Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker, Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling
Thursday, 6 October 2011
10.00-10.30: Welcome Addresses
Vice-President of the University
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
Dean of the Law Faculty
Director of the ICWC
Director of the Centre for Conflict Studies
10.30-12.30: PANEL 1: Victimization in Macrocrimes
Chair: N.N.
- Victims of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity; Boris Barth, Jacobs University Bremen
- Victims of Civil War; Stefanie Bock, University of Göttingen
- Victims’ View on Transitional Justice; Holger-C. Rohne, Heidelberg
- Gender Issues in Victimization; Susanne Buckley-Zistel, University of Marburg
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00: PANEL 2: Victims in Transitional Justice Processes
Chair: Anika Oettler, Marburg
- Reparation Issues: Collective and Individual Aspects; Michael Bazyler, Chapman University, School of Law
- Victims at the ICC and the Nuremberg Trials; Sam Garkawe, Southern Cross University, School of Law
- A Victim-Centered Evaluation of Truth Commissions and Trials; Raquel Aldana, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- The ICC Trust Fund; Katharina Peschke, ICC Trust Fund
16.00-16.30: Coffees and Tees
16.30-18.30: PANEL 3: The Role of Civil Society Actors
Chair: Thorsten Bonacker, Marburg
- Victim Groups and Associations; Veit Straßner, University of Mainz
- Transnational Victim Advocacy; Heidy Rombouts, University of Minnesota
- Civil Society's Victim Advocacy at the ICC; Marlies Glasius, University of Amsterdam
- Politics of Victimhood; Marcel Baumann, University of Freiburg
Friday, 7 October 2011
08.30-10.30: PANEL 4: Definition of Victims: Individual and Collective Aspects
Chair: Christoph Safferling, Marburg
- Defining Victims in the ICC Statute, Michael Kelly, Creighton University, School of Law
- The Individualising Discourse of Law: Victims in Truth Commissions and Trials; Michael Humphrey, University of New South Wales
- A highly Contested Terrain: Discourses on Victims of Sexual Violence during WWII; Regina Mühlhäuser, Hamburg Institute for Social Research
- They Were All Victims: The Selective Treatment of the Consequences of National Socialism; Brigitte Bailer, Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance
10.30-11.00: Coffees and Tees
11.00-13.00: PANEL 5: Protection of Victims in Criminal Trials
Chair: Frank Höpfel, Wien
- Protection of Victims; Michelle Jarvis, ICTY Prosecutor
- Victims as Witnesses – Views from the Defence; Natalie von Wistinghausen, Berlin
- Truth and Victim Protection; Wolfgang Schomburg, Berlin
- Upholding „Fairness“: Human Rights and Witness Protection; Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee University, School of Law
13.00-15.00: Lunch Break
15.00-17.00: PANEL 6: Participation of Victims in Criminal Trials
Chair: N.N.
- Civil Party Participation at the ECCC; Silke Studzinsky, ECCC
- Victims’ Participation at the ICC; Klaus Rackwitz, ICC, OTP
- Victims in National Trials; Cornelius Nestler, University of Cologne
- Participation of Victims at the ICC; Fiona McKay, ICC, VPRS
Saturday, 8 October 2010
9.00-9.15 Welcome Addresses
Major, City of Marburg
Minister of Justice of Hesse
9.15-10.00 Keynote Speech
Theo van Boven, Maastricht University
10.00-10.30: Coffees and Tees
10.30-12.30 Victims’ Rights and Peace
Chair: Alexandra Kemmerer, Berlin
Roundtable discussion
- Judge Hans-Peter Kaul, ICC
- Marieke Wierda, ICTJ
- Raquel Aldana, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- Günter Saathoff, EVZ
12.30-13.00 Endnote
13.00-14.00 Lunch
For Interested Participants: Guided City Tour of Marburg