Newsletter - January 2010
Upcoming Events
On 27 January at OAS headquarters, the Department of
International Law will hold the sixth working
session on the International Criminal Court,
within the Committee on Juridical and Political
Affairs, and in compliance with the General Assembly
mandate on the “Promotion of the International
Criminal Court” set out in Resolution
AG/RES. 2505 (XXXIX-O/09).
The following will speak at the event: the Secretary
of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute, Dr.
Renán Villacis; the Rapporteur of the Inter-American
Juridical Committee, Dr. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa;
Dr. Miriam Spitter, representative of the Office of
the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court;
Dr. Marco Gerardo Monroy Cabra, Representative of the
Government of Colombia; Dr. Francesca Varda,
representative of the Organization “Coalition for the
International Criminal Court,” and Dr. Deborah Ruíz,
Representative of the organization “Parliamentarians
for Global Action.” The delegates of the Permanent
Missions, representatives of other international
organizations and institutions, such as the
International Committee of the Red Cross, and
representatives of civil society have been invited to
cooperate and participate in this working session,
which will include a segment of high-level dialogue
to discuss issues of interest to the region that will
be addressed in the preparatory negotiations and
during the Review Conference of the Rome Statute.
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