- The Role of Latin America in International Criminal Justice (17-18 September)
- When Two Regional Human Rights Systems Meet: The Inter-American and European Human Rights System in a Comparative Perspective (19 & 20 September)
This international double conference brought together the different actors and third persons interested in the different international justice system: Academics and judges from the International Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.
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- Main Problems on the cooperation of States in the implementation of arrest warrants before the International Criminal Court.
- How are serious and systematic violations of human rights addressed by the European and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights?
- What matters relating to Latin America will be considered by the International Criminal Court in the (near) future?
- Forms of liability of political and military leaders in the framework of international criminal justice systems
- Content of the concept of fair trial according to the Inter-American and the European Court of Human Rights?
- What is the state of affairs with regard to the reform of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?
- What are the main challenges European Court of Human Rights and how can these be dealt with?
- How can the European and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights contribute to each other in matters such as reparation from human rights violations and monitoring the effective implementation of their decisions?
The main focus of the sessions was to make a compared analysis on the challenges and strong points of both systems in their particular application of human rights and criminal law on the international level.
Some of the topics discussed during the sessions included the main challenges in the enforcement of the decisions and the Statute of the International Criminal Court and in State cooperation in this matter, as well as the contributions and approaches of both the European and the Latin-American legal systems in this process.
Furthermore, the discussion approached the analysis about how serious and systematic violations of human rights are addressed by the European and the Inter-American Human Rights Systems, and the current interpretation of the legal content, means of protection, reparation and monitoring in cases of serious human rights violations.
In this opportunity we enjoyed lectures on the current trends in International Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Latin America and Europe, from the Judges from the High Courts from both the Inter-American and the European System, Diplomats, Lawyers, NGO representatives and scholars, who are setting the current standards in both field, which made this event very interdisciplinary and enriching both in academic and practical terms.
This experience was even more satisfactory considering the interesting exchange of ideas and feedback between the lecturers and participants and the pertinence of the topics, considering that among the participants were academics, judges, lawyers, human rights activists, students with interest in international criminal law and human rights in general and its application in Europe and Latin America in particular.
The conference was sponsored by the Alfa Programme of the European Commission and by Utrecht University (EMSF & SIM).
The Fourth Network Meeting was held in Utrecht on 21 September 2008. This meeting had the participation of all the members of the network. The central matter of discussion was the state of affairs and the future of the LAEHR network.
