
The Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year in Review (2011) Conference, billed as a "discussion of atrocity crimes litigation of 2011 with leading practitioners and experts," will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Dokter van der Stamstraat 1, in Leidschendam, adjacent to The Hague in the Netherlands. (credit for photo below of tribunal's building)
As this conference begins, we've just learned, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court will "deliver its decision on the innocence or guilt of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo," the 1st person to stand trial at the ICC. That event promises rich discussion at our conference just up the road from the ICC.
The day will be web-linked to Northwestern students, and a recording will be available online in due course.
What's more, this year as in the past, the conference proceedings will form a forthcoming issue of the Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights (prior issues available here).
At center stage will be prosecutors and defense lawyers, who will report on, and debate, the year's developments at the various tribunals. My role is to serve as something of a backgrounder and color commentator, then to contribute a year's recap to the Journal. In this annual role, I'm honored to follow a couple IntLawGrrls, Beth Van Schaack (contribution here) and Valerie Oosterveld (contribution here), as well as our colleagues Göran Sluiter (contribution here) and William A. Schabas (contribution here).
Here's the full lineup for this year's event:
Moderator:
► David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Panelists:
► Diane Marie Amann, Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, University of Georgia School of Law
► Caroline Buisman, Defence Counsel, International Criminal Court
► Andrew Cayley, International Co-Prosecutor, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
► Sara Criscitelli, Prosecution Coordinator, International Criminal Court
► Mark Harmon, recently retired from his post as Senior Trial Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

► Hassan Jallow, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
► Daryl Mundis, Chief of Prosecutions, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Preregistration is required and closes March 5, 2012; click here.