The panel was moderated by Anniken Ramberg Krutnes, Ambassador of Norway in The Hague. Panelists included Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Special Adviser to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Harriet Solloway, Chief of Legal Affairs, MINUSCA; Greta Barbone, Senior Associate, No Peace Without Justice. Opening remarks were made by Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the ICC.
The discussion highlighted the importance of field operations for the ICC, including victims participation, outreach, security, witness and victim protection, among other. Panelists and contributors welcomed the ICC’s registry’s move to strengthen its field presence, and called on state authorities, UN missions, international organisations, NGOs to assist.
Documentation:
- Remarks by Greta Barbone at the Side Event
- Visit the special page dedicated to 14th ASP to the ICC
For further information, please contact Greta Barbone on gbarbone@npwj.org or Alison Smith (Director of International Criminal Justice Program) on asmith@npwj.org or +32-2-548 39 12.
NPWJ and the ICC
No Peace Without Justice, which is a founding member of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) and which has been one of the organisations at the forefront of promoting the establishment and entry into force of the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) and continues to work for its universal ratification, has participated in every session of the ASP since its first session in 2002, the year the ICC was established.
