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Interested IntLawGrrls readers in New York are invited to this event, taking place on the margins of the International Criminal Court 16th Assembly of States Parties:
“Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at the Special Court for Sierra Leone”, on December 13 from 1:15pm-2:30pm at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations.
Ms. Sharanjeet Parmar, former SCSL prosecutor, will discuss her experience in prosecuting sexual and gender-based crimes, and I will present conclusions from a UN Women-funded study of best practices and lessons learned in the SCSL’s prosecution of these crimes.
Co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Canada and Sierra Leone to the United Nations, UN Women, Western University and the Canadian Partnership for International Justice.
Light lunch will be served.
Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/rlVMWmz5kP0mgwy93
particular the involvement of transnational corporations in international crimes. She holds a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Aberdeen and a Master’s degree in Law and Politics of International Security from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Attending the ASP16 is an invaluable experience for her, academically and professionally, and she hopes to gain further insights in the organisation, processes and issues concerning the ICC. Heartfelt welcome, Annika, to the IntLawGrrls ICC ASP Symposium!
anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. The Legacy Wall honours and celebrates groups and individuals who have contributed to the field of international gender justice as practitioners, advocates, judges, prosecutors, grassroots and other organisations, survivors, witnesses (by number for anonymity), academics, diplomats and others. The Legacy Wall is intended to be a living legacy with more names to be added at future significant anniversaries of the Rome Statute, as the gender justice field continues to evolve, as others are recognised and as future generations join and contribute to this endeavour. The launch was co-sponsored by the Women’s Initiatives, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the UK.
supervision at Bordeaux University (France). She is currently writing a thesis on the dialogue between jurisdictions and quasi-jurisdictions protecting human rights. More specifically, she is studying judicial dialogue in direct relation with the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. Her research fields are public international law, human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Silviana is also participating as a student at Laval’s University’s International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic.
a position she has held for the past two years and in which she continues to stay active. Her research interests predominately revolve around the intersection of law and politics, International Criminal Law and Canadian Health Law and Policy. Her specific research focus is currently on the ICC and one of the specific aims of the institution – to put an end to impunity for perpetrators who have committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Given this, she is intrigued by the rules outlined in Rome Statute, and, further, how those rules get defined and/or determined in practice. Nicole also holds a M.A. in Political Science, including a designation from the 
Rouguiatou Baldé est criminologue, économiste, et chimiste. Elle effectue actuellement un doctorat en Criminologie à l’Université de Montréal , sous la supervision de Joe-Anne Wemmers. Ses recherches portent particulièrement sur la Victimologie, la Justice Internationale pénale, et la justice transitionnelle.Elle est également titulaire d’une Maîtrise en Justice Pénale, d’une Maîtrise en Économie, option Finance et d’une Maîtrise en Chimie, option Contrôle des Qualités des produits naturels et industriels.
Jessica Dufresne est candidate au doctorat en droit à la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa. Finissante de l’École du Barreau du Québec, elle est également titulaire d’une licence en droit de l’Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne, d’un baccalauréat en droit de l’Université Laval et d’une maîtrise en droit international de l’Université du Québec à Montréal au cours de laquelle elle a rédigé un mémoire portant sur la protection du droit à l’alimentation en Inde. C’est dans le cadre de ce parcours à la maîtrise qu’elle a développé un intérêt prononcé pour la sécurité alimentaire et qu’elle a décidé de s’impliquer dans la lutte pour une meilleure justice alimentaire au Canada, en mettant notamment sur pied le premier frigo communautaire au pays (Le Fridge de Rosemont la Petite-Patrie, à Montréal). Ses recherches doctorales, encadrées par le Professeur David Robitaille, expert reconnu sur les droits économiques et sociaux et le droit constitutionnel au Canada, portent sur l’effectivité globale du droit à l’alimentation dans le contexte juridique Canadien. Elle en propose une étude holistique qui porte à la fois sur l’interprétation constitutionnelle de ce droit et sur l’incontournable réforme des politiques publiques, poussées par les revendications citoyennes en matière de justice alimentaire.
Claire Magnoux est actuellement candidate au doctorat à l’Université Laval sous la supervision de Fannie Lafontaine. Son sujet de thèse porte sur les politiques de poursuites du Procureur de la Cour pénale internationale. Après un master en droit comparé et politique internationale (Université de Clermont-Ferrand), elle a passé un an en Bosnie-Herzégovine (Brcko) dans une ONG dont le mandat est la réconciliation entre les communautés. Dans le cadre de son volontariat, elle a coordonné des projets culturels impliquant enfants, adolescents et jeunes adultes. Elle a également effectué un stage au sein du Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP) à Bruxelles, dans la section Afrique. Elle est co-coordinatrice de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la justice internationale pénale et les droits fondamentaux.
Kirsten Stefanik is a fourth year PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario. She currently holds a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Kirsten received her BA from the University of British Columbia and her LLM from Western Law. Her current research focuses on non-state actor involvement in non-international conflicts. This study explores different approaches used by various international and non-governmental organizations to engage armed groups for the purposes of educating and promoting compliance with the law applicable to the conflicts to which they are parties. It draws on international legal theories, as well as criminology and psychology theories to provide a more complete understanding of the motivations of non-state actors in conflict. This study also seeks the views of former members of armed groups with case studies and research interviews conducted in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through their voices, this research seeks a greater and more nuanced understanding of: the familiarity of these armed groups with international humanitarian law; opinions they have regarding their interactions with international or non-governmental organizations on international humanitarian law issues; and their views on how this law affected their or other members of their group’s actions during conflict.
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