The Protection of Human Rights through the International Criminal Court as a Contribution to Constitutionalization and Nation-Building
21-23 January 2011, Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
In Cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bangkok
Agenda
January 21, 2011:
Keynote speech:
Hon. Hans-Peter Kaul, Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands
“Human Rights and the International Criminal Court”
January 22, 2011:
Panel 1: Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Development
Prof. Dr. Mirosław Wyrzykowski, Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, former Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland (2001-2010), Poland
“Constitutionalization of Miracle: the Circumstances of Succesful Transformation in Poland
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koji Teraya, Graduate Schools for Law & Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan
“Overlapping Constitutionalism in a Pluralistic World: Is the ICC an Ideal Protector for Human Rights in the World?”
Dr. Magnus Killander, Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa
“Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations and Nation-Building – Lessons from Africa”
Moderation: Dr. Warawit Kanithasen, CPG Senior Research Fellow, former Thai Ambassador
Panel 2: Case studies of International Criminal/Transitional Justice
Prof. Dr. Pablo Galain Palermo, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
“Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay: a continuing confrontation of the Past”.
Ph.D cand. Gustavo Rojas Paez, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Hor Peng, Royal University of Law and Economics, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“The Development of Cambodian Constitution on International Human Rights Laws and International Criminal Justice”
Thun Saray, Cambodian Human Rights Development Association, Cambodia
“The Needed Involvement of Victims to Participate and Contribute to Justice.”
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nina Jorgensen, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
“’We the peoples’. The role of the International Criminal Tribunals in Sierra Leone and Cambodia: Are they serving local needs and hopes for justice and human rights protection?”
Ph.D. cand. Nandor Knust, Head of International Criminal Law Section, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
“PMTJ: A Pluralistic Model of Transitional Justice – a Rwandan Case Study”
Moderation: Henning Glaser, Principal Coordinator & Member of Supervisory Board CPG
January 23, 2011:
Panel 3: The International Criminal Court
Hon. Hans-Peter Kaul, Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands
“The International Criminal Court – Key Features, Current Situation and Challenges”
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jörg Menzel, Faculty of Law, University Bonn, Germany
“The International Criminal Court – Limits and Alternatives”
Prof. Sienho Yee, Institute of International Law, Wuhan University, China
“Ambiguous Defenses Under the Rome Statute: With Particular Emphasis on Duress”
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Jaturon Thirawat, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand
Panel 4: Southeast Asian Perspectives on the ICC
Franziska Eckelmans, Center for International Migration, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“No Impunity for International Crimes – Case Scenarios on the National Level”
Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
“Development of the International Criminal Court – A Thai Perspective”
Hang Chhaya, Khmer Institute for Democracy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“Civil Society [Dog-Catcher] Role in the ECCC: Has It Been Useful?”
Prof. Harry Roque, Jr., College of Law, University of the Philippines, Philippines
“Progressive Contributions of the ICC to Domestic Legal Systems: A Case Study on the Maguindanao Massacre”
Evelyn Balais Serrano, Asia and the Pacific Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Philippines
“Opportunities and Challenges for ICC Ratification and Implementation in Southeast Asia”
Moderation: Dr. Naruemon Thabchumpon, International Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand