Held on Wednesday 21 October 5.00pm – 6.30pm (AEDT)

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About the event

Join author Monique Cormier and panellists Douglas Guilfoyle, Tim McCormack and Sarah Williams for a webinar to discuss current legal and political issues facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its growing list of situations involving states not party to the Rome Statute. At present, the ICC is either examining or investigating crimes alleged to have been committed by nationals from Israel, Libya, Myanmar, Russia, Sudan and the US. None of these states have ratified the Rome Statute, and all object to the Court’s jurisdiction over their nationals. Questions that the panel may consider include: What is the legal basis for the ICC’s jurisdiction in these situations? How does such jurisdiction interact with immunities? What has been the Court’s response to such issues to date? How is the Prosecutor likely to proceed in the face of significant political opposition?

Professor Michael Adams (Head of the University of New England School of Law) will make welcoming remarks and Professor Alison Duxbury (Melbourne Law School) will chair the discussion.

For questions please email Monique Cormier or for general enquiries please contact law.enquiries@une.edu.au

About the speakers

Monique Cormier is a Lecturer at the University of New England School of Law. Her primary research interests include jurisdiction and immunities in international criminal law and legal issues relating to extended nuclear deterrence. She is the chair of the International Peace and Security Interest Group as part of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and an academic member of the NSW branch of the International Humanitarian Law Advisory Group (Australian Red Cross). Prior to joining UNE, Monique was a research fellow and sessional teacher at Melbourne Law School where she was awarded her PhD.

Douglas Guilfoyle is Associate Professor of International and Security Law at UNSW Canberra. His principal areas of research are maritime security, the international law of the sea, and international and transnational criminal law. Particular areas of specialism include maritime law-enforcement, international and transnational criminal law, international courts and tribunals, and the history of international law.

 

Tim McCormack is Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania. He is also Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School, inaugural DFAT Visiting Legal Fellow (appointed jointly with Assoc Prof Anthea Roberts from ANU), New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a Director of World Vision Australia. Tim was also appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2010.

Sarah Williams is a Professor at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests include international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international disaster law. She is the author of Hybrid and Internationalised Criminal Tribunals published by Hart in 2012.

Alison Duxbury is a Professor at Melbourne Law School and the Deputy Dean. She is also the Chair of the International Advisory Commission of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a member of the Council of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law and the Board of Directors of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Alison’s major teaching and research interests are in the fields of international law, international institutional law, human rights law and public law.