Thilanga to attend global parliamentarian group meeting
Friday, 5 December 2014 00:32
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Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala will be leaving to Rabat, Morocco to attend the 8th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Rule of Law and 36th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA).
Topics under discussion will be: Promoting the universality and effectiveness of the rome statute system 12 years after its entry into force: Challenges for states and international organisations, and the role of parliamentarians; Time on investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC); Strengthening the rule of law and the judicial system through the effective application of the principle of complementarity (under the Rome Statute); Parliamentary contribution to effective cooperation with the ICC; The protection of the integrity of the Rome Statute and the need for an adequate political support for the fight against impunity; Impact of accountability and the ICC on global threats to peace, security, stability; Democracy: need for expansion and increased visibility of ICC jurisdiction to advance deterrence; The future of international criminal justice: Consideration and discussion of the ‘Rabat action plan for the ICC & the rule of law’ and Strengthening democratic institutions, accountability and the rule of law through the universality and effectiveness of the Rome Statute of the ICC System
More than 150 participants (including more than 130 parliamentarians) will be attending the conference.
Some of the panellists and speakers at the event will be Mark Pritchard, MP (United Kingdom), Co-Convenor, International Law and Human Rights; Dep. Mohammed Yatim, MP (Morocco),first Deputy Speaker, Chamber of Representatives; Justice Navi Pillay (South Africa), former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; former ICC Judge;
Arnaldo Brown, MP (Jamaica), Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs;
Ahmed Malhoof, MP (Maldives), former Attorney General; Dip. Margarita Stolbizer (Argentina), Member of PGA Executive Committee; Dep. Abdelouahed El Ansari(Morocco), former Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives; Abdelaziz Bennani (Morocco), former Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights, co-founder and President of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Instance Equité et Réconciliation); Sen. Taghreed Hikmet (Jordan), Former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda;
Dip. Ronny Salas Monge (Costa Rica), Secretary, Special Committee on Security and Narcotics, Vice President, Commission of Full Legislative Powers; Idrissa Sankaré (Mali), Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation, Justice, Human Rights; Barbara Lochbihler, MEP (Germany); Chairperson of the ‘Friends of the ICC’ in the European; Steven Rapp (USA), Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal Justice, Department of State; Dr. Ruth Wijdenbosch, MP(Suriname), Deputy Speaker; Member of the Executive Committee, Deputy Convenor, PGA International Law and Human Rights Program and Dip. Minou Tavarez Mirabal (Dominican Rep.).
