- CPD Points: 1 [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Advocacy; Courts and Tribunals; International Law; Litigation
- Delivered: April 2023
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Description
For a discussion on international, legal, political and humanitarian issues, the Society is very pleased to welcome back this panel of Tasmanian subject-matter experts who provide an update on the Ukraine Crisis and engage in a detailed Q and A. The panel includes Professor Tim McCormack, Dr Matt Killingsworth and Regina Weiss.
Matters to be discussed include:
- The significance and politics of the arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Bulova despite the low likelihood of either arrest warrant being successfully executed.
- The possibility that the ICC can proceed to the ‘Confirmation of Charges’ against Putin in absentia even though it cannot proceed to trial in absentia.
- How war has progressed, the current state of the war and prospects for peaceful resolution.
- The main challenges remaining.
Key takeaways include:
- The ICC has upped the ante on Putin and, on balance, Professor McCormack believes that is appropriate.
- The knee-jerk reaction with issuance of Russian arrest-warrants against Karim Khan and the 3 ICC judges that dared to issue the arrest warrants is intriguing but empty.
- The criticism of ICC inconsistency/hypocrisy in relation to other relatively neglected situations is not without merit.
- CPD Points: 1 [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Advocacy; Courts and Tribunals; International Law; Litigation
- Delivered: April 2023
Digital Content
- Recording
- Papers (none)
To access
Recording link: View here
Password: Cr4@9
Description
For a discussion on international, legal, political and humanitarian issues, the Society is very pleased to welcome back this panel of Tasmanian subject-matter experts who provide an update on the Ukraine Crisis and engage in a detailed Q and A. The panel includes Professor Tim McCormack, Dr Matt Killingsworth and Regina Weiss.
Matters to be discussed include:
- The significance and politics of the arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Bulova despite the low likelihood of either arrest warrant being successfully executed.
- The possibility that the ICC can proceed to the ‘Confirmation of Charges’ against Putin in absentia even though it cannot proceed to trial in absentia.
- How war has progressed, the current state of the war and prospects for peaceful resolution.
- The main challenges remaining.
Key takeaways include:
- The ICC has upped the ante on Putin and, on balance, Professor McCormack believes that is appropriate.
- The knee-jerk reaction with issuance of Russian arrest-warrants against Karim Khan and the 3 ICC judges that dared to issue the arrest warrants is intriguing but empty.
- The criticism of ICC inconsistency/hypocrisy in relation to other relatively neglected situations is not without merit.
Prof. Timothy McCormack, University of Tasmania
About the Presenter:
Prof. Timothy McCormack is a Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania. He is also Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague and an honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School. He is one of the world’s leading experts in international humanitarian law (law of war).
Dr Matt Killingsworth, University of Tasmania
About the Presenter:
Dr Matt Killingsworth is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Social Sciences currently researching the history of the laws of war and new forms of international criminal justice. He is the immediate past Chair of the Tasmanian Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Committee, and is a regular contributor to local and national media.
Regina Weiss, Barrister, Derwent & Tamar Chambers
About the Presenter:
Ms Regina Weiss recently returned to Hobart to join Derwent & Tamar Chambers after nine years in The Hague and five years in Canberra. She is a graduate of UTAS and commenced her legal career as Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Alan Blow. She was a Federal Prosecutor with the Commonwealth DPP in Hobart, and then moved to The Hague. From 2007 to 2016, Regina prosecuted war crimes and crimes against humanity as a trial lawyer at the International Criminal Court. In addition to trial advocacy and case preparation at the seat of the court in The Hague, Regina also worked on the ground in situation countries with witnesses and victims, predominantly in east Africa. Regina is Chair of the Tasmanian Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Committee.
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