Sponsored by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Time & Location
Jan 15, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM GMT+1
CICG I Amphi D (and online), Rue de Varembé 17, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
About the session
The crime of enforced disappearance remains widely unprosecuted, with related charges largely absent from indictments even where a factual basis for them is present. Panelists will discuss challenges for holding perpetrators of enforced disappearance accountable, and existing and emerging solutions to address them.
Moderators
Sandra EPAL-RATJEN, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Advocacy Director, France
Ian SEIDERMAN, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Senior Legal and Policy Director, Switzerland
Panelists
Olivier DE FROUVILLE, UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), Chair, France
Eugénie VENDROUX, Université of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas), Doctoral Student, France
Reed BRODY, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Commissioner, USA
Ward FERDINANDUSSE, Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, Deputy Specialist Prosecutor, Netherlands
Nazhat Shameem KHAN, International Criminal Court (ICC), Deputy Prosecutor, Fiji (tbc)
Ana SROVIN CORALLI, The Geneva Graduate Institute, Slovenia
Robert PETIT, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM), Head, Canada
Ilya NUZOV, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Head of the International Justice Desk – Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), Member
Syrian victim (tbc)
Kate VIGNESWARAN, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Director, Global Accountability Initiative, Netherlands/Switzerland
Sponsor
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)