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8 Jun 2010, 8:35 am
(Delighted that guest blogger Pam Spees today joins IntLawGrrl Valerie Oosterveld in this contribution, another in IntLawGrrls' series of posts on the Kampala Conference)KAMPALA, Uganda – The Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court has been meeting here for one week now, and one theme that has woven itself throughout the various discussions is that the ICC and States Parties must pay attention to a number of gender issues.? [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 3:03 am
Her guest contribution serves as a timely complement to last week's post by Valerie Oosterveld regarding the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor: in her post below, Larissa analyzes a recent case in which the Dutch justice system eventually acquitted a Dutch national accused of illegally trading arms to fuel Liberia's civil war. [read post]
10 Apr 2011, 4:00 am
She highlighted the work of two nongovernmental organizations within Sierra Leone – the Centre for Development and Peace Education and Fambul Tok – in contributing to the two latter forms of justice.Yours truly, Valerie Oosterveld, had the honour of presenting a paper on the jurisprudence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone with respect to gender-based crimes against humanity and war crimes. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 9:06 am
In this annual role, I'm honored to follow a couple IntLawGrrls, Beth Van Schaack (contribution here) and Valerie Oosterveld (contribution here), as well as our colleagues Göran Sluiter (contribution here) and William A. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 3:00 am
"Recent Developments in International Criminal Law," by IntLawGrrl Valerie Oosterveld (left), a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario. ? [read post]
18 Feb 2012, 3:10 am
(photo by Michael Anderson of conference panel featuring, from right, Bensouda, Inder, and yours truly, Valerie Oosterveld, courtesy of UNSW)Inder highlighted the disturbing statistic that, while sexual violence has been charged in 8 out of 15 ICC cases, over 50% of those charges fail when tested at the confirmation of charges stage. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 10:28 am
The Women’s Court held four sessions, each focusing on an ICC situation country, and was moderated by experts including Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai (pictured below right, at left), Silvana Arbia, Registrar of the International Criminal Court, Bukeni Waruzi, Lead Campaign for Gender-based violence at Witness, and Elisabeth Rehn, Chairperson for the Board of Directors for the ICC Trust Fund for Victims (whose session was discussed further in Valerie Oosterveld's… [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 9:29 am
Year in Review -- International Criminal Law, by IntLawGrrl Valerie Oosterveld (left), a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, and frequent contributor to our Kampala series.? [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 9:05 am
(Delighted to welcome back guest/alumna Carmen Márquez Carrasco, currently a Visiting Professor at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, who contributes this post, another in IntLawGrrls' series of posts in connection with the just-concluded Kampala Conference)The International Criminal Court Review Conference has constituted a significant milestone for the ICC, not only because of the adoption of the first amendments to the Rome Statute on Article 8 and on… [read post]
16 Jun 2012, 2:00 am
Valerie Oosterveld has been granted tenure and will become an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law effective July 1, 2012. ? [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 11:54 pm
California-Davis (an IntLawGrrls guest/alumna), Marinn Carlson, Sidley Austin, and Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve; to Executive Director Elizabeth Andersen; to ASIL President José Alvarez; and to Lucy Reed of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (left), who will succeed José as President at the meeting.Without further ado, here's the IntLawGrrls' honor roll:Thursday, April 10, 9 am"The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals":… [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 3:16 am
"Getting to Closure: Winding Up the International and Hybrid Criminal Tribunals": Tracey Gurd (Open Society Justice Initiative) and Anne Joyce (State Department), panelists; IntLawGrrl guest/alumna Valerie Oosterveld (Western Ontario), moderator.? [read post]
25 Nov 2024, 5:57 am
Earlier this year, the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) announced the development of a new Slavery Crimes Policy and invited public comments to ensure that the resulting process and policy are “survivor-centred, trauma-informed and gender-competent. [read post]
8 Dec 2022, 6:06 am
“It can no longer be doubted that as a matter of general customary international law a head of state will personally be liable to be called to account if there is sufficient evidence that he authorised or perpetrated such serious international crimes. [read post]
