Programme for Workshop: Global Justice in a Changing Global Order: Existing Models and Future Frameworks

This workshop explores contemporary justice and accountability issues in the context of changing global order(s). In the world of today, how do global changes shape the scope and likelihood of accountability, truth and recognition? Are existing frameworks, models and standards of transitional justice and international criminal law appropriate and relevant for contemporary justice pursuits? And do they address concerns about the conduct of powerful states and their allies?

DAY 1 - MONDAY 15 DECEMBER
9.00-9.15: Opening of Event 

•Prof. Carmen Pérez González, Professor of Public International Law at UC3M and Vice-Rector forInstitutional Relations, Equality, Cooperation and Sustainable Development.

•Dr. Félix Vacas Fernández, Associate Professor of Public International Law at UC3M, Franciscode Vitoria Institute, co-director of workshop.

•Dr. Line Engbo Gissel, Associate Professor, Roskilde University, and PI on the research project‘The Standardisation of Transitional Justice’, co-director of workshop.

•Dr. Thomas Obel Hansen, Senior Lecturer in Law, Ulster University, co-director of workshop.

9.15-11.15: Session 1. Trends in Global Order and Implications for Global Justice

•Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, Associate Professor in Political Science, University of British Columbia: Convergence and Influence as Power Shifts in World Politics.

•Dr. Malcolm Jorgensen, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and InternationalLaw: From Global Justice to Geolegal Justice: Mapping the “Democratic Exception” to ICCJurisdiction.

•Prof. Ana Manero Salvador, Professor of Public International Law at UC3M: Crisis ofMultilateralism and Accountability for the Commission of International Crimes.

•Dr. Zeynep Ardic, Lecturer in Law, Istanbul Medeniyet University: Neither Transition nor Justice:Can Transitional Justice Exist Without Democracy?

Moderator: Dr. Line Engbo Gissel

11.15-11.45: Coffee Break
11.45-13.45: Session 2. Relevant Frameworks to Think About Justice for Atrocity in a Changing Global Order Context

•Dr. Line Engbo Gissel, Associate Professor, Roskilde University: Blindfolded and Armed with aSword? The Assumptions and Blind Spots of the Transitional Justice Model.

•Prof. Montserrat Abad Castelos, Professor of Public International Law at UC3M: RethinkingJustice in Settler Colonial Contexts: Corporate Responsibility and Due Diligence FrameworksFacing the Case of Palestine.

•Prof. Cath Collins, Professor in Transitional Justice, Ulster University: Reasserting the Primacyof the Local: The Decline and Fall of International-Venue ICJ?

•Nina Bries Silva, Researcher, European University Institute, Indigenous Ontologies in Dialoguewith Transitional Justice: Challenging Power and Unlocking Future Possibilities.

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Obel Hansen

13.45-15.45: Lunch for workshop delegates Cafeteria at UC3M Getafe campus

15.45-17.45: Session 3. Litigation Strategies and Advocacy 

• Dr. Annelen Micus, Director of the Institute for Legal Intervention, European Center forConstitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR): Pursuing Accountability of Powerful Actors –Transnational Strategies and Experiences.

• Carlos Castresana Fernandez, Public Prosecutor at the Court of Auditors of Spain: TheNecessary Synergies between International and Domestic Jurisdictions.
• Judge Pablo Ruz, Judge at Madrid Provincial Court (formerly at Audiencia Nacional): TheSpanish Up and Down Experience with Universal Jurisdiction as a Symptom.
• Emilia Klebanowski, PhD Researcher at Radboud University: Fragmented Justice? How Multi-Forum Litigation Shapes Reparations for Gross Human Rights Violations.

Moderator: Dr. Félix Vacas Fernández

20.30: Dinner for Workshop Delegates

DAY 2 – TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER
9.00-10.40: Session 4. Perspectives of Victims of Crimes by Major Powers

•Dr. Félix Vacas Fernández, Associate Professor of Public International Law at UC3M: TheInternational Legal Regime on the Rights of Victims of International Crimes.

•Prof. Carmen Pérez González, Professor of Public International Law at UC3M: The Slow andReluctant Recognition of Franco’s Victims’ Rights in Spain.

•Aileen Chattin Thomson, PhD Researcher at Ulster University: Does Transitional JusticeNeed (People to be Called) Victims?

Moderator: Dr. Santiago Areal Ludeña 

10.40-11.00: Coffee Break 

11.00-13.00: Session 5. Setting an Agenda for Future Global Justice

•Prof. Carlos Fernández Liesa, Professor of Public International Law at UC3M, Deputy Director ofthe Francisco de Vitoria Institute and member of the UN Human Rights Committee: Challengesin the Fight Against Impunity for Major Human Rights Violations in the ContemporaryInternational Community.

•Dr. Thomas Obel Hansen, Senior Lecturer in Law, Ulster Uni.: A New Agenda for Atrocity Justice.

•Prof. Santiago Ripoll, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain): What Role for the ICJ and the ICC?

•Dr. Adriana Rudling, Post-Doctoral Researcher at William & Mary, and Dr. Lorena Cecilia VegaDueñas,Researcher, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: The JEP Restorative Model: Setting a NewCourse for Action on the Missing-Disappeared.

Moderator: Dr. Daniel Oliva Martínez

13.00-13.15: Workshop Closure Line Engbo Gissel on behalf of the organisers

14.45: Escursion to Valle de Cuelgamuros