AGENDA.
Thursday, 14 October 2021
08:30-09:30 ​
REGISTRATION
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 ​
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 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 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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