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Programme
Preventing Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes:
Challenges in Todays World
4 5 December 2014
Court Room 600, Memorium Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg, Germany

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14:00"
WELCOMING"REMARKS"
Bernd"Borchardt,"Founding"Director,"International"Nuremberg"Principles"Academy" "
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KEYNOTE"SPEAKER"
Adama"Dieng""Special"Adviser"to"the"UN"SecretaryTGeneral"on"the"Prevention"of"Genocide"
Topic:'The'Prevention'of'Genocide''Achievements'and'Challenges'
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14:30""16:00"
PANEL"I:"CHALLENGES"IN"IMPLEMENTING"THE"GENOCIDE"CONVENTION:"PREVENTION"AND"
ACCOUNTABILITY""
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Moderator:"Davide"Zaru""Associate"Political"Affairs"Officer"at"the"UN"Office"on"the"Prevention"of"
Genocide"and"the"Responsibility"to"Protect"
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Paola"Gaeta""Professor"of"International"Criminal"Law"at"the"University"of"Geneva"and"Adjunct"
Professor"of"International"Criminal"Law"at"the"Graduate"Institute"for"International"and"
Development"Studies""
Topic:'Significance'of'the'Genocide'Convention'today'
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Margit"HellwigTBtte""Head"of"Division"(Conceptual"Issues"and"R2P),"UN"Department,"Federal"
Foreign"Office,"Germany"
Topic:'The'Responsibility'to'Protect''Global'challenges'to'preventing'atrocity'crimes'"
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Vahidin"Omanovic""CoTFounder"and"CoTDirector"of"the"Center"for"Peacebuilding,"Bosnia"
Topic:'Challenges'of'community'reconciliation'and'conflict'transformation'after'the'war'in'BosniaA
Herzegovina''
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Timothy"Mackin""Assistant"Director"for"War"Crimes"and"Genocide"SubTDirectorate,"INTERPOL"""
Topic:'Interpols'contribution'to'prevent'genocide,'war'crimes'and'crimes'against'humanity''
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16:00""16:30"
COFFEE"BREAK""
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16.30""18.00"
PANEL"II:"GENOCIDE"AND"MASS"CRIMES"IN"THE"COURTROOM:"JUDICIAL"INVESTIGATIONS"AND"
PROSECUTIONS"
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Moderator:"Mark"Kersten""Researcher"at"the"London"School"of"Economics"and"SOAS,"author"of"
Justice"in"Conflict""
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Thierry"Cruvellier""Veteran"international"journalist"and"author"of"The"Master"of"Confessions:"The"
Making"of"a"Khmer"Rouge"Torturer!
Topic:'Global'trends'at'international'tribunals'and'the'concerns'they'raise"
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Michelle"Jarvis""Principal"Legal"Counsel,"Office"of"the"Prosecutor,"ICTY"
Topic:'Prosecuting'genocide'charges'at'the'ICTY'
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Joan%Kagezi!!Prosecutor,*International*Crimes*Division*Uganda"
Topic:'National'prosecutions'at'Ugandas'ICD''
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Alex"Whiting""Professor,"Harvard"Law"School"
Topic:'Genocide'as'international'core'crime''The'challenges'of'prosecuting'genocide'and'other'
international'crimes'
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9:30""11:00""
PANEL"III:"PROTECTING"POPULATIONS"FROM"ATROCITY"CRIMES"
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Moderator:"Krzysztof"Kotarski""Project"Officer,"Wayamo"Foundation"
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Rainer"Huhle""Political"Scientist,"Member"of"the"UN"Committee"on"Enforced"Disappearances"
Topic:'Opportunities'and'challenges'of'the'UN'Human'Rights'Mechanisms'in'increasing'protection'of'
populations'
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Peter"Bouckaert""Emergencies"Director,"Human"Rights"Watch"
Topic:'Responding'to'mass'atrocities'in'the'Central'African'Republic''
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Jamie"A."Williamson""Head"of"Unit,"Relations"with"Arms"Carriers,"International"Committee"of"the"
Red"Cross,"Geneva'
Topic:'Preventing'Mass'Atrocities''the'role'of'the'military,'from'doctrine'to'practice'
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11:00""11:30"
COFFEE"BREAK""
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11:30""13:00"
PANEL"IV:"CHALLENGES"OF"PREVENTING"IMPUNITY"AND"PROMOTING"ACCOUNTABILITY:"SYRIA"
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Moderator:"Mark"Kersten""Researcher"at"the"London"School"of"Economics"and"SOAS,"author"of"
Justice"in"Conflict"
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Hadi"Habal""The"Syrian"Archive!!
Topic:'Digital'Traces''Cataloguing'human'rights'violations'in'Syria'
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Stephen"Starr""Journalist"and"author,"founder"and"editorTinTchief"of"Near"East"Quarterly!!
Topic:'Revolt'in'Syria''EyeAWitness'to'the'Uprising,'overview'of'mass'violence'in'Syria!
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Uur"mit"ngr""Associate"Professor"at"the"Department"of"History"at"Utrecht"University"and"at"
the"NIOD:"Institute"for"War,"Holocaust,"and"Genocide"Studies"in"Amsterdam!!
Topic:'Mass'violence'in'Syria'and'Iraq''causes'and'consequences''
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William"H."Wiley""Founder,"Commission"for"International"Justice"and"Accountability"
Topic:'Investigating'human'rights'violations'in'Syria'in'preparation'for'possible'prosecutions'
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13:00""14:00""
LUNCH"
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14:00""15:30"
PANEL"V:"PREVENTING"AND"RESPONDING"TO"INCITEMENT"TO"VIOLENCE"
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Moderator:"Joseph"RobertsTMensah""Africa"Director,"Wayamo"Foundation"
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Agnes"Callamard""Director,"Global"Freedom"of"Expression"&"Information,"Special"Adviser"to"the"
President,"Columbia"University,"New"York"
Topic:'Preventing'and'responding'to'online'incitement'to'violence''
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Gregory"Gordon""Associate"Professor"and"Director/Assistant"Dean"for"the"PhDTMPhil"
Programme"at"the"Chinese"University"of"Hong"Kong"Faculty"of"Law"
Topic:'Hate'speech'and'incitement'to'genocide"
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Falk"Pingel!"Associated"Research"Fellow,"The"Georg"Eckert"Institute"for"International"Textbook"
Research!!
Topic:'Textbook'intervention'and'revision'after'crimes'against'humanity''An'international'
comparison'with'a'particular'focus'on'the'Balkans!!
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Daudi"Were""Project"Director,"Ushahidi,"Kenya"
Topic:!Crisis'mapping'and'communication'in'humanitarian'emergencies'
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15:30""16:00""
COFFEE"BREAK"
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16:00"
SPECIAL"PRESENTATION:"
Father"Bernard"Kinvi""Hospital"Director,"Roman"Catholic"Mission"in"Bossemptele,"Central"African"
Republic""
Topic:'Before'you'kill'them,'you'must'kill'me'first''A'firstAhand'account'from'the'Central'African'
Republic'
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CLOSING"REMARKS:"
Adama"Dieng""Special"Adviser"to"the"UN"SecretaryTGeneral"on"the"Prevention"of"Genocide"

CONTACT:""
Bettina!Ambach,!Director,!Wayamo!Foundation!!
bettina@bettinaambach.de!|!+49!30!81032821!or!+49!173!6041!320!!
Michaela!Lissowsky,!International!Nuremberg!Principles!Academy!!
ianp@stadt.nuernberg.de!|!+49!911!231!14206!or!+49!162!1550!447!