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Seminar
(1999)
Program and
Presentations
I. OPENING REMARKS
Dr. César Gaviria
Trujillo, Secretary General, OAS
(Spanish only)
II. FIRST PANEL:
ASSESMENT AND PERSPECTIVES OF
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE AMERICAS
1. 
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Geneva, Conventions of 1949: Assessment and
Perspectives
(Spanish only)
Dr. Jaques Forster, Vice-President, International Committee
of the Red Cross
2.
Operational and Promotional Activities
of International Humanitarian Law in the Americas
Mr. Reto Meister, Head of Operations of the ICRC for Central
and South America
3.
Arms Availability and Situation of
Civilians in Armed Conflict
Dr. David Meddings, Epidemiologist ICRC
4. Debate
Moderator: Jorge García González, Director,
Department of Legal Cooperation and Information, General
Secretariat, OAS
III. PAUSE
IV. SECOND PANEL:
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
1.
Breaking the Cycle of Impunity as a
Step towards International Order
Mr. Roy Gutman, Journalist
2.
Overview of the Rome Statute on the
International Criminal Court
and the Outstanding Issues
Ms. Mahnous Arsanjani,
Senior Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs, United
Nations
3.
The International Court and its
relation with the National Systems and the Security Council
of the UN
(Spanish only)
Ms. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Legal Advisor,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations
4. Debate
Moderator: Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo, Minister,
Alternate Representative of Mexico to the OAS.
V. CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Jaques Forster, Vice-President,
International Committee of the Red Cross
VI. RECEPTION
HOSTED BY THE ICRC
Art Museum of the Americas
201 18th Street, N.W
Washington, DC |
