The Annual Meeting of the International Criminal Defence Lawyers Germany – ICDL eV – will take place in Berlin at the Hotel InterContinental on 28 January 2017. The meeting will last the whole day from: 09:00 – 20:30. The event will include speeches from many respected legal professionals, including one of the Co Vice Presidents… Read more »
On 28 November 2016, in a ceremony at the Hargeisa Appeal Court, a new bespoke digital case management system was handed over to the Somaliland Registry. The database is designed to record all relevant data about each case and defendant to which passes through the courts and is bespoke to the specific needs of the… Read more »
On the sixth day of the annual Assembly of States Parties in The Hague, discussions were held on a range of issues including climate justice, the future of the International Criminal Court, evidence in ICC trials, national prosecutions of ICC crimes, protection of human rights defenders, and lessons learnt from the ICC investigation in Kenya…. Read more »
The Ibero-American Institute of The Hague for Peace, Human Rights and International Justice (IIH) and The Hague University of Applied Sciences would like to invite you to the following event: Conference Title: “The Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC” Speaker: Prof. dr. Héctor Olasolo Chairman, Ibero-American Institute of the Hague for Peace,… Read more »
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has approved an order that will enable the country to withdraw from the Rome Statute, a treaty that governs the International Criminal Court. Although neither a party nor a donor country, Russia was a signatory to the Rome Statute. Russia’s decision follows a ruling by the ICC that Russia’s… Read more »
Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said in her annual report that she had a “reasonable basis to believe” that members of the U.S. armed forces may have committed war crimes whilst in Afghanistan, including torture. Whilst the USA is not a part of the ICC, Afghanistan is, so allegations of… Read more »
On 12–13 November 2016, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University in London hosted a conference presented by the IBA Law Students’ Committee and the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). The event brought together students at different stages of their legal training to participate in sessions and vocational panels both of which… Read more »
The International Bar Association has issued the following Press Release: The developments and challenges in giving evidence at international criminal trials are topics to be debated in The Hague on 22 November 2016 at an event arranged by the International Bar Association’s International Criminal Court and International Criminal Law Programme (IBA ICC & ICL Programme)… Read more »
The ADC-ICTY Annual Conference and training will take place on 3 and 4 December 2016 at the Marriott hotel in The Hague. The title of the conference is: ‘Quo Vadis, International Criminal Law? Current Challenges of Implementing International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law’ The topics of the panels are: Positive Complementarity – National Jurisdictions… Read more »
The ADC-ICTY has issued a press release calling for the immediate release of MICT Judge Aydin Sefa Akay, who is currently being detained by Turkish authorities. The ADC-ICTY condemns the arbitrary detention of Judge Akay which is in contravention of Turkey’s international human rights obligations, and calls for his immediate safe release. The press release… Read more »
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Quality Control in Preliminary Examination: Reviewing Impact, Policies and Practices. Conference in the Peace Palace, The Hague, 13-14 June 2017 Call for papers Dear colleagues, We are pleased to present a new research project on challenges in pre-investigations or ‘preliminary examinations’. Such examinations are required to determine whether there is reasonable… Read more »
Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to bring you preliminary details for the IBA War Crimes conference entitled The World in Crisis taking place at the Peace Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands on 04 February 2017. Following the success of the previous conferences with 300 participants registered, this event will bring together leading war crimes… Read more »
Earlier this month, Gillian Higgins of 9 Bedford Row qualified as a civil and commercial mediator to international standard with the London School of Mediation. Given her extensive experience in the field of international criminal law, Gillian has a particular interest in how mediation and facilitation in post-conflict situations can seek to restore peace in… Read more »
On 12 November, the Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY) will host a training event in “Drafting Before the International Tribunals”. Sarah Bafadhel and Joe Holmes of 9 Bedford Row will deliver the training together with Catriona Murdoch (1 Crown Office Row) and Natalie von Wistinghausen… Read more »
Prosecution and Defence Final Trial Briefs were filed, simultaneously, on 25 October 2016 before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. These written submissions were subject to a word limit of 300,000 words, six times larger than standard, which reflects both the size of the trial record and its significance for the Balkan region… Read more »
South Africa has formally requested to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, in The Hague. Michael Masutha, South Africa’s Justice and Correctional Services Minister, has stated that “Written notice to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court has been submitted to the Secretary-General of the… Read more »
Steven Kay QC to speak on “Fair Trial: Focus on procedural trial structure and defense rights” at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy Annual Forum 2016: The Continuing Evolution of the Nuremberg Principles in Light of the Contemporary Jurisprudence of International Criminal Courts 4–5 November 2016. Click below to read the full event program: International Nuremberg… Read more »
On 28 October 2016. Jonathan Loeb, Senior Crisis Adviser at Amnesty International and Mike Lewis a Senior Adviser at Conflict Armament Research will give a talk about the ongoing conflict taking place in Darfur. The event will take be held at Chatham House, London and is planned to run from 12:00 – 13:00. Background overview:… Read more »
Dear colleague, On behalf of the IBA and the co-organizers of the Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity in North Korean Political Prisons, I write to invite you to a groundbreaking hearing that will feature live testimony from three North Korean defectors: a former prisoner, a former prison guard, and a former official from the Ministry… Read more »
