Frontiers of International Criminal Law and Justice

This event explores developments in three frontiers of international criminal law and justice: knowledge synergies between war crimes and fraud and corruption investigations; deepening the Cosmopolitan or philosophical rationale behind war crimes accountability; and strengthening international criminal law knowledge in Persian-speaking countries. The event is chaired by Professor and Head of School Olympia Bekou (University of Nottingham), with opening remarks by H.E. Ambassador Erling Rimestad and Justice Erik Møse (former Judge, Norwegian Supreme Court, ICTR (also its President) and ECHR).

This side-event (with lunch) to the 24th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties is convened by the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP), sponsored by Norway, co-sponsored by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Human Rights Law Centre (University of Nottingham), Coalition for International Criminal Justice (CICJ), and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.

Fraud and Corruption in the Orbit of International Criminal Justice (film)

The anthology Quality Control in Fraud and Corruption Investigations (288 pp.) will be launched at the side-event (some hard-cover copies available at the event). The book forms part of CILRAP’s wider ‘Quality Control Project’ and efforts over several years to enhance quality in work-processes of criminal justice for international crimes. Its publication coincides with the drafting of a statute of the proposed International Anti-Corruption Court. Two of the book’s editors will present salient points and relevant reflections:

• Tom Willems (European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)); and
• Professor Carsten Stahn (University of Leiden).

Towards a Cosmopolitan War Crimes Theory (film)

The event also launches the monograph Legal Construction of Common Humanity: Human Agency in a Cosmopolitan War Crimes Law (216 pp.) by Dr. Song Tianying (recipient of the Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in International Law) and the essay collection Norm Efficacy and Justification in International Criminal Law (271 pp.) by Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal (some hard-cover copies at the side-event). By integrating social psychology, Dr. Song’s book offers a novel interdisciplinary perspective on the tensions between international criminal law’s cosmopolitan ethos and its real-world application. Dr. Rod Rastan, Mr. Wolfgang Kaleck and the two authors reflect on the new books:

• Rod Rastan (Chief, Judical Cooperation Support Section, International Criminal Court);
• Wolfgang Kaleck (General Secretary, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights);
• Song Tianying (Research Fellow, CILRAP; Member, Steering Group of the Coalition for International Criminal Justice); and
• Adjunct Professor Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal (Director, CICJ).

Launching Lexsitus 3.0. (film)

The event will see the launch of Lexsitus 3.0., with enhanced features (such as the ability to hyperlink to specific paragraphs in judgments) and language capacities, including a Persian version (with the full commentary on the ICC Statute and Rules of Procedure and Evidence).

• Volker Nerlich (Head of Chambers’ Staff, ICC Chambers);
• Antonio Angotti (Co-ordinator, Lexsitus);
• Professor Mohammad H. Zakerhossein (Tehran University);
• Professor Mark Klamberg (Stockholm University);
• Devasheesh Bais (Deputy Co-ordinator, ICC Legal Tools Database);
• Mr. Saurabh Sachan (Mithya Labs).