International Criminal Court Conference and Workshop
This major international conference and capacity building workshop will mark the 10th anniversary of the International Criminal Court
Justice for All? The International Criminal Court
When: 14-15 February 2012
Where: Sydney, Australia
This major international conference will discuss the work and impact of the International Criminal Court during its first decade.
Co-hosted by the Australian Human Rights Centre and the Faculties of Arts and Law of the University of New South Wales, it will examine the role and success of the ICC in achieving gender justice, and analyse the participation of the Asia Pacific region in the ICC regime.
The conference will review the circumstances and reasons for the Asia Pacific’s limited engagement with the International Criminal Court, and the key lessons from other regions about how to achieve ratification and full implementation of the Court’s mandate, including in the area of gender justice.
Speakers include:
- the President of the Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song,
- the Registrar of the Court, Ms Silvana Arbia,
- Deputy Prosecutor, Ms Fatou Bensouda and
- Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, President of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties.
In addition, a number of leading academics and practitioners in the field will participate in the conference, including Professor William Schabas, Dapo Akande, Benjamin Schiff, Yasmin Sooka, Evelyn Serrano, Andrew Khoo and Valerie Oosterveld.
The conference will feature both plenary sessions and a number of parallel sessions each day. Most of the conference speakers have been confirmed.
The program is available at: http://www.justiceforall.unsw.edu.au/home.
Capacity Building Workshop
16 February 2012
The two-day conference will be followed by a one-day capacity-building workshop on International Criminal Court and Gender Justice and the Asia Pacific Region. Approximately 15 to 20 delegates from NHRIs and NGOs in the Asia Pacific will be invited to attend.
The workshop, which will be conducted by Ms Brigid Inder, Executive Director of Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, will bring together those involved in advocacy around the Rome Statute and its implementation, with a specific focus on the role of the Court in relation to gender justice.
Against the backdrop of the conference, the workshop will enable practitioners and advocates to discuss the value of the Statute and the International Criminal Court system in addressing gender injustice, and the role of domestic jurisdictions in fostering a global system capable of addressing human rights violations, particularly those committed against women, by fully ratifying and implementing the Statute.
The workshop will also facilitate the strengthening of networks and encourage the exchange of ideas and strategies in relation to improving gender justice in the Asia Pacific region.
