IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022
Rooms 203-205, Level 2
Session information
IBA Showcase: atrocity prevention – from Rwanda to Ukraine, why international law still matters
Wednesday 2 November (0930 - 1230)
Rooms 203-205, Level 2
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Description
This IBA Showcase will focus on the timely and important issue of atrocity prevention and ensuring that those who commit atrocity crimes are brought to justice. The panel discussion will consider issues such as justice through the ICC, universal jurisdiction, the UN Security Council, the Responsibility to Protect principle, and other accountability mechanisms.
The session will also focus on relevant country case studies, including the current war in Ukraine, and attendees will have an opportunity to review, comment, and debate ways of highlighting atrocity crimes to the general public.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Mark Ellis | International Bar Association, London, England; IBA Executive Director |
| Professor Leila Sadat | International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; Member, War Crimes Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| John Bellinger | Arnold & Porter, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Wendy Betts | IBA eyeWitness Project, London, England |
| Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi | President of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Sternford Moyo | Scanlen & Holderness, Harare, Zimbabwe; IBA President |
| Michael Scharf | Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| David Scheffer | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| David Tolbert | Georgetown Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Ambassador Beth Van Schaack | US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |