Programme

Opening Remarks

• Mr. Jörg Polakiewicz, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law (Legal Adviser) of the Council of Europe

Setting the Stage

• Ambassador Franz Perrez, Director of the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

PANEL I - Zoom out: the Relationship between peace and justice / the concept of safe conduct / ICC Jurisprudence on Cooperation

Moderator: Prof. Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute

Prof.  Charles C. Jalloh, Professor of International Law and the Richard A. Hausler Chair in Law at the University of Miami Law School and a member and special rapporteur of the ILC.

‘Justice Ecosystems: Beyond international criminal justice.’

Dr. Sam Muller, Justice Compass Advisers, Partner

'The Return of Peace versus Justice?'

Prof. Sarah Nouwen, Professor of Public International Law at the EUI 

‘Safe conduct – a general principal of law?’

Ms. Alina Orosan, Director General for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and member of the ILC.

'Between a rock and a hard place: ensuring accountability without undermining the prospects of peace in international tribunal jurisprudence.’

PANEL II - Zoom in: Arrest warrants and peace negotiations - reconciling co-operation with international tribunals and the facilitation of peace negotiations

Moderator: Prof. Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute

Prof. William Schabas, Professor of international law - School of Law | Middlesex University | London

'Recognizing an immunity of the peace negotiator.'

Prof. Philippa Webb, Professor of International Law, Oxford University (Blavatnik School of Government), former Legal Officer at the ICJ and the ICC.

‘Immunities and the ICC.’

Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler, Professor - Director of the Centre for Comparative, European and International Law (CDCEI), Lausanne; Director of the LLM Programme in International Business Law - MAS - President of the Swiss Society of International Law - President of the International Law Association - Swiss Chapter.  

‘Balancing immunity and impunity in view of the restoration and maintenance of peace.’ 

Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmermann, LL.M. (Harvard), University of Potsdam

 ‘Balancing Peace and Justice in the Rome Statute System: The Role of Article 16.’

Closing Remarks

• Ambassador Franz Perrez, Director of the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs