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I. Tuesday 15 September 2009: Academy Hall, Peace Palace
8:45 - 9:15 REGISTRATION
9:15 OPENING
Prof. Jouke de Vries, Director Campus The Hague
Dr. Carsten Stahn, Programme Director Grotius Centre
9:30 - 11.30 PANEL 1: Origins and Theorisation of Complementarity
Reflections on Complementarity at the Rome Conference and Beyond
Prof. Mauro Politi, University of Trento and former Judge Pre-Trial Chamber, ICC
The Genesis of Complementarity
Dr. Mohamed El Zeidy, Pre-Trial Chamber, ICC
Policy Through Complementarity: The Atrocity Trial as Justice
Prof. Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee University
International Idealism Meets Domestic Procedural Realism: Complementarity, Gate-Keeping, and Case Selection
Prof. William Burke-White, University of Pennsylvania
The Law and Policy of Complementarity in relation to Criminal Proceedings carried out by Non-State Organized Armed Groups
Dr. Jann Kleffner, University of Amsterdam and Swedish National Defence College
11:30 - 11:45 BREAK
11:45 - 12:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor ICC
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 15:30 PANEL 2: Interpretation and application of the Rome Statute
The Mysterious Mysteriousness of Complementarity and the Invisibility of the Inaction Scenario
Prof. Darryl Robinson, Queens University
Situation and Case: Defining the Parameters
Dr. Rod Rastan, Office of the Prosecutor, ICC
The Application of the Principle of Complementarity to Decide where to Open an Investigation: The Admissibility of Situations before the International Criminal Court
Prof. Hector Olasolo, University of Utrecht
States Obligations to Investigate and Prosecute Perpetrators of International Crimes: The Perspective of the European Court of Human Rights
Prof. Harmen van der Wilt, University of Amsterdam
Complementarity and Reverse Cooperation
Dr. Federica Gioia, Pre-Trial Chamber, ICC
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 16:15 KEYNOTE SPEECH
I. Wednesday 16 September 2009: Auditorium, Campus Den Haag
9:30 - 10:15 OPENING KEYNOTE
Complementarity and Implementing Legislation: a Registrar Perspective
Silvana Arbia, Registrar, ICC
10:15 - 10:35 Perspectives from Uganda
Hon. Freddie Ruhindi, Minister of State for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda
Hon. Justice Dan Akiiki - Kiiza, Head War Crimes Division, Judiciary, Uganda
10:35 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 12:15 PANEL 1: PARALLEL SESSIONS
Sub-panel 1: Complementarity in Practice: Uganda, DRC
Complementarity in Practice: Practitioners Observations from Uganda
Marieke Wierda, Head Prosecution Programme, International Centre for Transitional Justice
The ICC and the Challenges of Complementarity in Congo and Uganda
Dr. Phil Clark, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Oxford Transitional Justice Research, University of Oxford
Sub-panel 2: Complementarity in Perspective
Complementarity as Global Governance
Dr. Christoph Burchard, University of Tubingen
Horizontal Complementarity
Dr. Cedric Ryngaert, University of Leuven and Utrecht University
Complementarity and Practice under Rule 11 bis. Complementarity in the Srebrenica Trials: The Admissibility of Evidence collected by the Yugoslavia Tribunal before the Bosnian War Crimes Chamber
Fidelma Donlon, Irish Centre for Human Rights, formerly War Crimes Chamber, Bosnia
12:15 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30 PANEL 2: Operationalizing Complementarity in the ICC system
In the Hands of the State: Implementing Legislation and Complementarity
Dr. Olympia Bekou, University of Nottingham
Positive Complementarity
Christopher Hall, Amnesty International
Complementarity and Alternative Justice
Prof. Gregory S. Gordon, University of North Dakota, School of Law
For a Complementarity-Based Advocacy
Dr. Cyril Laucci, Lawyer, formerly ICTY, SCSL & ICTR
14:30 - 14:45 BREAK
14:45 – 16:15 PANEL 3: Complementarity and Litigation:
Implications of the Katanga decision
Unable or Unwilling: Challenges to Admissibility and the Burden of Proof
Joseph Powderly, National University of Ireland
The Katanga Trial Chamber Decision in Perspective
Gilbert Bitti, Pre-Trial Chamber, ICC
The Katanga Jurisprudence and Acceptance of Self-Referrals
Lorraine Smith, International Bar Association
The Katanga Jurisprudence and Objectives of Complementarity
Katherine Cleary, War Crimes Research Office, American University Washington College of Law
16:15 – 16:30 BREAK
16:30 – 17:30 CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE
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