| Wednesday, 3 December 2008 | |
| Venue: Marburg, Alte Universitaet, Lahntor 3, 35037 Marburg | |
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Registration |
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| Thursday, 4 December 2008 | |
| Venue: Marburg, Alte Universitaet, Lahntor 3, 35037 Marburg | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Registration |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Welcome Addresses |
| | President of the University |
| | Federal Minister of Justice |
| | Dean of the Faculty of Law |
| | Dean of the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies |
| 10.30 - 12.30 | The Emergence of the Genocide Convention, Chair: Michael Kelly |
| | Genocide in International Relations and International Law before 1948, William Schabas |
| | The United Nations and the Drafting of the Genocide Convention, Jost Dülffer |
| | Many fathers: Charging and Prosecuting Genocide at Nuremberg, John Q. Barrett |
| | The Holocaust and the Genocide Convention, Herbert Reginbogin |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Experiences from Nuremberg, Whitney Harris |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Genocide, the Genocide Convention and Genocide Trials since 1948 in the historical perspective, Chair: Eckart Conze |
| | Genocide and the Genocide Convention in National Sociopolitical Discussion, Lawrence Douglas |
| | Genocide and the Genocide Convention in Israel, Moshe Zimmermann |
| | War Crimes / Genocide Trials and "Vergangenheitspolitik" - the German Case, Annette Weinke |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Break |
| 16.30 - 18.30 | Punishing Genocide: Challenges in International Genocide Trials, Chair: Morten Bergsmo |
| | British Genocide Trials in Germany (Control Council Courts), Wolfgang Form |
| | The Rwandan Genocide: The ICTR Trials, Judge Inés Weinberg de Roca, ICTR |
| | The Jurisprudence on the Crime of Genocide of the Appeals Chambers of the ICTY and ICTR, Matthias Schuster |
| | The Cambodian Situation, Jürgen Assmann |
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| Friday, 5 December 2008 | |
| Venue: Marburg, Alte Universitaet, Lahntor 3, 35037 Marburg | |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | Genocide as a Criminal Norm: Legal Issues, Chair: Florian Jessberger |
| | The Special Intent Requirement, Christoph Safferling |
| | Different Problems of Participating in Genocide, Henning Radtke |
| | The Policy Element in Genocide, Antonio Cassese |
| | The Two Notions of Genocide: Distinguishing Macro Phenomena and Individual Misconduct, Stefan Kirsch |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Break |
| 11.00 - 13.00 | Genocide in Public International Law, Chair: Claus Kress |
| | The ICJ Decisions on Genocide and beyond, Anja Seibert-Fohr |
| | The Obligation to Prevent Genocide - towards a Generalized Responsibility to Protect under International Law?, Andreas Zimmermann |
| | The Dual Legal Regimes of International Responsibility for Genocide: State Responsibility v. Individual Responsibility, Paola Gaeta |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Marburg and National Socialism - An Ordinary German Town under the Nazi Regime, Albrecht Kirschner |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Experiences from Isreal, Gabriel Bach |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Break |
| 16.00 - 18.00 | The Future of the Genocide Convention, Chair: Susanne Wasum-Rainer |
| | The Dynamics of Conflict and the Genocide Convention, Ulrich Wagner |
| | The Crime of all Crimes: Psychological and Criminal Aspects, Harald Welzer |
| | The ICC and Genocide, Judge Hans-Peter Kaul, ICC |
| | Spreading the Deterrent Effect, Serge Brammertz |
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| Saturday, 6 December 2008 | |
| Venue: Frankfurt, Haus Gallus, Frankenallee 111, 60236 Frankfurt/Main | Shuttle service provided
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| 10.00 - 10.45 | Welcome Addresses |
| | Mayor, City of Frankfurt |
| | Minister of Justice of Hesse |
| | Federal Constitutional Court, Judge Siegfried Broß |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Haus Gallus - The Auschwitz Trial at the Landgericht Frankfurt and its Importance for the Prohibition of Genocide, Heinz Düx |
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Main Lecture: Sanctioning Genocide - International Law under the Influence of the Genocide Convention, Judge Bruno Simma, ICJ |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Endnote, Guenter Nooke, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, Federal Foreign Office |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
