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AGENDA.

Thursday, 14 October 2021

08:30-09:30 ​

REGISTRATION

Thursday, 14 October

09:30-10:00​

WELCOME AND OPENING

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Michael Lysander Fremuth
University of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights

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Brigitta Zöchling-Jud

Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Vienna

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Alma Zadić

Austrian Federal Minister of Justice

10:00-10:45

KEYNOTE

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'...it is the duty of every State...'

William Schabas
Middlesex University London

10:45-11:15
COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:30​

PANEL I - The Interlink between Human Rights and International Criminal Law

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Chair: Christina Binder, Bundeswehr University Munich

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Approaching International Criminal Law through the Lens of Human Rights 

Michael Lysander Fremuth

University of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights

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Cumulative Prosecution – Combining Charges of Counterterrorism and International Crimes:
Remarks from a National Prosecutor’s Point of View

Christian Ritscher â€‹

Federal Prosecutor's Office of the German Federal Court of Justice

12:30-14:00​

LUNCH BREAK

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14:00-15:15

PANEL II - The Role of Culture in International Criminal Proceedings

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Chair: Miloš Vec, University of Vienna

 

Culture, Rights and Crimes: The Legacy and Potential of International Criminal Law

Joseph Powderly
Leiden University 

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ICC and the Construction of Evidence – A Cultural Perspective

Adina-Loredana Nistor
University of Groningen

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15:15-15:45

COFFEE BREAK

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15:45-17:30

PANEL III - Re-examining the Principles of International Criminal Law

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Chair: Konrad Bühler, Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs

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The National Prosecution of International Crimes and the (International) Public

Stefanie Bock
Philipps University Marburg

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The Complementary Test of the International Criminal Court between Self-Referrals and Contesting States

Astrid Reisinger Coracini
University of Vienna

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Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice

Máximo Langer

University of California

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17:30

END OF CONFERENCE DAY I

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Friday, 15 October
Friday, 15 October 2021

09:00-10:15

PANEL IV - Challenges and Opportunities for the Prosecution of Core International Criminal Cases at the Domestic and International Level: Practitioners' Perspectives

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Chair: Ingeborg Zerbes, University of Vienna

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EU national jurisdictions in the front line of fighting impunity – perspectives of the Genocide Network

Matevž Pezdirc
Genocide Network Secretariat, European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation

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Collection and Evaluation of Evidence in a Blended Common Law - Civil Law Legal System

Cuno Tarfusser

Former Vice-President of the International Criminal Court

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10:15-10:45

COFFEE BREAK

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10:45-12:00

PANEL V - Immunities in International Criminal Law

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Chair: Ingrid Mitgutsch, Johannes Kepler University Linz

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Entering a New Era of Head of State Immunity: Surveying Potential Paths and their Pitfalls

Donald Riznik
Bundeswehr University Munich

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Maximizing the Exercise of Jurisdiction against the Backdrop of Immunity 

Nicolas Angelet and Anna Facchinetti

Université Libre de Bruxelles and University of Pavia

12:00-13:30

LUNCH BREAK

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13:30-14:45

PANEL VI - The Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Part of Core International Crimes​

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Chair: Moritz Birk, Amnesty International Austria

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Progress and Challenges of Obtaining Justice for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Syria and Iraq in Universal Jurisdiction Cases 

Stephanie Barbour
Commission for International Justice and Accountability

 

Access to Justice for Victims of Male-Directed CRSV before Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace 

Jelia Sane

All Survivors Project

14:45-15:15

COFFEE BREAK

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15:15-17:00

PANEL VII - The Use of Open Source Evidence in International Criminal Proceedings before Domestic Courts​

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Chair: Konstantina Stavrou, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights

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Taking Stock: How Digital Technologies Are Changing International Justice

Federica D'Alessandra 

Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford​

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40 years' Worth of Footage from Syria Alone: Global Documentation Requires Commensurate Global Justice

Jeff Deutch
Syrian Archive

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Open Source Evidence and the Domestic Prosecution of International Crimes

Yvonne McDermott Rees

Swansea University

17:00

END OF CONFERENCE DAY II

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Saturday, 16 October
Saturday, 16 October 2021

09:00-09:45

KEYNOTE

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Transnational Corporations and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Kai Ambos
Georg-August-University Göttingen

09:45-11:00

PANEL VIII - International Criminal Law in Domestic Proceedings​

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Chair: Andreas Müller, University of Innsbruck

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Application of International Criminal Law by Domestic Courts: Some Recent Examples

Harmen van der Wilt 
 University of Amsterdam

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The Use of the ICTY Adjudicated Facts in War Crimes Trials Before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jasenka Ferizović
Independent Researcher 

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11:00-11:30

COFFEE BREAK

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11:30-13:00

PANEL IX - International Criminal Law and Corresponding State Practice​

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Chair: Andrea Lehner, University of Vienna

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Approaches to Returning Foreign Fighters in the EU and the Western Balkans

Daniela Pisoiu
Austrian Institute for International Affairs

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Developments International Criminal Prosecutions in Austria

Christine Gödl

Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice

13:00

CONFERENCE END

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