From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2005 8:42 AM Conference on Justice in Chechnya 08.12.2005 - 00:55:35
Invitation 8 December 2005 European Parliament
Conference on Justice in Chechnya
The Conference: "Countering Violence and Creating Justice in the Caucasus"
organized by the Green-EFA group in the European Parliament and the Chechen World Congress...
The aims of the conference are:...
1) to restore justice in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus: tostrengthen the rule of law by trying those suspected of war crimes andcrimes against in court and to stimulate reconciliation;
2) to collaborate in ending the armed conflict and the violation ofhuman rights in the Northern Caucasus;
3) to rehabilitate victims of the large-scale violence.
Tasks of the conference:
Aim 1
Taking the extent of the destruction and the degree of violations intoaccount, the Conference will examine the different possibilities topursue justice for the Chechen Republic. Subjects of examination are theUN Convention on Genocide, the PACE resolution on the creation of aninternational tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity on theterritory of the Chechen Republic, and the International Crime Court.The Conference discusses the results of the informative part and drawsconclusions.
Aim 2
The Conference will be informed about the current situation in Chechnyaand surrounding republics, based upon which it elaborates a first draftof a strategic program for ending the armed conflict and to restore peace in the Caucasus on the basis of international law.
Aim 3
The Conference will study the situation of the victims of war, genocideand ecocide and proposes mechanisms for their protection and rehabilitation.
Guest speakers
Stephan Parmentier, Catholic University Leuven, international law andimpunity (confirmed)
Eric David, Free University Brussels, international law andinternational tribunals (confirmed)
Ruslan Khasbulatov, Chechen World Congress, Institute PlekhanovMoscow, international humanitarian law (confirmed)
Mohammad Shishani, Chechen World Congress, politico-juridicalquestions (confirmed)
Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer defending Chechen cases at the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights in Strasbourg (confirmed)
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