Call for papers: Contemporary Challenges and Alternatives to International Criminal Justice (Maastricht, czerwiec 2020 r.)

W dniach 8-9 czerwca br. w Maastricht odbędzie się Sympozjum dla Młodych Karnistów pt. "Contemporary Challenges and Alternatives to International Criminal Justice". Organizatorzy są zainteresowani zwłaszcza następującymi tematami:

• I) The status quo: What is (the state of) international criminal justice today? What are the obstacles faced by international criminal justice, as well as its perceived failures and contestations? To what extent are these inevitable or inherent to the system? To what extent they are hindering its progression into a fully matured legal system? 
• II) General challenges to the system: Have the decisions of the ICC, its Prosecutor and States Parties undermined the integrity and credibility of the system? In particular, what is the impact of ICC acquittals or withdrawals of charges? Are states showing less willingness to cooperate to achieve international criminal justice goals, and if so, why? To what extent have recent developments in the field of immunities of state officials, as well as broader considerations of sovereignty undermined the principle of individual criminal accountability? 
• III) Differences between legal systems: In what ways have domestic jurisdictions contributed to or disrupted the work of international criminal tribunals, as well as their legal framework? To what extent do differences in legal cultures affect such processes? Besides the traditional dichotomy between civil and common law systems, or adversarial and inquisitorial proceedings, do general cultural differences, such as language barriers and moral distinctions, present challenges to the definitions of international crimes, defences, and modes of liability? Can theoretical, doctrinal or normative considerations underpinning traditional concepts of domestic criminal law hinder the development of the international criminal justice system? Do specific courts, tribunals, mechanisms or jurisdictions face particular challenges? 
• IV) The future of international criminal Justice?: Can the objectives of international criminal justice be achieved by alternative justice mechanisms? Are these mechanisms effective in achieving such aims? Are there any lessons learned from controversial acquittals? Are there any cases that illustrate these aspects? What are the best practices that could implemented to tackle some of the challenges or create alternatives? To what extent, if at all, can it be said that international criminal justice deters and prevent atrocities? 

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