How to guarantee the rule of law, how to document sexual violence / not lose evidence for future criminal charges, and how to prosecute those guilty?
Speaker:
Céline BARDET, lawyer and international criminal investigator specializing in war crimes, international criminal justice and transnational crime. He created the French NGO "We are NOT Weapons of War" dedicated to combating sexual violence in armed conflict.
It will be the occasion to publicize “Stand Speak Rise Up”, an initiative of SAR the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and co-organized by WWoW and the Mukwege Foundation to eradicate sexual violence in vulnerable areas. It will present Back Up, a mobile application created by “We are NOT Weapons of War” and developed by IntechLux to allow the identification of survivors of sexual violence, facilitate their access to essential services locally and improve the coordination of professionals in the field . See the livre blanc of the Stand Speak Rise UP conference
The use of technology to address the problem of sexual violence in conflict settings and accelerate justice.
Speaker:
Nicolas SANITAS (InTech) Luxembourg
Establish evidence of sexual violence in vulnerable areas / How to ensure the preservation of evidence for future criminal charges before national and international courts?
Speaker:
Julie GOFFIN (Alter Égaux Avocats) Brussels, Belgium
Exploitation and sexual abuse in the aid sector: the responsibility of humanitarian workers / peacekeepers.
Speaker:
Jacqui HUNT (Director Europe office, Equality Now) London, United Kingdom
Panel 3:
The role of lawyers and bar associations in the fight against gender violence
Round table:
Issouf BAADHIO, President of the UIA, Former Dean of the Bar Association of Burkina Faso (Cabinet Baadhio), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Stéphane BOONEN, Former Dean of the Brussels Bar Association, Brussels, Belgium
Marie-Aimée PEYRON, Dean of the Paris Bar Association, Paris, France
Françoise HECQUET (PHPG) Paris, France
Nadine DOSSOU-SAKPONOU (Cabinet Robert M. Dossou) Cotonou, Benin
Moderators:
Valérie DUPONG, Vice President of the Luxembourg Bar Association (Dupong, Krieps, Du Bois & Dias Videira), Luxembourg
Manou HOSS (Elvinger Hoss Prussen), Luxembourg