International Symposium | Perspectives on International Criminal Justice
November 14-15, 2008
With the support of the American Society of International Law, the Centre de recherche sur les droits de l’homme et le droit humanitaire (C.R.D.H., Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas), the Centre sur l’Amérique et les Relations Transatlantiques, Paris (C.A.R.T., Paris), the French Consulate of Boston, and the Présidence Française de l'Union Européenne.
The evolution of international criminal justice and, in particular, its institutionalization, has not been without controversy and dissent. Six years after the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force, there is considerable debate over the efficacy of international criminal justice and the ICC, once described as the ‘most important advance in international law since the establishment of the UN’. Are International Criminal Tribunals key factors in restoring peace and justice in conflict zones by contributing to the fight against impunity and the reign of ‘judicial deterrence’? How should we appreciate the transatlantic position regarding these institutions ? Are the United States and the European Union still in disagreement over the role of the ICC ? What is the current status of international criminal justice?
The Centre Thucydide (Paris II Pantheon-Assas University) and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), with the support of the American Society of International Law and the French Consulate, will be hosting a two-day international symposium on current and future challenges facing the administration of international criminal justice. The goal is to foster fruitful and multidisciplinary debate among prominent specialists in the field, thus contributing to an assessment of international criminal justice and to the global debates surrounding it.
The seminar will take place on Friday, November 14th and Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and will bring together a number of young as well as established scholars, civil servants and practitioners who specialize in international criminal justice and transatlantic relations. The event will be organized around five thematic panels, covering a broad number of issues in a comprehensive manner to focus discussions on specific aspects of the questions.