EVENT IS UNDER PATRONAGE

21 AUGUST 2023

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

SPECIAL TRIBUNAL

FOR THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE.

JUSTICE TO BE SERVED

CONFERENCE OPENING

PANEL 1

The modality of the Tribunal: UN, international treaty, hybrid format. Which one to choose?

Moderator: Andrii Smyrnov, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

Stanislav Kravchenko, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
Aarif Abraham, Barrister, writer and speaker specialising in public international law, international criminal law and human rights;
Wayne Jordash, President of Global Rights Compliance, lead of the Mobile Justice Teams supporting Ukrainian OPG. Deputy of ACA;
Jörg Polakiewicz, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Council of Europe;
Oleksandra Matviychuk, Head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2022, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

ONLINE

Richard Goldstone, South African former judge. First Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda;
Claus Kress, Professor of International Law and Criminal Law. Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is the Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne;
Philippe Sands, British and French writer and lawyer at 11 King's Bench Walk and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London;
Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations.
Franco Marcelo Fiumara, Lawyer, Criminal Court Judge of the 4th Judicial Department of La Matanza, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. PhD in Political Sciences, Legal Sciences, Criminal Procedure Professor in the Law School of La Matanza University.

PANEL 2

The issue of personal and functional immunities in the practice of international criminal tribunals

Moderator: Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Lesia Zaburanna, Member of Parliament, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Oleksandr Kachura, Member of Parliament, Co-Head of the inter-factional association "Tribunal for Russian Aggressors", member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Vitaliy Salikhov, Member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine;
Ivan Horodyskyy, Vice President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Director of Dnistrianskyi Center

ONLINE

Frank Hoffmeister, Director for General Affairs and the Chief Legal Officer at European External Action Services (EEAS) and Professor of International Economic Law in the LLM in International and European Law programme of the Brussels School of Governance;
Carrie McDougall, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne;
Geoffrey Nice, British barrister. Lead prosecutor for the UN in trial of Slobodan Milošević's. Chair China Tribunal; Chair Uyghur Tribunal;
Max Baryshnikov, Partner at BKB Attorneys at law, Co-founder of the initiative group of the Civic Hub “Kick russia out of the UN”

PANEL 3

Procedural aspects of international criminal tribunals. How to conduct a trial?

Moderator: Denys Maliuska, Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Vice-Minister of Justice of Lithuania;
Mathilde Philip-Gay, Professor of public law at Université Jean Moulin Lyon;
Oksana Zolotaryova, Director of the Department of International Law, MFA of Ukraine;
Oksana Blazhivska, Member of the High Council of Justice;
Iryna Mudra, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

ONLINE

David Scheffer, American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues;
Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs and Director of their Concentration in International Law and Human Rights.
Stephan Hobe, Professor, Director of the Institute of Air Law, Space law and Cyber Law as well as Co-Director of the International Investment Law Centre Cologne;
Egils Levits, Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia;

MINI LESSON

Why was the Nuremberg Trials needed and why is a tribunal against the Russian leadership important?

Vladlen Maraiev, Ukrainian historian, PhD in History, Co-author of the YouTube channel “History Without Myths”.

PANEL 4

The political significance of the tribunal. Why is it needed now?

Moderator: Oleksandr Korniyenko, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;

Emanuelis Zingeris, Lithuanian MP, Head of Lithuanian delegation to PACE, Rapporteur of the PACE two resolutions and rapports of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Vice president of European affaires Committee of Seimas;
Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson for crisis prevention, Foreign Policy Representative;
Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration;
Maria Mezentseva, Member of Parliament, Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Denys Maslov, Ukrainian MP, Head of Verkhovna Rada Legal Policy Committee, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Olena Khomenko, Member of Parliament, PACE Vice-President, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Sergiy Burlakov, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine;

ONLINE

Irwin Cotler, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer;
Hans Corell, Ambassador (Ret.), Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the UN;
David Crane, American lawyer, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL);
Damien Cottier, Member of the National Council of Switzerland, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chair of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Rapporteur on the PACE Report on Legal and Human Rights consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine;
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvian MP, part of a Committee of Foreign Affairs and a Committee of European Affairs. Head of Latvian delegation of the PACE;
Andrius Kubilius, Member of European Parliament, Chair of Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania;
Mark S. Ellis, Executive Director of International Bar Association;

FULL AGENDA

08:00 - 09:00

Registration, welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome speech

09:30 - 11:30

Panel 1

The modality of the Tribunal: UN, international treaty, hybrid format. Which one to choose?

Moderator: Andrii Smyrnov, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

Stanislav Kravchenko, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
Aarif Abraham, Barrister, writer and speaker specialising in public international law, international criminal law and human rights;
Wayne Jordash, President of Global Rights Compliance, lead of the Mobile Justice Teams supporting Ukrainian OPG. Deputy of ACA;
Jörg Polakiewicz, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Council of Europe;
Oleksandra Matviychuk, Head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2022, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

ONLINE

Richard Goldstone, South African former judge. First Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda;
Claus Kress, Professor of International Law and Criminal Law. Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is the Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne;
Philippe Sands, British and French writer and lawyer at 11 King's Bench Walk and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London;
Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations.
Franco Marcelo Fiumara, Lawyer, Criminal Court Judge of the 4th Judicial Department of La Matanza, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. PhD in Political Sciences, Legal Sciences, Criminal Procedure Professor in the Law School of La Matanza University.

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 - 14:00

Panel 2

The issue of personal and functional immunities in the practice of international criminal tribunals

Moderator: Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Lesia Zaburanna, Member of Parliament, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Oleksandr Kachura, Member of Parliament, Co-Head of the inter-factional association "Tribunal for Russian Aggressors", member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Vitaliy Salikhov, Member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine;
Ivan Horodyskyy, Vice President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Director of Dnistrianskyi Center

ONLINE

Frank Hoffmeister, Director for General Affairs and the Chief Legal Officer at European External Action Services (EEAS) and Professor of International Economic Law in the LLM in International and European Law programme of the Brussels School of Governance;
Carrie McDougall, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne;
Geoffrey Nice, British barrister. Lead prosecutor for the UN in trial of Slobodan Milošević's. Chair China Tribunal; Chair Uyghur Tribunal;
Max Baryshnikov, Partner at BKB Attorneys at law, Co-founder of the initiative group of the Civic Hub “Kick russia out of the UN”

14:00 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 16:30

Panel 3

Procedural aspects of international criminal tribunals. How to conduct a trial?

Moderator: Denys Maliuska, Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Vice-Minister of Justice of Lithuania;
Mathilde Philip-Gay, Professor of public law at Université Jean Moulin Lyon;
Oksana Zolotaryova, Director of the Department of International Law, MFA of Ukraine;
Oksana Blazhivska, Member of the High Council of Justice;
Iryna Mudra, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

ONLINE

David Scheffer, American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues;
Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs and Director of their Concentration in International Law and Human Rights.
Stephan Hobe, Professor, Director of the Institute of Air Law, Space law and Cyber Law as well as Co-Director of the International Investment Law Centre Cologne;
Egils Levits, Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia;

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee break

17:00 - 17:10

Vladlen Maraiev, Ukrainian historian, PhD in History, Co-author of the YouTube channel “History Without Myths”.

Why was the Nuremberg Trials needed and why is a tribunal against the Russian leadership important?

17:10 - 19:10

Panel 4

The political significance of the tribunal. Why is it needed now?

Moderator: Oleksandr Korniyenko, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;

Emanuelis Zingeris, Lithuanian MP, Head of Lithuanian delegation to PACE, Rapporteur of the PACE two resolutions and rapports of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Vice president of European affaires Committee of Seimas;
Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson for crisis prevention, Foreign Policy Representative;
Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration;
Maria Mezentseva, Member of Parliament, Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Denys Maslov, Ukrainian MP, Head of Verkhovna Rada Legal Policy Committee, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Olena Khomenko, Member of Parliament, PACE Vice-President, member of the working group on the establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;
Sergiy Burlakov, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine;

ONLINE

Irwin Cotler, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer;
Hans Corell, Ambassador (Ret.), Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the UN;
David Crane, American lawyer, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL);
Damien Cottier, Member of the National Council of Switzerland, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chair of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Rapporteur on the PACE Report on Legal and Human Rights consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine;
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Latvian MP, part of a Committee of Foreign Affairs and a Committee of European Affairs. Head of Latvian delegation of the PACE;
Andrius Kubilius, Member of European Parliament, Chair of Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania;
Mark S. Ellis, Executive Director of International Bar Association;

COMMUNIQUE

of the participants of international conference
“Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Justice to be served”

We, participants of the international conference “Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Justice to be served” gathered in Kyiv on 21 August 2023 to discuss the need to ensure accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine and establish the relevant Special tribunal, have agreed as follows.

More than nine years ago, in February 2014, Ukraine became the victim of acts of aggression committed by the Russian Federation in a blatant denial of the foundational principle of the prohibition of the use of force against sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of another State and the right of all peoples to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion to Ukraine.

Today war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed during Russia’s war against Ukraine are being investigated by Ukraine and a number of other states, as well as by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The referral of the situation in Ukraine made by 43 States and the previously given Ukraine’s consent to the ICC’s jurisdiction over all crimes committed during the armed conflict since 2014 provide a solid basis for the work of the ICC.

While international criminal justice has important achievements in addressing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, progress concerning the crime of aggression – or crimes against peace as it was labelled during the Nuremberg Tribunal, has been very limited. Unlike for other core international crimes, the ICC faces objective difficulties in exercising jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.

Now the time has come to complete the architecture of international criminal justice initiated by the 1942 London Declaration. We need to fill the gap and establish a Special tribunal which would have a specific jurisdiction over the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The war of aggression Russia is waging against Ukraine is the biggest war of aggression in Europe since 1945 and the legal response to it shall be appropriate and resemble the response which the international community found to bring perpetrators to responsibility after World War II.

Establishment of a Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is necessary, as currently there is no international court or tribunal that could try Russia's top political and military leadership for committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The creation of a Special Tribunal will close this gap.

Ensuring accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is an integral part of full comprehensive accountability for violations of international law committed during Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Establishment of the Special tribunal is an appropriate way to ensure accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Ensuring accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is an integral part of the Peace Formula of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Establishment of the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine has already been supported by the European Parliament, Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe, NATO and OSCE, national parliaments, international and national bar associations. The need to establish a tribunal which will ensure accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine was also underlined in the European Council Conclusions, Decisions of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Reykjavik Declaration of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe.

We strongly welcome start of operations of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) in The Hague and consider it to be an important step on the way towards establishment of the Special tribunal.

We call on international community to unite efforts and work closely and together with Ukraine on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The Special tribunal shall be a legitimate and credible justice mechanism which will be able to effectively do its job – bring to accountability representatives of the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Establishment of the Special tribunal shall be a response of international community to blatant and flagrant violation of the UN Charter, in particular of the principle of non-use of force or threat of force by the Russian Federation. Establishment of the Special tribunal shall also play an important role in preventing future possible aggressions, as possible aggressors will see that the acts of aggression get relevant legal response. Crime of aggression committed by Russian political and military leadership against Ukraine shall not remain without appropriate legal response. Thus we call on international community to work actively and effectively to establish a Special tribunal in order to ensure accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Signatories

Terje

Einarsen

Professor of International Law, University of Bergen

Ralf

Fuecks

Director, Center for Liberal Modernity

Antoine

Garapon

French jurist, Retired Judge, doctor of law, Secretary General of the Institute for Fundamental Studies of Justice (Paris), member of the editorial board of Esprit magazine, former juvenile judge

Richard

Goldstone

South African former judge. First Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda

Gabija

Grigaitė-Daugirdė

Deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania

Stephan

Hobe

University Professor, Dr. h.c., Director of the Institute of Air Law, Space law and Cyber Law as well as co-Director of the International Investment law Centre Cologne

Klaus

Hoffmann

Senior Prosecutor, member of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group

Wayne

Jordash

Barrister KC, President of Global Rights Compliance, lead of the Mobile Justice Teams supporting Ukrainian OPG. Deputy of ACA

James

Joseph

Academic Lawyer, Director of The Duty Legacy

Zanda

Kalnina-Lukasevica

Deputy Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Roderich

Kiesewetter

Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson for crisis prevention, Foreign Policy Representative

Egils

Levits

Special representative of the Republic of Latvia in matters of international law and national responsibility, President of Latvia (2019-2023)

Sign the Communique

SPEAKERS

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Aarif Abraham

Barrister, writer and speaker specialising in public international law, international criminal law and human rights

Irwin Cotler

Chair of the Raoul aWallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer

Franco Marcelo Fiumara

Lawyer, Criminal Court Judge in Argentina. PhD in Political Sciences, Legal Sciences, Criminal Procedure Professor

Frank Hoffmeister

Director for General Affairs and the Chief Legal Officer at European External Action Services (EEAS) and Professor of International Economic Law in the LLM in International and European Law programme of the Brussels School of Governance

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Latvian MP, part of a Committee of Foreign Affairs and a Committee of European Affairs. Head of Latvian delegation of the PACE

Anton Korynevych

Ukrainian civil servant, scholar, and PhD in Law. Specialist in international humanitarian, criminal and energy law. Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Member of the Working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Egils Levits

Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia

Oleksandra Matviychuk

Ukrainian a rights activist, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022

Geoffrey Nice

British barrister. Lead prosecutor for the UN in trial of Slobodan Milošević's. Chair China Tribunal; Chair Uyghur Tribunal

Max Baryshnikov

Partner at BKB Attorneys at law.

Andrii Smyrnov

Ukrainian lawyer and politician. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. Deputy Head and Coordinator of the working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Lesia Zaburanna

Ukrainian MP, member of delegation of Ukraine at PACE. Member of the Working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Oksana Blazhivska

Member of the High Council of Justice

Damien Cottier

Member of the National Council of Switzerland, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chair of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Author of PACE resolution 'Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine'

Richard Goldstone

South African former judge. First chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda

Ivan Horodyskyy

Vice President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Director of Dnistrianskyi Center

Olena Khomenko

Ukrainian MP, Member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. PACE Vice-President. Member of the Working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Stanislav Kravchenko

Ukrainian judge, Chairman of the Supreme Court

Denys Maliuska

Ukrainian lawyer. Minister of Justice of Ukraine. Member of the Working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Carrie McDougall

PhD in international criminal law. Senior Lecturer at Melbourne Law School. Former Assistant Director of the International Law Section of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mathilde Philip-Gay

Professor of public law at Université Jean Moulin Lyon

Vitaliy Salikhov

Member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine

Olha Stefanishyna

Deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration

Emanuelis Zingeris

Lithuanian MP, Head of Lithuanian delegation to PACE, Rapporteur of the PACE two resolutions and rapports of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Vice president of European affaires Committee of Seimas

Sergiy Burlakov

Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine

David Crane

American lawyer, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). During his tenure, he indicted, among others, the then-President of Liberia Charles Taylor. Former Professor of Practice at Syracuse University College of Law

Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė

Vice-Minister of Justice of Lithuania

Wayne Jordash

President of Global Rights Compliance, lead of the Mobile Justice Teams supporting Ukrainian OPG. Deputy of ACA

Roderich Kiesewetter

Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson for crisis prevention, Foreign Policy Representative

Claus Kress

NGO Austausch e.V. (formerly DRA) and the coordinated by us international platform CivilMplus/ Claus Kress is a Professor of International Law and Criminal Law. He holds the Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is the Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne

Vladlen Maraiev

Ukrainian historian, PhD in History, Co-author of the YouTube channel “History Without Myths”

Maria Mezentseva

Ukrainian MP, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the PACE. Member of the Working group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal

Jörg Polakiewicz

Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Council of Europe

Philippe Sands

British and French writer and lawyer. Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London

Rein Tammsaar

H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations

Oksana Zolotaryova

Director of the Department of International Law, MFA of Ukraine

Hans Corell

Ambassador (Ret.), Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the UN

Mark S. Ellis

Executive Director of International Bar Association

Stephan Hobe

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Stephan Hobe is the director of the Institute of Air Law, Space law and Cyber Law as well as co-Director of the International Investment law Centre Cologne

Oleksandr Kachura

MP, Head of the inter-factional association "Tribunal for Russian Aggressors"

Oleksandr Korniyenko

First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Andrius Kubilius

Member of European Parliament, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), Chair of Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee. Former Prime Minister of Lithuania

Denys Maslov

Ukrainian judge, lawyer, politician, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy

Iryna Mudra

Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine

Marie-Helene Proulx

President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association

David Scheffer

American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues. Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law. Director Emeritus of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Jennifer Trahan

Clinical Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs and Director of their Concentration in International Law and Human Rights

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SPECIAL TRIBUNAL

CONFERENCE OPENING

PANEL 1

The modality of the Tribunal: UN, international treaty, hybrid format. Which one to choose?

PANEL 2

The issue of personal and functional immunities in the practice of international criminal tribunals

PANEL 3

Procedural aspects of international criminal tribunals. How to conduct a trial?

MINI LESSON

Why was the Nuremberg Trials needed and why is a tribunal against the Russian leadership important?

PANEL 4

The political significance of the tribunal. Why is it needed now?

FULL AGENDA

08:00 - 09:00

Registration, welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome speech

09:30 - 11:30

Panel 1

The modality of the Tribunal: UN, international treaty, hybrid format. Which one to choose?

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 - 14:00

Panel 2

The issue of personal and functional immunities in the practice of international criminal tribunals

14:00 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 16:30

Panel 3

Procedural aspects of international criminal tribunals. How to conduct a trial?

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee break

17:00 - 17:10

Vladlen Maraiev, Ukrainian historian, PhD in History, Co-author of the YouTube channel “History Without Myths”.

Why was the Nuremberg Trials needed and why is a tribunal against the Russian leadership important?

17:10 - 19:10

Panel 4

The political significance of the tribunal. Why is it needed now?

COMMUNIQUE

SPEAKERS

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