On October 2nd, our friends at the Philippe Kirsch Institute will be launching its online International Criminal Law (ICL) Certificate with an in-person event featuring war crimes expert Dr. Joseph Rikhof, Robert Petit and University of Ottawa Professors Jennifer Bond and Timothy Radcliffe.

Event details are as follows:

 

Date: October 2, 2015, 10am-4pm
Location: 120 University Pvt, Room 4004, 4th floor, Ottawa
Price: 

  • Regular price: $400
  • Registered charities use Promo Code CharityICL at checkout for a price of: $180
  • Students use Promo Code StudentICL at checkout for a price of: $100

Morning agenda:

10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – Welcome remarks
10:05 – 10:45 a.m. – Overview of ICL around the world in both criminal and refugee proceedings
10:45 – 11:25 a.m. – ICL in Canadian criminal law
11:25 – 12:15 p.m. – The link between international criminal law and refugee law

Lunch – 12:15 – 1:00pm

Afternoon agenda:

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. – Recap of morning session and Q&A
1:45 – 3:50 p.m. – Interactive session

  • 1:45 – 1:55 p.m.

o   Regroup participants in teams of 3-4 people
o   Handout of short scenario (incorporating all three topics of morning lectures)
o   Assign roles (such as prosecutor and defence counsel) and explain assignment

  • 1:55 – 2:25 p.m. – Break for teams to discuss
  • 2:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Discussion moderated by Diana with engaged discussion with the panelists.

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m – Closing remarks

You can learn more about the event and the ICL Certificate at http://www.kirschinstitute.ca.