The Trials before the Trial: International Criminal Law Litigation in its Earliest Stages
Sat 21 Sept
|ADC-ICT
Focusing on preliminary examinations/investigations, arrest/transfer, first appearance, admissibility/jurisdictional challenges, and victim participation, this day will go through the critical phases and key decisions that must be made well before the 'all rise' of opening statements.


Time & Location
21 Sept 2019, 10:45 – 16:30
ADC-ICT, Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW Den Haag, Netherlands
About The Event
The first stages of a case are often those requiring quick movement with little information. Each party and participant plays a unique, but critical, role in preliminary investigations and the initial motions that take place well before the first day of trial. Focusing on preliminary examinations/investigations, arrest/transfer, first appearance, admissibility/jurisdictional challenges, and victim participation, this day will go through the critical phases and key decisions that must be made well before the 'all rise' of opening statements.
The training will be conducted by Marie O'Leary, Annie O'Reilly and Haydee Dijkstal.
Marie O’Leary is currently Counsel for the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) at the ICC. She was previously part of the Defence teams of Naser Orić, Vlastimir Đorđević, Milan Lukić (Lukić & Lukić) and Dragomir Pećanac at the ICTY. She has also worked for the Amicus Prosecutor for contempt proceedings on appeal in the case against Vojislav…
Tickets
External Participant
This ticket is for external participants.
€36.00
Sale endedADC-ICT Member/ADC-ICT Intern
This ticket is only for interns on defence teams at the MICT and ADC-ICT members.
€21.00
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