IBA War Crimes Committee

Conference 2025: Law on the frontlines

5 April 2025
Leiden University

List of Participants
Name Company and City

Australia
New South Wales
Josslyn Vasic Sir Owen Dixon Chambers
Sydney NSW

Bart Vasic Sir Owen Dixon Chambers

Sydney NSW

Matthew Vasic Western Sydney University

Ashfield NSW

Austria
Norbert Wiesinger Dr Norbert Wiesinger Rechtsanwalt
Vienna

Belgium
Luc Walleyn Walleyn & Blanmailland
Brussels

Brazil
Joyce Roysen Joyce Roysen Advogados
São Paulo

Canada
British Columbia
Alicia Dyck University of British Columbia
Vancouver BC

Kate McInnes Arendt Chambers

Vancouver BC

Elsa Wyllie Wyllie Law

(Conference Co-Chair) Vancouver BC
(Events Officer, War Crimes
Committee)

Chile
Joanna Heskia Espinoza & Heskia Abogados
(Secretary, War Crimes Committee) Vitacura

England Metropolitan Police Service

Tom Atkins London
Name Company and City

Viviane Bablin Hodge Jones and Allen

London

Danielle Barden 5 St Andrew's Hill

London

Elaha Basir A Y & J Solicitors

Bushey

Alexis Boddy City University

Surbiton

Kirstie Bosman Centre for Information Resilience

London

Frank Brazell Sperrin Law

London

Lucia Brieskova Guernica 37 Chambers

London

Philip Chambers Chambers SC

London

Adrian Chapman 9BR Chambers

London

Mark Cornell Guernica 37 Chambers

London

John Cubbon Guernica 37 Chambers

London

Haydee Dijkstal 33 Bedford Row

London

Rebecca Field Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors

London

Angus Flood Britannia Communications

(Events Officer, Human Rights Law London
Committee)

Franziska Fluhr The University of Law Colchester

Steven Galliver-Andrew Garden Court Chambers London

Rhiannon Griffiths University of York

York
Name Company and City
Mariana Gutierrez Gaytan FIND
Crawley

Tomas Hamilton Guernica 37 Chambers

(Speaker) London

Malcolm Hawkes Doughty Street Chambers

London

Gillian Higgins 9BR Chambers

London

Megan Hirst Doughty Street Chambers

London

Aqsa Hussain 33 Bedford Row

London

Leela Jadhav Forensic Architecture

(Speaker) London

Nadeshda Jayakody International Bar Association

London

Schona Jolly Cloisters

London

Ben Joyes 9BR Chambers

(Co-Vice Chair , War Crimes London
Committee)

Mouki Kambouroglou FIND

London

Steven Kay 9BR Chambers

(Senior Vice Chair, Judges' Forum) London

Atoosa Khatiri York Law School

York

Isabella Kirwan Guernica 37 Chambers

London

Ajit Lalvani Imperial College London

London

Ben McCann Centre for Information Resilience

London

Kathryn McCormack The Open University

Liverpool

Maria Mingo Independent

London
Name Company and City

I Crown Office Row

Catriona Murdoch
London
(Speaker)

Hodge Jones & Allen

Katy O'Mara
London

Quintel Intelligence
Paul Oakley
London

CJS Defence Ltd

Chris Stevens
London

Boutique Law LLP

Ben Stuttard
London

Kirsty Sutherland
9 Bedford Row Chambers
(Conference Co-Chair)
London
(Co-Chair, War Crimes Committee)

Nina Tavakoli
Red Lion Chambers
London

Anouk Theunissen Centre for Information Resilience

(Speaker) London

Colin Witcher Church Court Chambers

London

Sophie Wood Kingsley Napley LLP

London

Douglas Wotherspoon 9BR Chambers

London

France
Maël Atain Kouadio EFB Paris
Montreuil

Tara Dillon University of Law

Paris

Stephanie Maupas Le Monde

(Press) Paris

Naomi Prodeau Neuilly-Plaisance

Germany
Hadi Al Khatib Mnemonic/Syrian Archive
(Speaker) Project Berlin

Wayamo Foundation
Bettina Ambach
Berlin
Wayne Carroll
Living Law®
(Website Officer, Academic and
Frankfurt
Professional Development
Committee)
Name Company and City

Hayley Evans Max Planck Foundation

Heidelberg

Mariana Karkoutly Huquqyat

(Speaker) Berlin

Anna Oehmichen Oehmichen International Strafrecht

Berlin

William Pons Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed

Bochum

Duncan Weston CMS Legal

Frankfurt

Ghana
Alexander Amoah O&A Legal Consult
Kumasi

Sylvester Nyamekye Nyamekye and Partners

Accra

Hong Kong SAR

James McGowan Hong Kong Bar Association c/o Admiralty Chambers
Central

India
Tamil Nadu
Sundarraju Venkatarajalu 43 Law Chambers
Chennai TN

Iraq
Dilman Hussein Kurdistan Bar Association
Sulaymaniyah

Natia Navrouzov Yazda

Duhok

Ireland
Mark McDonnell Dublin City University
Dublin

Israel
Itay Epshtain Humanitarian Policy
Yavne

Italy
Matteo Colorio Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Pisa
Name Company and City

Netherlands
Ahmed Al Joubori Leiden University
The Hague

Hannah Allen International Criminal Court

The Hague

Victoria Araujo Silva Leiden University

The Hague

Mohammad Ayyad Permanent Mission of the State of Palestine to ICC

The Hague

Margherita Capacci Asymmetrical Haircuts Podcast

(Press) Leiden

Sophie Courtmans International Criminal Court

The Hague

Maia Czarny ICC / University of Buenos Aires

The Hague

Senuri De Silva Tilburg University

The Hague

Carolyn Edgerton Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice

The Hague

Valentina Falco Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons The Hague

Audrey Fino University of Groningen

The Hague

William Fortin Tilburg University

Tilburg

Sam Gaunt Australian Embassy in the Netherlands

The Hague

Colleen Gilg International Criminal Court

Amsterdam

Carolina Grimberg Golijov Israel Embassy in the Netherlands

The Hague

Alexandra Insinga Kosovo Specialist Prosecutors Office

The Hague

Jens Iverson Leiden University

(Speaker) Leiden

Esther Kamau Impunity Watch

The Hague
Name Company and City

Joanna Korner International Criminal Court

The Hague

Jan Leliveld Van Doorne

Amsterdam

Christopher Lentz Register of Damage for Ukraine / UChicago Law

The Hague

Carlota Maldonado Montserrat Stichting White Helmets Foundation

The Hague

Katharine Marsden United Nations

The Hague

Rachel Mazzarella International Criminal Court

The Hague

Mitchell McClenaghan University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Laura McDonnell White Helmets

Amsterdam

Andrew Merrylees International Criminal Court

The Hague

Amal Nassar Independent

The Hague

Marie O'Leary International Criminal Court

The Hague

Wahida Omari UN
The Hague

Kate Orlovsky International Bar Association

(Opening Remarks) The Hague

Charlotte Perez International Tribunal

The Hague

Pauline Pfaff British Embassy The Hague

The Hague

Alex Prezanti State Capture Accountability Project

(Speaker) The Hague

Marie-Hélène Proulx International Criminal Court

The Hague

Isabella Regan Erasmus University Rotterdam

Rotterdam
Name Company and City
Hope Rikkelman Director
Hauwert

Kelsey Ryan ICC

The Hague

Matthew Sands
The Hague

Dan Saxon Leiden University College

The Hague

Patrick Senft OPCW

The Hague

Carsten Stahn Leiden University

(Moderator,Opening Remarks) Leiden

Stephanie Van den Berg Reuters

(Press) The Hague

Anne Van Dooren Dutch War Crimes Unit

(Speaker) The Hague

Elies Van Sliedregt Tilburg University

(Moderator) Delft

Brechtje Vossenberg Prakken d'Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers

Amsterdam

Ewout Wentink Politie Academie

Rotterdam

Mariya Yakusheva IRMCT

The Hague

Erik Zonneveld Integrity Initiatives International Europe

The Hague

Nigeria
Lugard Gbenga Agbomoagan G L Agbomoagan Legal Practitioners & Consultants
(Secretary-Treasurer, African Regional Lagos
Forum)

Babatunde Ajibade SPA Ajibade & Co

(SPPI Chair) Lagos

Yaqub Eleto Babcock University

Ilishan Remo

Sunday Itabo Soeze Itabo Corporate Solicitors

Abuja

Jamila Abubakar Sadiq Ruth Malafa Nigerian Navy

Abuja
Name Company and City

Chinyere Okonkwo Soeze Itabo Corporate Solicitors

Abuja

Pakistan
Ijaz Ahmed Ranjha & Ranjha Law Firm
Lahore

Rana Dilawar Ali Legal Law Firm

Lahore

Shafaqat Ali Ali Langah Law Associates

Lahore

Haseeb Gondal Langah Law Associates

Lahore

Rahat Gondal Rahat Law Associates

Lahore

Muhammad Mubashar Hussain Chaudhary Law Firm

Lahore

Muhammad Qasim Ranjha & Ranjha Law Firm

Lahore

Zahid Saleem Sahi Law Associates

Mandi Bahauddin

Mazhar Hussain Sapra Jhandir Law Firm

Lahore

Mohammad Akram Sheikh Akram Sheikh Law Associates

Islamabad

Ahsan Ullah Ahsan Law Associates

Sargodha

Muhammad Umair Ranjha & Ranjha Law Firm

Lahore

Philippines
Dennis Aran Tupaz Abril Association of Young International Criminal
Lawyers
Tacloban
Poland
Christopher Russell OSCE - ODIHR
Warsaw

Portugal
Vitor Neves L6 Advogados
Maia

Scotland
Ali Fowle Independent Journalist
(Speaker) Edinburgh
Name Company and City

Somalia
Harriet Ssali United Nations
Mogadishu

Spain
Maria Barbancho Barbancho y Asociados SLP
Barcelona

Grace Chen Legal Advisor to Special Rapporteur on Torture

Barcelona

Nuria Pérez Cusó Global Rights Compliance

Murcia

Switzerland
Tanvi Anand Geneva Academy
Geneva

Philippe Currat Currat & Associes Avocats

Geneva

Mikel Delagrange Wayamo Foundation

(Moderator) Geneva

Jenna Dolecek Justice Rapid Response

Geneva

Paola Fudakowska Paola Fudakowska Legal & Human Rights Consultancy

(Secretary, Forum for Government St Gingolph
and Public Lawyers)

Pierre Hazan Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

(Keynote Speaker,Speaker) Geneva

Keith Hiatt UN - IIIM

(Speaker) Geneva

Vafa Kaby Currat & Associes Avocats

Geneva

Johann Soufi United Nations

(Speaker) Geneva

Taiwan
Kevin Chang International IDEA
Taipei

Uganda
Hussein Kashillingi Kashillingi Rugaba & Associates
Kampala
Name Company and City

Ukraine
Oleg Tarasenko UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
Kyiv

USA
Arkansas
Christopher Kelley University of Arkansas School of Law
West Fork AR

California
Jefferson Stamp Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Monterey CA

District of Columbia
Chris Harris Mitre
Washington DC

Stephen Rapp US Holocaust Memorial Museum

(Speaker) Washington DC
(Council Member, IBA's Human Rights
Institute)

Florida
Steven Davis One Call
Jacksonville FL

Gregory Kehoe Greenberg Traurig

(Member, War Crimes Committee Tampa FL
Advisory Board)

Junior Mentor Law Offices of J Mentor PLLC

West Palm Beach FL

Massachusetts
Tom Dannenbaum Tufts University
(Speaker) Boston MA

New York
Anoush Baghdassarian Harvard Law School
New York NY

Nick Leddy Legal Action Worldwide

(Speaker) Brooklyn NY

Molly Quell AP
(Press) New York NY

South Carolina
Matthew Zommer The Military College of South Carolina
Charleston SC

Tennessee
Michael Newton Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville TN
Name Company and City

Wales
Anne Hausknecht Swansea University
Swansea

Yvonne McDermott Rees Swansea University

(Moderator) Swansea

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