Center for Contemporary British History
at King’s College London
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
School of Advanced Study, University of London
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
School of Advanced Study, University of London
Solon
Promoting Interdisciplinary Studies in Bad Behaviour and Crime
2nd Biennial War Crimes Conférence
Justice? – Whose Justice?
Punishment, Mediation or Reconciliation?
Thursday 3 March to Saturday 5 March 2011
London
Venue:
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London
Speakers and Participants Include:
- Lesley Abdela, Project Parity;
- Kasaija Appuli, Makerere University;
- Jose Pablo Baraybar, EPAF, Peru;
- Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, London;
- Lorie Charlesworth, Liverpool John Moores University;
- Adrawa Lawrence Dulu, Development Peace;
- David Fraser, Nottingham University;
- Szymon Janczarek, ECHR, Poland;
- Frode Lindgjerdet, NTNU Museum;
- Cissa Wa Numbe, UNA-DCR;
- Shirley Randell, Kigali University;
- Niaz Shah, Hull University;
- Islam Md. Shahinur, ICT Bangladesh;
- Susanna SaCouto, Washington College, USA;
- Silke Studzinsky, ECCC, Cambodia;
- Juan Santos Vara, Salamanca University, Spain;
- James Waller, Keene State, USA;
- Kris Wetherholt, HMF.
This conference is an initiative between SOLON, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Centre for Contemporary British History to explore themes surrounding judicial roles and responses to war crimes (broadly construed)– past, present and future – and also responses to such initiatives, from victims/victors, interested agencies and commentators, including the UN, NATO and various local, regional and international NGOs. Papers presented at this conference will consider questions such as whether the history of such prosecutions indicate that they should simply expose/reveal or whether they should always punish; what is the role of mediation in the interests of revelations of ‘truth’, and what impact can strategies for reconciliation have. Developments in areas like forensic anthropology will also be considered, and the issues surrounding how witness testimony should be managed within the legal process. Consideration of the ethical or moral basis for war crimes prosecutions, and the problem of their chronological dimensions provide a focus for other discussions. Speakers and delegates will debate when, if ever, it ceases to be practical or useful, in terms of successful post-conflict reconstruction to pursue war crimes prosecutions? A particular focus will be on the International Criminal Court, where the Court’s actions indicate that it is taking on the role of the conscience of the world. Does the future of war crime prosecutions lie solely, or mainly, with the ICC? Is this acceptable, given the lack of universal global support for the ICC? As this is the second Biennial Conference, we will also be hearing reports from delegates at the first conference of developments with which they have been associated.
The conference programme and registration form will be available on the SOLON website at: http://www.perc.plymouth.ac.uk/solon and the IALS websites at: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/8045.
For further details, please contact Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, or the conference organisers, Dr Lorie Charlesworth, l.r.charlesworth@ljmu.ac.uk, Dr Michael Kandiah, michael.kandiah@kcl.ac.uk, or Dr Judith Rowbotham, judith.rowbotham@ntu.ac.uk
