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A Conference of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Co-organised and co-sponsored by
the Government of the Netherlands and
the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project at UCLA School of Law

Day 1: TUESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2010

Speakers:

Judge Patrick Robinson, ICTY President (photo)
Ed Kronenburg, Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Prof. Richard Steinberg, UCLA School of Law, on behalf of Sanela Diana Jenkins

What is the ICTY’s legacy vision and what are the elements of its legacy strategy in the former Yugoslavia and the related projects?
What kind of support does the ICTY need for the implementation of its legacy strategy in the region?
What are the goals of the ICTY’s partnership with ODIHR and UNICRI?
What is the interrelation of the legacy goals and the completion strategy?

Moderator:

Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.

Panellists:

Judge Patrick Robinson, ICTY President
Serge Brammertz, ICTY Prosecutor
John Hocking, ICTY Registrar
Janez Lenarčič, Director of OSCE ODIHR
Francesco Marelli, UNICRI Representative
Pierre Mirel, Director for Western Balkans, Directorate-General for Enlargement, European Commission (photo)
Slobodan Zečević, President of the Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the ICTY

What kind of role will the Security Council play in preserving the Tribunal’s legacy through the residual mechanism(s)?
What kind of role will the residual mechanism(s) play in ensuring long-term access to and preservation of the archives, including court records and audiovisual materials?
What activities is the ICTY undertaking in order to preserve the Tribunal’s records and to make them widely accessible?
Could the creation of ICTY Information Centres assist in ensuring accessibility of the Tribunal’s records in the region?

Moderator:

Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (photo)

Panellists:

Konrad Bühler, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN -Austrian Chair of the Security Council’s informal Working Group on International Tribunals
Peter van der Vliet, Deputy Director, Department for UN Affairs and Financial Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Elizabeth Emmerson, Archivist, ICTY Registry
Bridget Sisk, Chief of UN Archives and Records Management Section
Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of Chambers, ICTY
Nataša Kandić, Humanitarian Law Center, Serbia
Mirsad Tokača, Research and Documentation Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Larry D. Johnson, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School

Can the ICTY’s legacy and records be used for the purposes of historical reflection and peace building?
How do victim groups and civil society organisations view the relevance of the ICTY’s legacy to the rule of law and maintenance of peace in the former Yugoslavia?
What is the role of the media in the context of the Tribunal’s legacy in the region?

Moderator:

Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, former ICTY President (photo)

Panellists:

Vesna Teršelič, Documenta, Croatia
Nataša Kandić, Humanitarian Law Center, Serbia
Mirsad Tokača, Research and Documentation Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Edin Ramulić, Izvor Association, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Smail Čekić, Director of the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law, Sarajevo University
Mirko Klarin, Sense News Agency
Refik Hodžić, ICTY Registry Liaison Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kelly Askin, Senior Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative
Bogdan Ivanišević, Consultant, International Centre for Transitional Justice
Lina Milner, Chair of the Kosovo Working Group of Missing Persons, ICRC

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2010

What are the roles of the international community and the United Nations in advancing the rule of law by assisting the capacity building of the judiciaries of the former Yugoslavia to prosecute war crimes?
What are the best practices, lessons learned and needs identified in knowledge transfer and capacity building?
What capacity building activities are being undertaken to achieve the identified goals?
How can sustainability and local ownership be ensured?
Is it necessary and possible to improve the coordination of capacity building efforts in the countries of the region?

Moderator:

Mark Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association (photo)

Panellists:

Shelley Inglis, Rule of Law Officer, Office of the Deputy Secretary-General
Vincent Degert, Head of EC Delegation to Serbia
Barbara Carlin, Resident Legal Advisor, US Embassy in Sarajevo
Judge Fausto Pocar, Member of ICTY Chambers coordination body for contacts with national jurisdictions
Judge Bakone Justice Moloto, Member of ICTY Chambers coordination body for contacts with national jurisdictions
Norman Farrell, Deputy Prosecutor, ICTY
David Schwendiman, former Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Head of Special Department for War Crimes, Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivan Jovanović, War Crimes Legal Advisor, OSCE Mission to Serbia
Djordje Djordjević, Justice and Security Sector Reform Programme Specialist, UNDP

What are the main forms of cooperation of the national jurisdictions with the ICTY in war crimes proceedings?
What are the main challenges in the work of the national jurisdictions?
Do they make use of ICTY evidence and case-law and what can be done to make the process more effective?
How do they view ICTY’s legacy projects?
What additional support is needed?

Moderator:

Serge Brammertz, ICTY Prosecutor

Panellists:

Judge Meddžida Kreso, President, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Milorad Barašin, Chief Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Judge Branko Hrvatin, President of the Supreme Court of Croatia
Mladen Bajić, Chief State Attorney of Croatia
Judge Siniša Vazić, President of the War Crimes Department in the Appellate Court in Belgrade
Vladimir Vukčević, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor (photo)

What can the ICTY and other organisations draw from this Conference to shape their activities further?
What elements should be part of the Tribunal’s comprehensive legacy strategy?
The Host Country and the Tribunal’s legacy

Moderator:

Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch (photo)

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