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1 LECTURES,PUBLICATIONS,CONFERENCES,ANDBRIEFINGS:!!!Donald!M.!Ferencz! VisitingProfessor Convenor,TheGlobalInstitute ForthePreventionofAggression MiddlesexUniversitySchoolofLaw TheBurroughsTel:+44(0) HendonMob:+44(0) UnitedKingdomwww.mdx.ac.uk Openingremarksandpanelmoderator:Legal&Workshop&for&States&Parties&Interested&in& the&ratification&and&implementation&of&the&kampala&amendments&to&the&rome&statute, a workshop for delegates of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, coh sponsoredbytheglobalinstituteforthepreventionofaggressionandthepermanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, World Forum ConventionCentre,TheHague,17November2012 PanelBriefingtoInvitedDelegatesoftheICCAssemblyofStatesParties: The&Kampala& Amendments&on&the&Crime&of&Aggression:&Why&Ratify?,LuncheoneventattheEleventh session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, cohsponsored by the Global InstituteforthePreventionofAggressionandthePermanentMissionofthePrincipality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, entitled Promoting& the& ratification& and& implementation& of& the& Kampala& Amendments& to& the& Rome& Statute, The Hague, 16 November2012. Publication: Handbook& on& the& Ratification& and& Implementation& of& the& Kampala& Amendments& to& the& Rome& Statute& of& the& International& Criminal& Court, served as contributingauthorandworkedwithagroupofeditorsaspartofacollaborativeeffort ofcontributingscholarsanddiplomatstodevelopthis howhto manual,advisingstates withrespecttoissuespertainingtoratificationofthekampalaiccreviewconference amendmentsonaggression,distributedtomembersoftheassemblyofstatesparties at the Eleventh Session of the ASP during November, Published by the Liechtenstein Institute on SelfHDetermination of Princeton University. Available online athttp://crimeofaggression.info/documents/1/handbook.pdf. Lecture on the crime of aggression at French judicial training program: De& la& répression& de& la& guerre,& Crime& d agression, École Nationale de la Magistrature, Paris, France,23October2012. Lecture: The& Crime& of& Aggression& & Past,& Present,& and& Future,& Including& Current& Developments& Regarding& the& Worldwide& Ratification& Campaign& on& the& Kampala& Amendments&on&Aggression;tograduateanddoctoralinternationallawstudentsatthe UniversiteitLeiden,CampusdenHaag,TheNetherlands,18October2012. Middlesex! University! 1

2 Panellist: ResolutionRC/Res.6ontheCrimeofAggression,andrequiredactionbefore 2017, presentation with cohpanellist Christian Wenaweser, Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, at the 10 th, Annual Seminar of CounseloftheInternationalCriminalCourt,TheHague,Netherlands,16October2012. Conference Participant: Grotius Expert Seminar on the ICC, by invitation only closedh session discussions on the Kampala compromise on the crime of aggression with U.S. Department of State representatives, selected academics, NGO representatives and governmentdelegates.leidenuniversity,thepeacepalace,thehague,september28h 29,2012. Invited attendee as an expert on the crime of aggression, Ministerial Program Preventingtheillegaluseofforcethroughjudicialaccountability:TheroleoftheICC anditsstatespartiesaftertheadoptionofthekampalaamendmentsonthecrimeof Aggression,UNHeadquarters,NewYorkCity,24September2012. CoHorganizerandsponsorofthe WorkshopontheRatificationandImplementationof the Rome Statute Amendments on the Crime of Aggression in conjunction with the PermanentMissionofthePrincipalityofLiechtensteintotheUnitedNations,NewYork City,June25 th and26 th,2012. Guest Speaker at the Barbican Cinema, introductory commentary to accompany the showingofthefilmnuremberg:&its&lessons&for&today,london,england,16june2012. PanellistonICCprogressonthecrimeofaggression,AmsterdamLawForumProgram, Ten&Years&of&International&Criminal&Court,14May2012,VUUniversity,Amsterdam. Panel Moderator: The& Evolution& of& International& Criminal& Law:& Problems& and& Perspectives,& with Benjamin Ferencz and Michael Byowitz, The International Law SectionoftheAmericanBarAssociation sspringmeeting,newyorkcity,19april2012. Lectureonthecrimeofaggression, TheCrimeofAggression:FromdeVatteltoJackson to Kampala and Beyond, Middlesex University seminar, Nuremberg& and& the& London& Charter, with cohpanellists Professors William Schabas and Gregory Gordon, and U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen J. Rapp, London, England, 22 February2012. CoHorganizerandpresenter,briefingonthecrimeofaggressiontodelegatesattheICC Assembly of States Parties10 th session at the U.N.inNewYork,December2011, including letter to all delegations on The& International& Criminal& Court:& Commitment& against& the& illegal& use& of& force& and& progress& on& the& ratification& of& the& Kampala& 2

3 Amendments& to& the& Rome& Statute& and distribution of a Global Institute for the PreventionofAggressionworkingpapertothosepresent,reviewingthedetailsofthe Kampala amendments on aggression, entitled The& way& Forward& on& the& Crime& of& Aggression.& LectureonthecrimeofaggressiondeliveredatDenverUniversitySturmCollegeofLaw, September 1H2, 2011 entitled The& Crime& of& Aggression:& Who s& Trying& to& Kill& it& and& Why,& available onhline at aggressionhwhoshkillinghithandhwhyhwithhmr.hdonaldhferencz/. Lecture and presentation of paper entitledsanctioning the Crime of Aggression: Are the Nuremberg Principles Dead?! at! The 7th European Peace Research Association (EuPRA)GeneralConference,Tampere,FinlandJuly20H22,2011. Panellist on the crime of aggression at The Regional Conference on the International Criminal Court sponsored by the League of Arab States and the State of Qatar in cooperationwiththeicc,doha,qatar,24may2011,panel1:crimes&falling&under&the& Court s&jurisdiction&including&discussion&of&the&newly&adopted&resolution&on&the&crime& of& Aggression.& PostHconference paper published on the Conference website:& Possible& Accession&of&Arab&League&States&to&the&Rome&Statute&of&the&International&Criminal&Court:& Does&ICC&Jurisdiction&over&the&Crime&of&Aggression&Make&a&Difference? &availableonhline at& 0ed600fb53c0&section=09b99aabH292bH4497Hb89eH d0ddd4615f0b&file=don+ferencz+h+speech.pdf. ConvenoroftheGlobalInstituteforthePreventionofAggression,formallylaunchedat St. Anne s College, Oxford, 12 May 2011 at the international law symposium entitled Beyond& Kampala:& The& ICC,& the& Crime& of& Aggression,& and& the& Future& of& the& Court; conference moderator and panellist on the crime of aggression. See BriefingattheScottishParliament: PreventingScotlandfrombeingdrawnintoIllegal Wars,panellist/discussantregardingpossibleScottishnationalimplementationofthe amendmentsonaggressionadoptedinjune,2010bytheassemblyofstatespartiesto the International Criminal Court, in conjunction with the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression and the Institute for Law, Accountability and Peace, 18 January2011(subsequenttowhichtheScottishNationalPartyresolvedtomakesuch implementationpartoftheirpartyplatform). Legal Journal Article: The Crime of Aggression: Some Personal Reflections on Kampala, Leiden& Journal& of& International& Law, volume 23, issue 04, published by Cambridge University Press, November 2010, available onhline at 3

4 umeid=23&issueid=04&aid= &frompage=cupadmin&pdftype= &reposit ory=authinst.! LecturerontheimpactoftheICCReviewConferenceheldinKampala,Uganda: ConsequencesofKampala:TheUnitedStatesandtheInternationalCriminalCourt, FrederickK.CoxInternationalLawCenter,CaseWesternReserveUniversitySchoolof Law,Cleveland,Ohio11November2010,availableonHlineat UnitedHStatesHandHtheHInternationalHCriminalHCourt. LectureronthecrimeofaggressionvisHàHvis nationalcourts: TheCrimeofAggression and the Complementarity Principle, The&Road& From& Kampala& Conference, Duke UniversitySchoolofLaw,Durham,NorthCarolina,November12 13,2010. Lecturer on the crime of aggression: St. John s College, Oxford, conference entitled Building& Peace, Countdown to Kampala: Will aggressive warhmaking finally be outlawed? May 15, 2010, Audio podcast available at feed. Encyclopaedia Article setting forth the history and functioning of the International Criminal Court, The& Oxford& International& Encyclopaedia& of& Peace, Oxford University Press,launchheldatMagdalenCollege,Oxford,March29,2010. Participantininformalconsultationsonthecrimeofaggression,invitedbyAmbassador ChristianWenaweser,PresidentoftheAssemblyofStatesParties,asanexpertonthe crimeofaggression,newyork,march22,2010. Conference Observer, invited by the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human RightstoattendexpertsmeetingonThe&Right&of&Peoples&to&Peace,Geneva,Switzerland, December,2009. LawReviewArticle: BringingtheCrimeofAggressionwithintheActiveJurisdictionof theicc, Case&Western&Reserve&Journal&of&International&Law,Vol.42,2009. Panel Moderator: NurembergCategoriesofCrimesandtheirSignificanceforthePresent, The& Nuremberg& Trial& & Taking& Stock, Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg,Germany,October,2009. Lecturer on the crime of aggression: Oxford University, Oxford Transitional Justice Research Institute, The crime of aggression and the International Criminal Court: an insider'sview, June,2009. Courseparticipant,InternationalCenterforTransitionalJustice,London,February,

5 Invited Conference Observer, Foundation for Law, Justice, and Society, Can International Courts do Justice? Conceptions of Justice in Responding to Conflict, January,2009. Lectureronthecrimeofaggression:conferenceentitled El&concepto&del&Derecho&en&su& historia& y& la& juridificación& de& las& relaciones& internacionales, Universidad Nacional AutónomadeMéxico,UNAM,MexicoCity,Mexico,October,2008. SymposiumcoHchair,The&International&Criminal&Court&and&the&Crime&of&Aggression,&and panel moderator A Roundtable Discussion about the Process by which Aggression is Included in the Statute and its Effect on NonHParty States at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio,September,2008, Conference sponsor and participant, Conference on Restorative Justice and International Humanitarian Law, in conjunction with the Marcus Garvey PanHAfrikan Institute,Kampala,Uganda,andNairobiKenya,August,2008. Panellistonruleoflawdevelopments,UnitedNationDepartmentofPublicInformation AnnualMeetingandConference,Paris,France,September5,2008. LawReviewArticle: CommentariesontheGenocideConvention:AReintroductionto NehemiahRobinson, Case&Western&Reserve&Journal&of&International&Law,Vol.40,2008. Panel Chair: The Origins of the Genocide Convention: From Nuremberg to Lake Success,To&Prevent&and&to&Punish,&an&International&Conference&in&Commemoration&of& the& 60 th & Anniversary& of& the& Negotiation& of& the& Genocide& Convention, Case Western ReserveUniversitySchoolofLaw,Cleveland,Ohio,September2007. Conference sponsor and participant, International Humanitarian Law Dialogs, ChautauquaInstitute(withinternationaltribunalprosecutors),2007,2008,2009,2010. Conference sponsor and participant, Conference on International Criminal Justice, Turin,Italy,May,2007. Conference sponsor and participant, The ICTR Symposium on the Legacy of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals for Africa,! Arusha, Tanzania, November, Lecturer/panellist: Darfur,theInternationalCriminalCourt,andBeyond, YoungGlobal LeadershipSummit,SpelmanCollege,Atlanta,Georgia,February,2007. Lecturer/panellist: Guantanamo&Bay,&Military&Commissions&and&Recent&US& Supreme&Court&Decisions,&SalzburgLawSchoolonInternationalCriminalLaw,Salzburg, Austria,August,2007. Lecturer/panellist: The& International& Crime& of& Aggression& Mirrored& in& National& Jurisdictions:& Case& Study& of& the& House& of& Lords & Decision& in& Jones& && Milling& et& al., SalzburgLawSchoolonInternationalCriminalLaw,Salzburg,Austria, August,

6 Legal Journal Article regarding a House of Lords decision dealing with the crime of aggression, IntroductoryNotetotheUnitedKingdomHouseofLords:R&V&Jones,&et&al, American&Society&of&International&Law sinternational&legal&materialsvol.45,july2006. Participant, United Nations NGO Millennium Forum at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork,June,2000. Participant, Irish Centre for Human Rights inaugural summer program on the InternationalCriminalCourt,UniversityofIrelandatGalway,July,2000. Participant,ConferenceonReplacing the law of force with the force of law, African Conflicts and the International Criminal Court, sponsored by the Committee for an Effective International Law, Konstanz, Germany,April,2000. LetterstotheEditor: New& York& Times (New York), published September, 2000 on the International Criminal Court and humanitarian intervention, reproduced onhline at The&EconomistonHline,February5,2007,criticisingfallacyintheU.S.policytowards theicc,foundonhlineathttp:// The& Daily& Mail(London), published December 2009commenting on criminalization ofaggressionbeforetheinternationalcriminalcourt PROFESSIONAL: Founder and Convenor, The Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, a worldwide cooperative effort among lawyers, academics, diplomats and advocates, whose priority is to share ideas, information, and educational materials regarding the activation of the International Court s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression; we currently are cohorganizers, along with the Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN, of the worldwidecampaigntoratifythe2010kampalaamendmentstotheiccstatute,soasto activate the Court s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (2010to present, please see Advisory Board Member, American Bar Association s Center For Human Rights Project on the ICC (an effort currently in formation to advance US cooperation with the ICC). Advisory Board Member, the Journal of Philosophy ofinternational Law. CoHFounder and Executive Director of The Planethood Foundation, 1996 to present, working with NGO s and others towards establishment of the International Criminal Court and educating to replace the law of force with the force of law. Representative of The Planethood Foundation to the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression of the Assembly of States Parties to the RomeStatuteoftheInternationalCriminalCourt(attendingallmeetingsoftheworking groupfrom2005to2010andservingasngoadvisoronissuespertainingtoadoptionof provisionsonaggression,meetingsheldatunitednationsheadquarters,newyork,the Hague, Princeton, New Jersey, and at the ICC Review Conference held in Kampala, Uganda in May and June 2010). Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law,2001,sponsorandcoHinitiatorofthePaceLawSchoolInternationalCriminalCourt 6

7 MootCourtCompetition. Taxconsultantandseniortaxexecutive,employedbyTouche Ross, Deloitte & Touche, United States Surgical Corporation, The Warnaco Group, ChemturaCorporation,1983H2005,servingasseniortaxexecutiveformultibilliondollar transnationalcorporations. TenuredTeacher,LiverpoolCentralSchools,Liverpool,New York,1975H1980. ACADEMICSTUDIESANDAFFILIATIONS: ColgateUniversity,Hamilton,NewYork,B.A.inPeaceStudies,1974 CanadianPeaceResearchInstitute,SummerProgram1972 StateUniversityofNewYorkatCortland,MastersDegreeinEducation,1975 Pace University School of Law and Graduate School of Business, J.D. and M.B.A., 1983and1984,respectively;MemberofLaw&Review.&SummerprograminlawatSt. EdmundHall,Oxford,1981.InternshipswithNewYorkStateSupremeCourt,Federal Securities and Exchange Commission s Enforcement Division, Federal Bankruptcy Court,andUnitedStatesAttorney sofficeforthesoutherndistrictofnewyork. Member,SeniorCommonRoom,St.Anne scollege,oxford,2011 present Visiting Professor, Middlesex University School of Law, London, England, initial appointment2012to2015 DATEOFBIRTH:May11,1952,Nuremberg,Germany UPCOMING: PanelPresenter, CriminalizingtheIllegalUseofForceattheICC:DoesitMatterto Africa? Conferenceentitled,Africa&and&the&ICC:&One&Decade&On,sponsoredbyAfrica Legal Aid (AFLA) in cooperation with The Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), Arusha, Tanzania, February 28 March1,2013. Presenter of an active dialogue, Closing the Impunity Gap for Perpetrators of the WorstCrimes:LawStudentsMakingaDifference,InternationalAssociationofLaw Schools Annual Conference entitled, The& Role& of& Law& Schools& and& Human& Rights, Mysore,India,March6H8,2013. Panellist / Commentator: Moving Forward with Criminalizing Aggression: Who s HelpingandWho sintheway?,lawconferenceatfloridainternationaluniversity College of Law, Miami, Florida, February 6, 2013 (program currently in formation, invitedbyassociateprofessornoahweisbord) 7