MIGS supports Seminar on the Crime of Aggression at the African Union Mission in New York
The Montreal Institute for Global Security (MIGS) is proud to announce that it has received generous support from the International Partners for Human Rights (IPHR) for our collaborative project with the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression (GIPA) on Rome Statute Review. The project is also supported by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Global Challenges Foundation.
In close partnership with GIPA, MIGS helped organize the Seminar on the Crime of Aggression at the African Union Mission in New York on June 13th. Welcoming remarks were provided by Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland, and Ambassador Michaela Swallow, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, as well as Ambassador Juan José Quintana (Colombia), Chair of the Working Group on Amendments of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. 6 members of GIPA were featured as speakers: Executive Council member Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, and Council of Advisers’ members Judge Daniel Nsereko, and Professors Patrycja Grzebyk, Astrid Reisinger Coracini and David Donat Cattin, as well as GIPA’s Convenor, Professor Jennifer Trahan.
The seminar focused on the amendment proposal with respect to harmonizing the jurisdiction of all four Rome Statute crimes and was attended by approximately 100 representatives from 75 States Parties. The event served to advance understanding and awareness of the legislative mandate on the upcoming review of the Kampala amendments by the ASP Special Session in July.
The collaboration between MIGS and GIPA will continue as we will help support key experts from the GIPA network to attend the aforementioned ASP Special Session on the crime of aggression at the UN in New York from July 7th to 9th. A side event will be hosted in which experts discuss “Why we need to reform the Rome Statute and avoid ad hoc tribunals”.