ASP 2017 Agenda

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Day 1: 4th December 2017

  • 10.00 - 13.00: First plenary meeting
    - Opening of the session: Keynote Adresses 

    - Adoption of the agenda

    - Appointment of the Credentials Committee

    - Report on the activities of the Court
      Report of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims
      Report on the activities of the Bureau

    - Election of six members of the Committee on Budget and Finance
      Election of the President of the Assembly for ASP17-ASP19
      Election of two Vice-Presidents and 18 members of the Bureau for ASP17- ASP19
     

  • 13.15- 14.00: Meeting of the Credentials Committee 
     
  • 13.15-14.45: Event
    - Situation in Georgia: Progress and Challenges of Investigation
     
  • 13.15-14.45: Finland,Uganda and Justice Rapid Response Event
  • -The professionalization of the investigation of international crimes: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow- Discussion and Presentation of the Annual Report of Justice Rapid Response
     
  • 15.00-18.00: Second Plenary Meeting 
    - Election of Six Judges
     
  • 16.00-18.00 : PRs of Italy, Uruguay, & The Netherlands Event
    ICTY Commemoration: Reflections on 24 Years of Fighting Impunity Through International Courts and Tribunals 
  • 18.00-20.00 Amnesty International Reception 
    - Launch of Human Rights in International Justice Project

Day 2: 5th December 2017

  • 10.00 - 13.00: Second Plenary Meeting 
  • - Election of Six Judges 
     
  • 13.15 - 14.45: Brazil, Switzerland, Uruguay, Parliamentarians for Global Action and International Organization for Victims Assistance Event
    - Victims Reflections on Reparative Justice- The voice and role of victims on the fight against impunity for core crimes under international law
     
  • 15.00 - 18.00: Second Plenary Meeting 
  • - Election of Six Judges

Day 3: 6th December 2017

  • 10.00 - 15.00: Second plenary meeting
  • - Election of six judges
     
  • 12.00- 15.00: Trust Africa, Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l’Homme, and American Jewish World Service Event
    The Challenges of Effective Co-Operation Between the ICC and African States: The Case Of Cote d'Ivoire 
     
  • 13.15- 14.30: Belgium and Senegal Event:
    Fighting Impunity for the Most Serious Crimes- Strengthening the Central Role of National Jurisdictions 
     
  •  Denmark, Germany and Parliamentarians for Global Action Event
    Universality of the Rome Statute within the broader Human Rights Agenda- The Role of Parliamentarians
     
  • 13.15- 14.30: Finland, Ireland, Uruguay and the Trust Fund for Victims Event 
    - Making Reparations a Reality- the Experience of the Trust Fund for Victims 
     
  • 13.15 - 15.00: AI/ HRW/ MAORE/ Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice Event:
    - "An examination of gender justice crimes and current conflicts, and reflections on progress over the past 15 years" 
    - Launch of 'The Compendium', a new publication by the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice 
     
  • 15.00 - 18.00: Third plenary meeting
    - General Debate 
     
  • 16.00- 18.00: The Netherlands and Lawyers for Justice in Libya Event: 
    The Importance of Deterrance and the ICC's Role in Current Violations
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  • 18.00-19.00: Institute of Environmental Security and Ecological Defence Integrity Event:  
    - Climate Ecocide: A Crime of Our Time 
     
  • 18.30- 20.30: Trust Fund for Victims' Event 
    - Board of Directors Reception featuring an exhibition on the Trust Fund for Victims programmes in the DRC and Uganda

Day 4: 7th December 2017

  • 10.00- 13.00: Fourth plenary meeting
  • - General Debate 
     
  • 13.00 - 14.00: Help Not Handcuffs and Students for Sensible Drug Policy Event
    - The Need for International Criminal Court Intervention in Extrajuicial Killings for Drug Offences
     
  • 13.00 - 14.30: Centre for International Human Rights, Northwestern Pritzker Schoold of Law Event 
    - Augmented Funding for the ICC
     
  • 13.15 - 14.45: Africa Legal Aid, Association Tchadienne pour la Defense du Droits de l'Homme, Human Rights Watch and Redress Event
    - Victims of Hissene Hanre: the Struggle for Reparations Continues 
     
  • 13.15 - 14.45:  CICC with Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Delegation of the EU to the UN Event
    Global Civil Society and European States: How to Advance International Justice? 
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30 Germany and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy Event
     
  • 15:00 – 18:00 Reserved 
     
  • 18.00 - 20.00: Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, and Germany Event
    Weaving the Strands: Domestic, Regional, Hybrid and ICC Justice 
     
  • Liechtenstein and OSJI Reception:
    - Designing Accountability Mechanisms for Grave Crimes 
     
  • 18.00 - 20.00: New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK and the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice Event
    - Global Launch of the Gender Justice Legacy Wall 

Day 5: 8th December 2017

  • 10:00 – 11:30: Consideration of the budget
  • - Presentations by the Registrar and the Chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance
     - Consideration of the Audit reports
     
  • 11:30- 13:00: Reserved 
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30: Democratic Republic of Congo and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa Event: 
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    Launch of the study: ''Congolese Jurisprudence under International Criminal Law: An Analysis of Congolese Military Court Decisions Applying the Rome Statute"
     
  • 13.15- 14.00: Finland, Niger, Norway, Peru, Senegal, Slovenia, Switzerland and the Office of the Prosecutor
    Launch of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Report on Preliminary Examination Activities (2017)
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30: ICCBA and France, Senegal, the United Kingdom Side Event  
     
  • 15:00 – 16:30: Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution 
     
  • 16:30 – 18:00: Reserved 
     
  • 16.00 - 18.00: CICC, The Netherlands, the Burundian National CICC, the “Justice for Burundi” Collective of Lawyers of Plaintiffs, and the International Federation for Human Rights Event 
    Burundi in the aftermath of the opening of an ICC investigation

Day 6: 11 December 2017

  • 10:00 – 11:30: Fifth plenary meeting
  • - Panel discussion on cooperation
     
  • 11:30 -13:00: Reserved
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30: Ireland, Norway and International Security Studies (ISS) Event:
     How the Security Council and ASP can improve States’ cooperation with the ICC
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30: Chile, Germany, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and International Law Commission (ILC) Event
     Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
     
  • 13.15- 14.30: by Canada, Association malienne des droits de l’Homme (AMDH), Coalition malienne pour la Cour pénale internationale, Fédération internationale des ligues de droits de l’Homme (FIDH) and Lawyers Without Borders Canada) Cinq ans après la crise de 2012: quelles avancées dans la lutte contre l'impunité au Mali?
     
  • 15:00 – 16:30: Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution
     
  • 16.30-18.00: Working Group on Amendments 

Day 7: 12 December 2017

  • 10:00 – 11:00: Sixth plenary meeting
    - Progress report by the Coordinators
    - Introduction of draft resolutions 
     
  • 11.00 - 13.00 UN Security Council
    - Briefing of the ICC Prosecutor to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur
     
  • 11:00 – 13:00:  Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution
     
  • 13.15 - 14.30: Canada, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ), Corporación Humanas and Lawyers Without Borders Canada
    - Challenges of the Colombian Peace Process: Guaranteeing victims' rights under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
     
  • 15:00 – 16:30: Working Group on the budget 
     
  • 16:30 – 18:00: Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution
     
  • 18.00 - 20.00: Republic of Vanuatu and Institute of Environmental Security
    West Papua: Forensic Mapping and Ecocide
     

Day 8: 13th December 2017

  • 10.00- 12.00 Seventh plenary meeting
  • - Twentieth anniversary 
     
  • 12.00 - 13.00 Working Group on the budget
     
  • 15.00- 15.30: Meeting of the Credentials Committee
     
  • 15.30-18.00: Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution 

Day 9: 14th December 2017

  • 10.00 - 11.30:  Eighth plenary meeting
  • - Adoption of resolutions and the recommendation on the Election of the Registrar
     
  • 11.30- 13.00: Reserved 
     
  • 15.00-18.00: Ninth plenary meeting
    - Consideration of reports
    - Report of the Credentials Committee
    - Oral report of the Rapporteur
    - Adoption of the report
    - Closure of the session