Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) et le Collège d’Europe à Bruges ont le plaisir de vous inviter au 14e Colloque en Droit international humanitaire. Au vu du 150e anniversaire du CICR et de l’action humanitaire, le Colloque portera cette année sur: « La protection des personnes particulièrement vulnérables: Quelques enjeux ».
Ce Colloque se tiendra à Bruges les 17 et 18 octobre 2013.
Traduction simultanée anglais/français
DAY 1: Thursday, 17 October
9:00 – 9:30 Registration and Coffee
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome address by Prof. Jörg Monar, Rector of the College of Europe
9:40 – 9:50 Welcome address by Mr. François Bellon, Head of Delegation, ICRC Brussels
9:50 – 10:10 Keynote address by Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the ICRC
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break
SESSION ONE: VULNERABILITIES IN DETENTION – SELECTED ISSUES
Chair person: Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza, University of Warsaw
10:30 – 10:50 Protection under International Humanitarian Law: the need to strengthen the law applicable in non-international armed conflicts.
Speaker: Ramin Mahnad, ICRC Legal Division
10:50 – 11:10 Protection under Human Rights Law: a useful complement? Opportunities and limits
Speaker: Françoise Hampson, University of Essex
11:10 – 11:30 Can non-state actors ensure adequate protection to vulnerable groups in detention?
Speaker: Philip Alston, New York University (tbc)
11:30 – 12:15 Discussion
12:15 – 14:00 Sandwich lunch
SESSION TWO: VULNERABILITIES IN HOSTILITIES – THE EXAMPLE OF HEALTH CARE
Chair person: Frederik Harhoff, Judge, ICTY (tbc)
14:00 – 14:20 Attacks against wounded, sick, shipwrecked and medical personnel; as well as the challenges posed by “follow up strikes”
Speaker: Julia Grignon, Laval University
14:20 – 14:40 Military entries into medical facilities: the ISAF experience and lessons learned
Speaker: Col. Norm Allen, ISAF Legal Adviser, NATO (tbc)
14:40 – 15:00 « Acts harmful to the enemy » versus « direct participation in hostilities » or when does medical and religious personnel lose protection against attacks?
Speaker: Marco Sassòli, University of Geneva
15:00 – 15:45 Discussion
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
SESSION THREE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Chair person: Mykola Gnatovskyy, University of Kiev
16:00 – 16:20 Sexual violence as an absolute prohibition under IHL and HRL
Speaker: Hélène Tigroudja, Université d’Aix-Marseilles (tbc)
16:20 – 16:40 Criminalization and prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict at the domestic level: grave breaches and universal jurisdiction
Speaker: Theo Rycroft, United Kingdom (Mission Geneva) (tbc)
16:40 – 17:00 Towards a « right to abortion » for women impregnated by rape? A legal and ethical issue
Speaker: Gloria Gaggioli, ICRC Legal Division
17:00 – 17:45 Discussion
19:30 – 22:30 Dinner
DAY 2: Friday, 18 October
SESSION FOUR: RECRUITMENT AND OTHER ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN WITH ARMED FORCES OR ARMED GROUPS
Chair person: Paul Berman, Director, Council of the EU Legal Service
9:00 – 9:20 Protection of children against recruitment and participation in hostilities – IHL and HRL as complementary legal frameworks
Speaker: Matthew Happold, University of Luxembourg
9:20 – 9:40 The Paris Principles: Towards increased implementation
Speaker: Saudamini Siegrist, UNICEF
9:40 – 10:00 The Lubanga case – A Critical Analysis
Speaker: Tomaso Falchetta, Child Soldiers International
10:00 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: CROSS-BORDER HUMANITARIAN AID
Moderator: Manuel Bessler, Vice Director, Delegate for humanitarian aid and head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) (tbc)
Panelists:
- Horst Fischer Leiden University and Netherlands Red Cross Chair (tbc)
- Françoise Bouchet Saulnier Médecins sans Frontières
- Hansjoerg Strohmeyer UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (tbc)
- Manoj Joshi Observer Research Foundation (tbc)
12:30 – 13:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CLOSURE
Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the ICRC
