International Conference
Crimes against Humanity in 21st Century
The role of International Organisations
Leuven, BELGIUM
24-25 November 2023
Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Demir
Human Rights and Politics Research Group
Achieving Justice: The Role of International Organisations
The Crimes Against Humanity and the Ukraine War
Gleb Bogush
University of Copenhagen
The United Nations Human Rights Council Special Sessions and Fact-Finding Missions: Shining a Spotlight on Abuses or Failing to Protect?
Rosa Freedman
University of Reading
Crimes against Humanity Committed during the Russian-Ukrainian War: Legal and Jurisdictional Aspects, Institutional Issues and Responsibility Challenges
Rustam Atadjanov
KIMEP University
State Crimes and Human Rights
Facilitating Genocide: Observations on the Special Case of the United Nations
Penny Green
Queen Mary University of London
Dynamics of Authoritarianization: Unraveling the Systematic Human Rights Violations, Persecution and Dehumanization of Targeted Groups in Turkey
M. Efe Caman
Memorial University
Improving Conventions to Protect Human Rights
Towards a Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
Hugo Relva
Amnesty International
The Crime Against Humanity of other Inhumane Acts: Understanding the Act of Causing Serious Injury to Mental Health
Zoë Grossi
KU Leuven
Addressing Crimes Against Humanity within the Framework of the European Convention on Human Rights
Kemal Sahin
Human Rights and Politics Research Group
Responsibility to Protect
Emerging Cultures of Atrocity Prevention in a post-Liberal International Order
Thomas Peak
Vilnius University
Responsibility to Protect Against Massive Atrocities: A Critical Examination of the Global Imperative
Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala
University of Warsaw
Rethinking the Institutional Barriers to Mass Atrocity Prevention: The Future of the Responsibility to Protect in the UN System
Samuel Jarvis
York St John University
Barriers to Implementing the Responsibility to Protect Effectively: Searching for Accountability Closer to Home
Chloë Gilgan
Lincoln Law University
Protecting Vulnerable Groups
Sexual and Reproductive Rights and the Responsibility to Protect
Lucy Hall
University of Amsterdam
The Road to Accountability for Crimes Against Children in Armed Conflicts
Sameer Bhat
University of Oxford
Partner Organisations
