6-7:30 PM
Keynote address by the President of the ICC, Judge Sang-Hyun Song (South Korea) followed by a panel discussion
7:30-8:30 PM
Networking reception with light refreshments hosted by the Municipality of The Hague, International City of Peace, Justice & Security
RSVP – [email protected]
The event will focus on the critical importance of international criminal justice to the larger human rights movement, including the prevention of mass human rights abuses through accountability. To best deter future mass human rights abuses and provide an important measure of justice to victims of such horrific crimes, it is critical that the international criminal justice system is as swift and effective as it can possibly be. If cases are too long, too distant, or too ineffectual, they are too readily dismissed by affected communities as well as by the perpetrators of such atrocities. This event will address both the effectiveness and efficiency of work by the ICC as an institution and complementarity proceedings by discussing items that bind the two together: the practical legal work necessary to do these cases well, and the similar as well as different types of support each needs.
