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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)

Russian lawyer (contacted)

Natalya Estemirova, Memorial Grozny (confirmed)

Representative of the Presidential Administration in Moscow, StateDuma, Federal Council (to be contacted)

Garry Kasparov, political movement in Russia (contacted)

Deni Teps, Chechen World Congress, State Academy Saint-Petersburg,state law (confirmed)

Svetlana Gannushkina, Civic Assistance Moscow (contacted)

Ramzan Ampukayev, Chechen World Congress, humanitarian situation ofChechen refugees in Europe (confirmed)

To attend the Conference you need to register
and send your name, address, birth date and nationality. 150 peoplecan attend the Conference.

The Conference takes place on 8 December 2005 in the premises of the
European Parliament, Room 1G2, Wiertzstraat, 1047 Brussels.

Yours sincerely,

Bart Staes, MEP Groen! (Flemish Greens)

Conference: "Countering Violence and Creating Justice in the Caucasus"

Program (preliminary)

9h00 registration of participants and coffee

9h45 opening by Bart Staes, MEP, Member of the Cooperation CommitteeEP-Russia

10h00 Introduction on international mechanisms of justice:

International Law and Impunity - S. Parmentier (20')

International Crime Court and/or International Crime Tribunal – E. David(20')

Violations of International Humanitarian Law – R. Khasbulatov (20')

Time for questions (20')

11h20 Coffee break

11h40 Reports on and proposals for restoring justice in practice:

Justice mechanisms in Russian Federation - ? (20')

European Court on Human Rights - Karinna Moskalenko, Russian lawyer inStrasbourg (20')

Juridical Aspects of the Russian-Chechen war – Mohammad Shishani (20')

12h40 Discussion and conclusion of the 1st part (30')

13h10 Lunch

14h30 Reports on violence and violations – Natalya Estemirova, Memorial(20')

Proposals on countering violence and restoring justice - Deni Teps (20')

Proposals on countering violence and restoring justice - Garry Kasparov(20')

Time for questions and discussion (30')

16h00 Coffee

16h30 Protection of refugees and IDPs - Svetlana Gannushkina, CivicAssistance (20')

Situation of Chechen refugees in Europe – Ramzan Ampukayev (20')

Discussion and conclusions (40')

17h50 Closing of the Conference

18h00 Press-meeting (tbc)

220605 Chechen Government

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