2009 Conferences & Events
Please see below detailed information on our upcoming conferences, seminars and other events.
June 4 The Hague International Network Meeting
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies facilitates a network meeting on June 4 for expats working for companies, international organisations and embassies, as well as Dutch citizens who live or work in Key note speaker will be Dr. Carsten Stahn, Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. He will give an overview of the practice of different international Courts and tribunals and how international criminal law operates inside and outside the Court room. The network meeting is an initiative of The Hague International Network (THIN) and is a joint effort by The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, The City of The Hague and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The network meeting will be held from 18.00 till 20.00 hrs. at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in the Auditorium at Lange Houtstraat 5 in
June 8 International Conference on Fighting Impunity and Promoting International Justice
This conference will provide the opportunity for members of civil society, NGO¡¯s, government officials and experts to meet and discuss the Chicago Principles on Post-Conflict Justice as well as provide recommendations for the future implementation of post-conflict justice modalities. The conference opening will begin with a welcome by Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, President, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences followed by H.E. Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Minister of Justice, The Netherlands. Then each President or Representative of the international tribunals will speak, as follows: Judge Hisashi Owada, President, International Court of Justice; Judge Sang-hyun Song, President, International Criminal Court; Judge Renate Winter, President, Special Court of Sierra Leone; Judge Charles Michael Dennis Byron, President, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; and Representatives from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The afternoon sessions include discussion on the project¡¯s Regional Conferences (Margaret Zimmerman), International and Domestic Prosecutions (Dr. Nadia Bernaz), An Overview of Truth Commissions and other investigative bodies as Post-Conflict Justice Tools (Dr. Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm), Reparations in International Law and Practice (Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza) and aGlobal Comparison of Amnesty Laws (Dr. Louise Mallinder). The conference is organised by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) in conjunction with the European Commission, the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI), the Association Internationale de Droit P¨¦nal (AIDP) and the Irish Centre of Human Rights (ICHR) through the contribution of the EuropeAid Office of the European Commission and the local support of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and T.M.C. Asser Institute. The conference starts at 8.30 till 17.30 hrs. and will be hosted at the Please register through by filling in the registration form and sending it to: pcj@isisc.org. Please note that to enter the
June 11-12 Hague Intersessional Experts' Meeting in cooperation with Crimes Against Humanity Initiative
For more information, please contact the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.
June 17 Book launch by Hector Olasolo Alonso
Hector Olasolo Alonso will present his: ¡°The Criminal Responsibility of Senior Political and Military Leaders as Principals to International Crimes¡±. This book launch will be held at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Lange Houtstraat 5 (Auditorium)
Program 18.00-18.15 Welcome by Carsten Stahn, Director of The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies 18.00-18.30 Introduction by ICC Judges Sir Adrian Fulford and Ekaterina Trendafilova 18.30-19.00 Book Presentation by Hector Olasolo Alonso, Legal Officer ICC 19.00-19.15 Commentary by Richard Hart, Managing Director Hart Publishing 19.15-20.00 Reception with drinks
June 16-18 Colloquium on Sexual Violence as International Crime: interdisciplinary approaches to evidence
The focus will include such aspects as the development of new kinds of social scientific, archival and medical data collection techniques; the development of evidence in relation to charges ranging from sexual slavery to crimes against humanity and genocide; and evidentiary and procedural differences involved in prosecuting sexual victimization in domestic versus international courts. To meet the Colloquium¡¯s goal of familiarizing participants from different fields with the overlapping possibilities and challenges they confront in advocating and assisting in the prosecution of sexual violence as international crime, the Colloquium will feature both plenary panels and working group sessions. This will include social scientists, court and aid workers, medical personnel, psychologists, journalists, and activists. The colloquium is a joint effort by Center on Law and Globalization of the University of Illinois College of Law and American Bar Foundation in cooperation with The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University/Campus The Hague and The International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT), The colloquium will opened July 16th at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the June 17th sessions will be held at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in the Auditorium at Lange Houstraat 5 and the closing day will be hald at the Peace Palace (Carenegieplein 2) in Please consult the full program at the bottom of this page. For more information please contact the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.
July 17th Panel discussion on International Justice Day
The panel discussion with among others, ICC Vice President Judge Hans-Peter Kaul, focuses on balancing victims and defense rights, improving cooperation with the ICC, communicating the Rome Statute system and discussing the prospects for the 2010 Review Conference (full programme).The discussion is organized by The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, in cooperation with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (
Time: 10.00 tot 12.00 Attendance is free, but rsvp: maillet@iccnow.org Location: Campus Den Haag, Lange Houtstraat 5, Den Haag
August 28 Master Class research at the interface of international law and philosophy On Friday 28 August 2009, the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden University), in cooperation with the Amsterdam Center for International Law (University of Amsterdam) and the Institute for Philosophy (Leiden University), will organize a Master Class on the challenges and opportunities of research at the interface of law and philosophy. The Master Class will provide interdisciplinary researchers a good opportunity to meet and share their views with colleagues. The location of the Master Class will be Campus The Hague, which is located at Lange Voorhout 44, Must the Researcher Stick to His or Her Own Last? In 1950, Hans Kelsen wrote in The Law of the United Nations that "[i]t is not superfluous to remind the lawyer that as a "jurist" he is but a technician whose most important task is to assist the law-maker in the adequate formulation of the legal norms."(Kelsen, The Law of the United Nations: A Critical Analysis of its Fundamental Problems. Stevens & Sons, 1950). One may wonder whether researchers of international law ought to restrict themselves to being just a "jurist". Are they not allowed to engage in "philosophizing" as well? And, vice versa, one may wonder whether philosophers - and political scientists ¨- may also act as jurists. Professor Larry May
He has also worked in professional ethics and the Just War tradition. Larry May has a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research (New York), where he was Hannah Arendt ¡s last research assistant. He also has a JD in law. His writings have won various awards, and have been translated into French, German, Italian, Serbian, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Professor May has also lectured extensively around the world. He is former president of the American section of the International Society for Philosophy of Law. In addition, he has occasionally taken a criminal appeals case, and has worked on several death penalty cases in the United States.
General Outline of the Programme
The Master Class will consist of three parts. First, Professor Larry May will tell the participants the story of his Werdegang. He will focus on the dilemmas that one faces when combining international law with philosophy. Since Professor May has extensive experience in both academia and practice, he will also speak about the oftentimes perilous relationship between theory and practice. Second, the participants have the opportunity to discuss a recent paper written by Professor May, which will be distributed beforehand. The third part of the programme consists of the actual Master Class, in which a restricted number of PhD students have the opportunity to discuss their work with Professor Larry May and the otherparticipants. If you wish to present your research, please send us a brief CV, and a short description of your research. You may also choose to just listen to the presentations and participate in the discussion. The Programme (provisional) 11.30 - 11.45 Arrival with coffee and tea 11.45 - 12.00 Welcome 12.00 - 12.30 Lecture by Professor Larry May 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 13.30 - 14.00 Discussion of Larry May¡¯s paper. 14.00 - 16.00 Opportunity for PhD Students to present their research to Professor Larry May and their colleagues, and receive feedback. Registration and more information For more information and to register, please send an email to If you wish to give a brief presentation of your research, please send us, when you register, a brief introduction of your research and a short CV. |
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Dr. Carsten Stahn, Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies on ¡°Where the World Seeks Justice - Insights into the practice of Hague International Courts and Tribunals¡. 
On 8 June the International Conference on Fighting Impunity and Promoting International Justice will take place in the 
Several international instruments contain a definition of the crime against humanity, but no two are alike. The aim of the Intersessional Expert Meeting on June 11 and 12 is to discuss the results of the April Expert Meeting and discuss implementation and enforcement issues of a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity and its interplay with the Rome Statute. 
This Interdisciplinary Colloquium from 16 to 18 June will focus on innovations and challenges of empirical and other information gathering techniques to build evidence for the prosecution of cases of sexual violence. 
