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International Criminal Court Summer School – Galway 17-21 June 2013

My former employer, the Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway), will hold its annual International Criminal Court (ICC) Summer School on 17-21 June 2013 and, just like last year, I will give a couple of lectures. The Summer School gives participants the opportunity to attend a series of intensive lectures over five days. The lectures are given by leading academics on the subject and by legal professionals working at the International Criminal Court. The Summer School is attended by legal professionals, academics, postgraduate students and NGO representatives.

Participants are provided with a detailed working knowledge of the establishment of the Court, its structure and operations, and the applicable law. Participants are also given the opportunity to network with the speakers throughout the week. Lectures also speak to related issues in international criminal law, including: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression, universal jurisdiction, immunities, the role of victims, and corporate liability.

Since corporations do not fall under the ICC’s jurisdiction (limited to individuals under Article 23 of the ICC Statute ), I will be lecturing on wider issues of “Corporate Liability for International Crimes“.

This year’s list of speakers:

Professor William Schabas- Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway and School of Law, Middlesex University

Mr. Fabrizio Guariglia- Head of Appeals Division of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court

Dr. Mohamed M. El Zeidy- Legal Officer for Pre-Trial Chamber II at the International Criminal Court

Dr. Rod Rastan- Legal Adviser at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court

Professor Siobhan Mullally- Professor of Law, University College Cork

Professor Ray Murphy- Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway

Dr. Noelle Higgins- Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway

Dr. Nadia Bernaz- Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Middlesex University

Dr. Annyssa Bellal- Graduate Institute Geneva

Mr. John McManus- Counsel /Avocat, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section Canadian Department of Justice

Professor Megan A. Fairlie- Professor of Law, Florida International University

For more information and to register please visit their website or email iccsummerschool@gmail.com.

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About Me

My name is Nadia Bernaz and I am Associate Professor of Law at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. My area of research is business and human rights. I look at how corporations and businesspeople are held accountable for their human rights impact through international, domestic and transnational processes.

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