High
Level Seminar to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Geneva Conventions of 1949:
An Assessment of and Perspectives on International Humanitarian
Law in the Americas
Program
and Presentations
I. OPENING REMARKS
Dr. César Gaviria Trujillo,
Secretary General, OAS (Document in Spanish)
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 (Document in Spanish)
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 (Document in Spanish)
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
