the New England School of Law, via email at: [email protected] or telephone at: +1-617-422-7339
11 November
"Criminal Prosecution by International Criminal Tribunals: Expertise, Challenges, Prospects", organized by the Otto-Suhr Institut for Political Sciences together with the German Society for the United Nations (Section of Berlin-Brandenburg). Berlin, Germany For more information, contact Gunnar Theissen at: [email protected]
11-16 November
Workshop on Implementation of the Rome Statute, organized by the Nigerian Coalition for the ICC, in collaboration with Human Rights Watch, the Canadian Department for Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), the German Embassy in Nigeria, and Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC). Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria For more information please contact the Secretary of the NCICC: Mr. Ameen Ayodele via email: [email protected] or telephone: +234-1- 8043221
12 November
"Presentation of the Draft on International Crimes, the Rome Statute and principles of Universal Jurisdiction," organized by Fundacion Regional de Asesoria en Derechos Humanos INREDH and Comision Especializada de la Mujer, la niñez y la Familia del Honorable Congreso Nacional. Quito, Ecuador For more information, email [email protected]
14-15 November
Forum on the International Criminal Court, organized by the Human Rights Commission of Jalisco (Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos de Jalisco). Guadalajara, Mexico For more information, contact Mrs. Irma Perez-Gil at: [email protected]
14-16 November
"Curso/Taller sobre Derecho Internacional Humanitario" ("Course/ Workshop on International Humanitarian Law"), organized by Universidad Iberoamericana de Santo Domingo (UNIBE). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic For more information, contact Mr. Rommel Santos of the Dominican Coalition for the ICC- Federalist Fundation, at: [email protected]
15-16 November
"The ICC: Problems and Perspectives," a conference organized by Centro d'Initiativa per l'Europa (CIE) with the support of the European Commission. Turin, Italy For more information, email: [email protected]
15 November
International Conference on the Permanent International Criminal Court, organized by the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia For more information, contact OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at: (+381) 011 3672-425, 3672-427
15-18 November
Conference on the International Criminal Court, organized by ERA Consumers Group and Forun Asia, with support from the European Union Kuala Lampur, Malaysia For more information, contact Niza Conception at: [email protected]
21 November
"Resolved: That the United States should be subject to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court," a symposium organized by JPMorgan Chase Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Speakers include: Jeffrey Huffines (Co-chair of the Faith-based Caucus on the ICC), and Darin Bartram (Partner of Baker & Hostetler LLP). New York, United States For more information, contact Michelle Yuson, Program Coordinator of the NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debates, at: +1 212-802-2920
21 November
II Jornada de Socialización "Borrador del Proyecto de Ley de Crimenes de Carácter Internacional," (2nd Annual conference on Social Issues "Draft of the Law Project on Crimes of an International Character"), organized by the Fundación de Asesoria Regional en Derechos Humanos (INREDH) and the Special Congressional Committee on Women, Girls and Family. Quito, Ecuador For more information, contact Patricio Benalcázar at: [email protected]
25-27 November
"Towards an effective system of international humanitarian law: Recent problems in international criminal justice," a course organized by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior and the Spanish section of the Red Cross. Madrid, Spain For more information, contact Joaquín López at: [email protected]
29 November
Workshop on the ICC, organized by ITEKA (Burundian League of Human Rights) for Burundian parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. Bujumbura, Burundi For more information, contact Piyo Ntakarutimana at: [email protected] or telephone ITEKA at: +257 22 86 36
December 2002
2 December
III Jornada de Socialización "Borrador del Proyecto de Ley de Crimenes de Carácter Internacional," (3rd Annual Conference on Social Issues "Draft of the Law Project on Crimes of an International Character"), a meeting of parlamentarians to discuss draft implementation legislation, organized by the Fundación de Asesoria Regional en Derechos Humanos (INREDH) and the Special Congressional Committee on Women, Girls and Family. Quito, Ecuador For more information, contact Patricio Benalcázar at: [email protected]
4-7 December
Conference on International Mechanisms for the Violations of Human Rights, organized by the Human Rights Program at Ibero-American University, Washington College of Law at American University, National Commission on Human Rights, Mexican Coalition for the ICC, NGO Coalition for the ICC, and International Center for Transitional Justice. Mexico City, Mexico For more information, contact Jose Guevara at: [email protected]
7 December
Seminar on the International Criminal Court, organized by the Olof Palme International Center, the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, and the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights. Stockholm, Sweden For more information, contact Ms Anna Wigenmark at: [email protected] or visit: www.humanrights.se
11 December
54th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, organized by "Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P" Human Rights School, in cooperation with Human Rights Centre "Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P.A.C" (CDHFV), Centro Universitario Cultural, AC (CUC), Mexican Commission of Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (CMPDDHH), World Christian Association for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) and Mexican Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CMCPI). Mexico City, Mexico For more information, contact Irma Perez Gil at: [email protected]
11 December
Workshop and presentation on the International Criminal Court, at the Asian Civil Society Forum 2002, organized by CONGO Working Group on Outreach in Asia. Bangkok, Thailand For more information, contact Evelyn Serrano via email: [email protected] or telephone: +66 2 4336162
12 December
"The International Criminal Court: A Gender Perspective", a discussion organized as part of the Peace Education Colloquia Series 2002, in collaboration with the the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and the International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic at Columbia University. New York, United States For more information, email: [email protected] or phone: +1 212-678-8116.
12 December
"International Law, Sanctions and the Humanitarian Plight of the Iraqi People," organized by the United Nations Association of the USA and the Business Council for the UN, hosted by the Council of Organizations New York, United States For more information, contact Chris Bailey at: [email protected]
13-14 December
"The International Criminal Court: Challenges and Prospects," a conference organized by the European Inter-University Centre (EIUC). Venice, Italy For more information, contact Dr. George Ulrich at: [email protected]
14-16 December
Regional Expert Conference: "International Criminal Law and the Arab World," organized by the Institute of Law at Birzeit University (Palestinian Authority), and hosted by the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan. Amman, Jordan For more information, contact Mariana Rodriguez at: [email protected]
14-16 December
"Forensic Investigation of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: Mass Graves Protocols Workshop," organized by Inforce Foundation Poole, United Kingdom For more information, email Judy Geldart at: [email protected]
16 December
"ICC, French Justice and War Crimes," a forum organized by the French Coalition for the International Criminal Court Paris, France For more information, contact Fabrice Ferrier at: [email protected] or visit: http://www.cfcpi.org
17 December
War Crimes in the 21st Century: Prevention and Prosecution, organized by The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and sponsored by Committee on African Affairs, Committee on International Human Rights, and the Council on International Affairs New York, United States For more information, contact David Stoelting at: [email protected]
18-20 December
"Establishing the ICC," a conference organized by the International Criminal Law Network, in cooperation with the Science Alliance, International Association of Prosecutors, the International Criminal Defense Attorney Association, Salzburg Law School and Columbia Law School, New York The Hague, Netherlands For more information, visit: http://www.icln.net
TBD Human Rights Lawyering and the ICC, a conference
organized by Better Law Forum International. Abuja, Nigeria For more information, contact Ken Achufuna, via email: [email protected] or [email protected]; or telephone: +234-80-230-96-397 or +234-90-406095