Da: ICDSM Italia
Data: Mer 9 Feb 2005 11:42:58 Europe/Rome
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Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] L'Aia 26/2: Ramsey Clark per difendere
Milosevic e la giustizia internazionale
(english / italiano)
CON PREGHIERA DI MASSIMA DIFFUSIONE !
CONTRO LA CENSURA DEI MEDIA SUL CASO MILOSEVIC !
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http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/icdsm-italia/files/denhaag260205.jpg
Leaflet / volantino :
http://www.icdsm.org/Conference.doc
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c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
tel/fax +39-06-4828957
email: icdsm-italia @ libero.it
*** CONTRIBUISCI E FAI CONTRIBUIRE:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC ***
IL NOSTRO SITO INTERNET:
http://www.pasti.org/linkmilo.htm
IL TESTO IN LINGUA ITALIANA DELLA AUTODIFESA DI MILOSEVIC, IN CORSO
DI REVISIONE E CORREZIONE, E' TEMPORANEAMENTE OSPITATO ALLA PAGINA:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/autodifesa04.htm
LE TRASCRIZIONI "UFFICIALI" DEL "PROCESSO" SI TROVANO AI SITI:
http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/transe54.htm (IN ENGLISH)
http://www.un.org/icty/transf54/transf54.htm (EN FRANCAIS)
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COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE PER LA DIFESA DI SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
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Conferenza Internazionale
IL PROCEDIMENTO DELL'AIA CONTRO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: QUESTIONI DI
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
L'Aia, 26 febbraio 2005
Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Wittlaan 30
Biglietto d'ingresso 10 euro. L'accesso per i giornalisti è gratuito
PROGRAMMA DETTAGLIATO:
Presiedono: Christopher Black (presidente),
Professor Velko Valkanov, Dr Branko Rakic
Orari:
14:00-14:30 Ramsey Clark (USA) - introduzione
14:30-15:00 Professor Hans Koechler (Austria)
15:00-15:30 Tiphaine Dickson (Quebec)
15:30-16:00 Dr Branko Rakic (Serbia)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-16:40 Professor Velko Valkanov (Bulgaria) -
introduzione
16:40-17:00 Dr John Laughland (Gran Bretagna)
17:00-17:20 Professor Aldo Bernardini (Italia)
17:20-17:40 Christopher Black (Canada)
17:40-18:00 Coffee Break
18:00-19:00 Tavola rotonda
Partecipano: Tiphaine Dickson, Christopher Black,
Dr John Laughland, Dr Branko Rakic
La Conferenza è organizzata dal
Comitato Internazionale per la Difesa di Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
e dalla
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS) e.V. (Associazione
per la Solidarietà Internazionale, Germania). Per contatti:
Vladimir Krsljanin, Secretary of the ICDSM,
e-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net , tel.: +381 63 8862 301
Note (a cura di ICDSM-Italia):
1) A ciascun intervento seguiranno cinque minuti di discussione.
L'unica lingua sarà l'inglese. I titoli esatti degli
interventi saranno comunicati nel prossimo Annuncio della conferenza,
attorno al 15 febbraio.
2) Per raggiungere L'Aia dall'Italia si può usufruire delle offerte
delle compagnie aeree a basso costo (es. Virgin, RyanAir): è però
necessario prenotare IMMEDIATAMENTE i biglietti, via internet, per
avere prezzi davvero convenienti. Per un elenco degli alberghi
consigliati si veda più sotto.
3) Per l'organizzazione di questa conferenza lo sforzo economico è ai
limiti delle possibilita' dell'ICDSM, che è stato perciò costretto a
prevedere un biglietto d'ingresso. Tutti i nostri sostenitori sono
calorosamente invitati a contribuire generosamente e con urgenza! Per
i versamenti dall'Italia:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC
----------
Primo Annuncio
Conferenza Internazionale
IL PROCEDIMENTO DELL'AIA CONTRO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: QUESTIONI DI
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
L'Aia, 26 febbraio 2005
L'idea di un diritto internazionale - in particolare di una legge
penale internazionale - è certo seducente per i giuristi come pure per
i non esperti, tanto è vero che nel corso di intere generazioni si è
cercato di stabilire una giurisdizione penale permanente allo scopo di
perseguire crimini di guerra sulla scia dei processi di Norimberga e
di Tokyo. Tuttavia, al di là della persecuzione dei crimini commessi
nel corso della guerra, il precedente di Norimberga chiaramente
attesta che il crimine internazionale per eccellenza è la istigazione
di una guerra di aggressione. Infatti, il Tribunale di Norimberga
decretò che:
"La guerra è essenzialmente un male. Le sue conseguenze non si
limitano agli Stati belligeranti, ma riguardano il mondo intero.
Perciò, dare inizio ad una guerra di aggressione non è semplicemente
un crimine internazionale; esso è il crimine internazionale supremo,
diverso da altri crimini di guerra esclusivamente nel fatto che al suo
interno contiene il male tutto intero."
L'ICTY (Tribunale ad hoc per i crimini commessi sul territorio della
ex-Jugoslavia, con sede all'Aia), che è una istituzione creata dal
Consiglio di Sicurezza dell'ONU, non ha la giurisdizione per
perseguire il "crimine internazionale per eccellenza". Secondo alcuni,
anzi, esso di fatto legittima l'aggressione, come può essere
esemplificato dal fatto che l'accusa contro Slobodan Milosevic è stata
lanciata nel momento culminante del bombardamento della NATO sul suolo
della Jugoslavia, che infrangeva la legge internazionale. Mentre, nel
corso del procedimento, con la fase della "autodifesa" si continua a
scavare nelle vicende relative alla distruzione della Jugoslavia da
parte degli interessi occidentali, svariate questioni legali emergono,
che verranno discusse nel corso della Conferenza:
- Il diritto a rappresentare se stessi alla luce del diritto
internazionale e comparativo;
- "Impresa criminale congiunta", un concetto su misura per condanne ed
assoluzioni di comodo
- Quale è una "testimonianza di rilievo" in un processo politico?
- Procedimenti per crimini di guerra dal parte del Consiglio di
Sicurezza: giustificare la aggressione, cancellare la sovranità nazionale
- Autodecisione ed autodifesa della Jugoslavia in base al diritto
internazionale
- "Par condicio": che cosa ne resta dopo L'Aia?
- Il conflitto armato secondo il diritto internazionale e nel caso
Milosevic
- Effetti della copertura mediatica e del lobbying sul diritto ad un
processo equo
- L'uso improprio delle accuse di genocidio, la banalizzazione del
precedente di Norimberga e dell'Olocausto
- Negare il diritto a difendersi, calpestare il fondamento della legge
- Il diritto ad un processo equo nella legge internazionale e
comparativa: è stato rispettato nel caso Milosevic?
- Si può processare il Tribunale ad hoc dell'Aia? E chi lo farà?
Dopo la presentazione degli interventi ad invito, la Conferenza
terminerà con una tavola rotonda. La lista dei relatori include:
Ramsey Clark, ex procuratore generale degli USA
prof. Velko Valkanov, presidente del Comitato Bulgaro per i Diritti Umani
prof. Aldo Bernardini, docente di diritto internazionale
all'Università di Teramo
dott. Branko Rakic, esperto di diritto internazionale, Università di
belgrado, assistente legale di Slobodan Milosevic
Thipaine Dickson, avvocatessa canadese esperta di diritto penale
internazionale, portavoce legale dell'ICDSM
Christopher Black, avvocato canadese esperto di diritto penale
internazionale, Presidente del comitato giuridico dell'ICDSM
dott. John Laughland, autore del libro "Il Tribunale penale
internazionale, guardiano del Nuovo Ordine Mondiale" (Regno Unito)
dott. Alexandar Mezhyaev, esperto di diritto internazionale, Kazan
(Russia)
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
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Second Announcement (8 February 2005)
I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e
The Hague Proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic:
Emerging Issues in International Law
The Hague, Saturday, 26 February 2005
Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Wittlaan 30
Conference admission is 10 EUR. Admission for media
representatives is free.
Conference Presidium: Christopher Black (Chair),
Professor Velko Valkanov, Dr Branko Rakic
Timetable:
14:00-14:30 Ramsey Clark (USA) - keynote address
14:30-15:00 Professor Hans Koechler (Austria)
15:00-15:30 Tiphaine Dickson (Quebec)
15:30-16:00 Dr Branko Rakic (Serbia)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-16:40 Professor Velko Valkanov (Bulgaria) -
keynote address
16:40-17:00 Dr John Laughland (UK)
17:00-17:20 Professor Aldo Bernardini (Italy)
17:20-17:40 Christopher Black (Canada)
17:40-18:00 Coffee Break
18:00-19:00 Panel Discussion
Panelists: Tiphaine Dickson, Christopher Black,
Dr John Laughland, Dr Branko Rakic
*Notes: Each of the speeches ends with five minute discussion.
The only language of the speeches and discussion will be English.
Presence of Dr Alexandar Mezhyaev (Russia) has not yet been
confirmed. In the case of his absence, copies of his paper will be
available. If the conditions will allow, it is expected that speakers
meet President Milosevic on Friday, 25 February afternoon.
The exact titles of the contributed papers and topics for the panel
discussion will be communicated in the third (final) announcement,
which will be issued on 15 February.
The Conference is organized by
the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
and
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität e.V. (Association for the
International Solidarity)
Organizational committee: S. Bahlo, P. Betscher, T. Dickson, Ch. Grbic,
K. Hartmann, W. van der Klift, V. Krsljanin, B. Lisac, C. Schuetz
Contact person: Vladimir Krsljanin, e-mail: slobodavk@... ,
tel.: +381 63 8862 301
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The Conference Hall at Bel Air Hotel can be reached
by various public transportations, e.g. tram 1, 10 and bus 14
(Stop: Congress Center) and tram 17 (Stop: Statenplein)
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Suggested hotels in The Hague:
Staten Hotel**, Frederik Hendriklaan 299, 2582 CE Den Haag, Holland,
phone: +31-70-3543943 (Single room 40-60 Euro; in walking distance to
the Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Capistrano*, Zeekant 105, Scheveningen/Den Haag, phone:
+31-70-3063992 (Single room 45 Euro; 15 minutes by bus number 14 from
stop "Kurhaus" to stop "Congress Center" to the Conference Hall at
Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Aquarius***, Zeekant 110, 2586 JJ Scheveningen, phone:
+31-70-3543543 (Single room 50-70 Euro; 15 minutes by bus number 14
from stop "Kurhaus" to stop "Congress Center" to the Conference Hall at
Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Wilhelmina**, Utrechtsestraat 10/12, 2587 RC Scheveningen, phone:
+31-70-3504359 (Single room 35.- Euro and up)
Hotel Scheveningen (Budget Class), Gevers Deynootweg 2, 2586 BL
Scheveningen, phone: +31-70-3547003 (Single room 25.- up; 15 minutes by
public transportation to the Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the
Tribunal)
Dorint Hotel****, Johan de Wittlaan 42-44, 2517 JR Den Haag, phone:
+31-70-4169111 (Single room 310.- Euro and up; 1 minute to the
Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
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Please: get in touch with friendly jurists/lawyers and ask them for
support in announcing the event (in their university/bar/by
e-mail/etc.); circulate repeatedly the announcement; use the
poster which is today printed in 200 copies and will be in the
following days distributed in law schools in The Netherlands; try to
announce the conference in legal publications and to put ads in
newspapers; try to encourage journalists to follow its works...
We plan to publish a book of contributed papers, and, as we all
know, the public effect will also depend on our ability in advertising.
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First Announcement
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
C o n f e r e n c e
The Hague Proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic:
Emerging Issues in International Law
The Hague, 26 February 2005
The idea of international law – in particular international criminal
law – is undeniably appealing to jurists and non-lawyers alike, as
generations have sought to establish a permanent criminal jurisdiction
to prosecute war crimes in the wake of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials.
Beyond the prosecution of the crimes that are committed in war,
however, the Nuremberg precedent clearly articulates that the supreme
international crime is the instigation of a war of aggression. Indeed,
the Nuremberg Tribunal held that:
"War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined
to the belligerent states alone, but affect the whole world. To
initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international
crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other
war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of
the whole."
The ICTY, a Security Council institution, does not have the
jurisdiction to prosecute the "supreme international crime". Some
argue that it in fact legitimizes aggression, which can be exemplified
by the serving of an indictment against President Slobodan Milosevic
at the height of the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, contrary to
international law. As the defence phase of the proceedings continue to
delve into the destruction of Yugoslavia by Western interests, legal
questions emerge which will be discussed in this conference:
- The right to self-representation in international and comparative law;
- Joint criminal enterprise, tailor-made to convict and a tool of
de-nazification
- What is "relevant" testimony in a political prosecution?
- War crimes prosecutions by the Security Council: justifying
aggression, eliminating national sovereignty
- Self-determination and self-defense of Yugoslavia under
international law
- "Equality of arms": what is left after The Hague?
- Armed conflict under international law and in the Milosevic case
- Effect of media coverage and lobbying on the right to a fair trial
- Misuse of genocide charges and trivialization of Nuremberg precedent
and Holocaust
- Denying the right to defend oneself – stepping on the fundamentals
of law
- The right to a fair trial in international and comparative law: has
it been respected in the Milosevic case?
- How can the Hague be judged, and who will judge it?
After the presentation of the invited contributions, the conference
will end with a panel discussion.
The list of speakers includes:
Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General (USA) – keynote address
Professor Velko Valkanov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Human Rights
Committee (Bulgaria) – keynote address
Professor Aldo Bernardini, international law, Teramo University (Italy)
Dr Branko Rakic, international law, Belgrade University, legal
associate to President Milosevic (Serbia)
Tiphaine Dickson, international criminal lawyer, legal spokesperson of
the ICDSM (Quebec)
Christopher Black, international criminal lawyer, Chair, Legal
Committee of the ICDSM (Canada)
Dr John Laughland, author of the book: "The International Criminal
Tribunal: Guardian of the New World Order" (UK)
Dr Alexandar Mezhyaev, international law, Kazan (Russia)
The Conference will take place in the Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel,
Johan de Wittlaan 30 (close to the ICTY) from 1:30-7:00 pm. Conference
admission is 10 EUR.
Organized by the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
(ICDSM) and Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität e.V.
(Association for the International Solidarity)
Contact person:
Vladimir Krsljanin, Secretary of the ICDSM,
e-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net , tel.: +381 63 8862 301
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URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL
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After the Hague Tribunal declared war against human rights and
International Law by banning President Milosevic's right to
self-defense, our activities for his liberation and for the
restoration of his freedom and for the national sovereignty of the
Serbian people need to be reorganized and intensified.
We need professional, legal work now more than ever. Thus, the
creation of conditions for that work is the imperative at this moment.
The petition of 100 lawyers and law professors from 18 countries, and
other related activities of the ICDSM Legal Committee, produced a
public effect incomparable to any other previous action by the ICDSM.
President Milosevic has the truth and law on his side. In order to use
that advantage to achieve his freedom, we must fight this totally
discredited tribunal and its patrons through professionally conducted
actions which would involve the Bar Associations, the European Court,
the UN organs in charge and the media.
Our practice has shown that ad hoc voluntary work is not enough to
deal properly with these tasks. The funds secured in Serbia are still
enough only to cover the expenses of the stay and work of President
Milosevic's legal associates at The Hague (one at the time). The funds
secured by the German section of the ICDSM (still the only one with
regular contributions) are enough only to cover minimal additional
work at The Hague connected with contacts and preparations of foreign
witnesses. Everything else is lacking.
3000-5000 EUR per month is our imminent need.
Our history and our people oblige us to go on with this necessary action.
But without these funds it will not be possible.
Please organize urgently the fundraising activity
and send the donations to the following ICDSM accounts:
Peter Betscher
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Darmstadt, Germany
IBAN: DE 21 5085 0150 0102 1441 63
SWIFT-BIC: HELADEF1DAS
or
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
All of your donations will be used for legal and other necessary
accompanying activities, on instruction or with the consent of
President Milosevic. To obtain additional information on the use of
your donations or to obtain additional advice on the most efficient
way to submit your donations or to make bank transfers, please do not
hesitate to contact us:
Peter Betscher (ICDSM Treasurer)
E-mail: peter_betscher @ freenet.de
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary)
E-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net
Phone: +381 63 8862 301
The ICDSM and Sloboda need to address governments, international human
rights and legal organizations, and to launch legal proceedings. The
ICDSM plans a legal conference at The Hague. Sloboda has just sent to the
patriotic factions in the Serbian Parliament an initiative to adopt a
parliamentary Resolution against the human rights violations by the
Hague Tribunal and to form an international team of experts to make an
extensive report on these violations which would be submitted to the UN.
For truth and human rights against aggression!
Freedom for Slobodan Milosevic!
Freedom and equality for people!
On behalf of Sloboda and ICDSM,
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
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To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)
Data: Mer 9 Feb 2005 11:42:58 Europe/Rome
A: icdsm-italia @ yahoogroups.com
Cc: aa-info @ yahoogroups.com
Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] L'Aia 26/2: Ramsey Clark per difendere
Milosevic e la giustizia internazionale
(english / italiano)
CON PREGHIERA DI MASSIMA DIFFUSIONE !
CONTRO LA CENSURA DEI MEDIA SUL CASO MILOSEVIC !
Poster / Manifesto :
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/icdsm-italia/files/denhaag260205.jpg
Leaflet / volantino :
http://www.icdsm.org/Conference.doc
==========================
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
tel/fax +39-06-4828957
email: icdsm-italia @ libero.it
*** CONTRIBUISCI E FAI CONTRIBUIRE:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC ***
IL NOSTRO SITO INTERNET:
http://www.pasti.org/linkmilo.htm
IL TESTO IN LINGUA ITALIANA DELLA AUTODIFESA DI MILOSEVIC, IN CORSO
DI REVISIONE E CORREZIONE, E' TEMPORANEAMENTE OSPITATO ALLA PAGINA:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/autodifesa04.htm
LE TRASCRIZIONI "UFFICIALI" DEL "PROCESSO" SI TROVANO AI SITI:
http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/transe54.htm (IN ENGLISH)
http://www.un.org/icty/transf54/transf54.htm (EN FRANCAIS)
==========================
############## ITALIANO ###############
**************************************************************
COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE PER LA DIFESA DI SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
**************************************************************
Conferenza Internazionale
IL PROCEDIMENTO DELL'AIA CONTRO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: QUESTIONI DI
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
L'Aia, 26 febbraio 2005
Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Wittlaan 30
Biglietto d'ingresso 10 euro. L'accesso per i giornalisti è gratuito
PROGRAMMA DETTAGLIATO:
Presiedono: Christopher Black (presidente),
Professor Velko Valkanov, Dr Branko Rakic
Orari:
14:00-14:30 Ramsey Clark (USA) - introduzione
14:30-15:00 Professor Hans Koechler (Austria)
15:00-15:30 Tiphaine Dickson (Quebec)
15:30-16:00 Dr Branko Rakic (Serbia)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-16:40 Professor Velko Valkanov (Bulgaria) -
introduzione
16:40-17:00 Dr John Laughland (Gran Bretagna)
17:00-17:20 Professor Aldo Bernardini (Italia)
17:20-17:40 Christopher Black (Canada)
17:40-18:00 Coffee Break
18:00-19:00 Tavola rotonda
Partecipano: Tiphaine Dickson, Christopher Black,
Dr John Laughland, Dr Branko Rakic
La Conferenza è organizzata dal
Comitato Internazionale per la Difesa di Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
e dalla
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS) e.V. (Associazione
per la Solidarietà Internazionale, Germania). Per contatti:
Vladimir Krsljanin, Secretary of the ICDSM,
e-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net , tel.: +381 63 8862 301
Note (a cura di ICDSM-Italia):
1) A ciascun intervento seguiranno cinque minuti di discussione.
L'unica lingua sarà l'inglese. I titoli esatti degli
interventi saranno comunicati nel prossimo Annuncio della conferenza,
attorno al 15 febbraio.
2) Per raggiungere L'Aia dall'Italia si può usufruire delle offerte
delle compagnie aeree a basso costo (es. Virgin, RyanAir): è però
necessario prenotare IMMEDIATAMENTE i biglietti, via internet, per
avere prezzi davvero convenienti. Per un elenco degli alberghi
consigliati si veda più sotto.
3) Per l'organizzazione di questa conferenza lo sforzo economico è ai
limiti delle possibilita' dell'ICDSM, che è stato perciò costretto a
prevedere un biglietto d'ingresso. Tutti i nostri sostenitori sono
calorosamente invitati a contribuire generosamente e con urgenza! Per
i versamenti dall'Italia:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC
----------
Primo Annuncio
Conferenza Internazionale
IL PROCEDIMENTO DELL'AIA CONTRO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: QUESTIONI DI
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
L'Aia, 26 febbraio 2005
L'idea di un diritto internazionale - in particolare di una legge
penale internazionale - è certo seducente per i giuristi come pure per
i non esperti, tanto è vero che nel corso di intere generazioni si è
cercato di stabilire una giurisdizione penale permanente allo scopo di
perseguire crimini di guerra sulla scia dei processi di Norimberga e
di Tokyo. Tuttavia, al di là della persecuzione dei crimini commessi
nel corso della guerra, il precedente di Norimberga chiaramente
attesta che il crimine internazionale per eccellenza è la istigazione
di una guerra di aggressione. Infatti, il Tribunale di Norimberga
decretò che:
"La guerra è essenzialmente un male. Le sue conseguenze non si
limitano agli Stati belligeranti, ma riguardano il mondo intero.
Perciò, dare inizio ad una guerra di aggressione non è semplicemente
un crimine internazionale; esso è il crimine internazionale supremo,
diverso da altri crimini di guerra esclusivamente nel fatto che al suo
interno contiene il male tutto intero."
L'ICTY (Tribunale ad hoc per i crimini commessi sul territorio della
ex-Jugoslavia, con sede all'Aia), che è una istituzione creata dal
Consiglio di Sicurezza dell'ONU, non ha la giurisdizione per
perseguire il "crimine internazionale per eccellenza". Secondo alcuni,
anzi, esso di fatto legittima l'aggressione, come può essere
esemplificato dal fatto che l'accusa contro Slobodan Milosevic è stata
lanciata nel momento culminante del bombardamento della NATO sul suolo
della Jugoslavia, che infrangeva la legge internazionale. Mentre, nel
corso del procedimento, con la fase della "autodifesa" si continua a
scavare nelle vicende relative alla distruzione della Jugoslavia da
parte degli interessi occidentali, svariate questioni legali emergono,
che verranno discusse nel corso della Conferenza:
- Il diritto a rappresentare se stessi alla luce del diritto
internazionale e comparativo;
- "Impresa criminale congiunta", un concetto su misura per condanne ed
assoluzioni di comodo
- Quale è una "testimonianza di rilievo" in un processo politico?
- Procedimenti per crimini di guerra dal parte del Consiglio di
Sicurezza: giustificare la aggressione, cancellare la sovranità nazionale
- Autodecisione ed autodifesa della Jugoslavia in base al diritto
internazionale
- "Par condicio": che cosa ne resta dopo L'Aia?
- Il conflitto armato secondo il diritto internazionale e nel caso
Milosevic
- Effetti della copertura mediatica e del lobbying sul diritto ad un
processo equo
- L'uso improprio delle accuse di genocidio, la banalizzazione del
precedente di Norimberga e dell'Olocausto
- Negare il diritto a difendersi, calpestare il fondamento della legge
- Il diritto ad un processo equo nella legge internazionale e
comparativa: è stato rispettato nel caso Milosevic?
- Si può processare il Tribunale ad hoc dell'Aia? E chi lo farà?
Dopo la presentazione degli interventi ad invito, la Conferenza
terminerà con una tavola rotonda. La lista dei relatori include:
Ramsey Clark, ex procuratore generale degli USA
prof. Velko Valkanov, presidente del Comitato Bulgaro per i Diritti Umani
prof. Aldo Bernardini, docente di diritto internazionale
all'Università di Teramo
dott. Branko Rakic, esperto di diritto internazionale, Università di
belgrado, assistente legale di Slobodan Milosevic
Thipaine Dickson, avvocatessa canadese esperta di diritto penale
internazionale, portavoce legale dell'ICDSM
Christopher Black, avvocato canadese esperto di diritto penale
internazionale, Presidente del comitato giuridico dell'ICDSM
dott. John Laughland, autore del libro "Il Tribunale penale
internazionale, guardiano del Nuovo Ordine Mondiale" (Regno Unito)
dott. Alexandar Mezhyaev, esperto di diritto internazionale, Kazan
(Russia)
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
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Second Announcement (8 February 2005)
I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e
The Hague Proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic:
Emerging Issues in International Law
The Hague, Saturday, 26 February 2005
Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel, Johan de Wittlaan 30
Conference admission is 10 EUR. Admission for media
representatives is free.
Conference Presidium: Christopher Black (Chair),
Professor Velko Valkanov, Dr Branko Rakic
Timetable:
14:00-14:30 Ramsey Clark (USA) - keynote address
14:30-15:00 Professor Hans Koechler (Austria)
15:00-15:30 Tiphaine Dickson (Quebec)
15:30-16:00 Dr Branko Rakic (Serbia)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-16:40 Professor Velko Valkanov (Bulgaria) -
keynote address
16:40-17:00 Dr John Laughland (UK)
17:00-17:20 Professor Aldo Bernardini (Italy)
17:20-17:40 Christopher Black (Canada)
17:40-18:00 Coffee Break
18:00-19:00 Panel Discussion
Panelists: Tiphaine Dickson, Christopher Black,
Dr John Laughland, Dr Branko Rakic
*Notes: Each of the speeches ends with five minute discussion.
The only language of the speeches and discussion will be English.
Presence of Dr Alexandar Mezhyaev (Russia) has not yet been
confirmed. In the case of his absence, copies of his paper will be
available. If the conditions will allow, it is expected that speakers
meet President Milosevic on Friday, 25 February afternoon.
The exact titles of the contributed papers and topics for the panel
discussion will be communicated in the third (final) announcement,
which will be issued on 15 February.
The Conference is organized by
the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
and
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität e.V. (Association for the
International Solidarity)
Organizational committee: S. Bahlo, P. Betscher, T. Dickson, Ch. Grbic,
K. Hartmann, W. van der Klift, V. Krsljanin, B. Lisac, C. Schuetz
Contact person: Vladimir Krsljanin, e-mail: slobodavk@... ,
tel.: +381 63 8862 301
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The Conference Hall at Bel Air Hotel can be reached
by various public transportations, e.g. tram 1, 10 and bus 14
(Stop: Congress Center) and tram 17 (Stop: Statenplein)
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Suggested hotels in The Hague:
Staten Hotel**, Frederik Hendriklaan 299, 2582 CE Den Haag, Holland,
phone: +31-70-3543943 (Single room 40-60 Euro; in walking distance to
the Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Capistrano*, Zeekant 105, Scheveningen/Den Haag, phone:
+31-70-3063992 (Single room 45 Euro; 15 minutes by bus number 14 from
stop "Kurhaus" to stop "Congress Center" to the Conference Hall at
Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Aquarius***, Zeekant 110, 2586 JJ Scheveningen, phone:
+31-70-3543543 (Single room 50-70 Euro; 15 minutes by bus number 14
from stop "Kurhaus" to stop "Congress Center" to the Conference Hall at
Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
Hotel Wilhelmina**, Utrechtsestraat 10/12, 2587 RC Scheveningen, phone:
+31-70-3504359 (Single room 35.- Euro and up)
Hotel Scheveningen (Budget Class), Gevers Deynootweg 2, 2586 BL
Scheveningen, phone: +31-70-3547003 (Single room 25.- up; 15 minutes by
public transportation to the Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the
Tribunal)
Dorint Hotel****, Johan de Wittlaan 42-44, 2517 JR Den Haag, phone:
+31-70-4169111 (Single room 310.- Euro and up; 1 minute to the
Conference Hall at Hotel Bel Air and the Tribunal)
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Please: get in touch with friendly jurists/lawyers and ask them for
support in announcing the event (in their university/bar/by
e-mail/etc.); circulate repeatedly the announcement; use the
poster which is today printed in 200 copies and will be in the
following days distributed in law schools in The Netherlands; try to
announce the conference in legal publications and to put ads in
newspapers; try to encourage journalists to follow its works...
We plan to publish a book of contributed papers, and, as we all
know, the public effect will also depend on our ability in advertising.
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First Announcement
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
C o n f e r e n c e
The Hague Proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic:
Emerging Issues in International Law
The Hague, 26 February 2005
The idea of international law – in particular international criminal
law – is undeniably appealing to jurists and non-lawyers alike, as
generations have sought to establish a permanent criminal jurisdiction
to prosecute war crimes in the wake of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials.
Beyond the prosecution of the crimes that are committed in war,
however, the Nuremberg precedent clearly articulates that the supreme
international crime is the instigation of a war of aggression. Indeed,
the Nuremberg Tribunal held that:
"War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined
to the belligerent states alone, but affect the whole world. To
initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international
crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other
war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of
the whole."
The ICTY, a Security Council institution, does not have the
jurisdiction to prosecute the "supreme international crime". Some
argue that it in fact legitimizes aggression, which can be exemplified
by the serving of an indictment against President Slobodan Milosevic
at the height of the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, contrary to
international law. As the defence phase of the proceedings continue to
delve into the destruction of Yugoslavia by Western interests, legal
questions emerge which will be discussed in this conference:
- The right to self-representation in international and comparative law;
- Joint criminal enterprise, tailor-made to convict and a tool of
de-nazification
- What is "relevant" testimony in a political prosecution?
- War crimes prosecutions by the Security Council: justifying
aggression, eliminating national sovereignty
- Self-determination and self-defense of Yugoslavia under
international law
- "Equality of arms": what is left after The Hague?
- Armed conflict under international law and in the Milosevic case
- Effect of media coverage and lobbying on the right to a fair trial
- Misuse of genocide charges and trivialization of Nuremberg precedent
and Holocaust
- Denying the right to defend oneself – stepping on the fundamentals
of law
- The right to a fair trial in international and comparative law: has
it been respected in the Milosevic case?
- How can the Hague be judged, and who will judge it?
After the presentation of the invited contributions, the conference
will end with a panel discussion.
The list of speakers includes:
Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General (USA) – keynote address
Professor Velko Valkanov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Human Rights
Committee (Bulgaria) – keynote address
Professor Aldo Bernardini, international law, Teramo University (Italy)
Dr Branko Rakic, international law, Belgrade University, legal
associate to President Milosevic (Serbia)
Tiphaine Dickson, international criminal lawyer, legal spokesperson of
the ICDSM (Quebec)
Christopher Black, international criminal lawyer, Chair, Legal
Committee of the ICDSM (Canada)
Dr John Laughland, author of the book: "The International Criminal
Tribunal: Guardian of the New World Order" (UK)
Dr Alexandar Mezhyaev, international law, Kazan (Russia)
The Conference will take place in the Golden Tulip Bel Air hotel,
Johan de Wittlaan 30 (close to the ICTY) from 1:30-7:00 pm. Conference
admission is 10 EUR.
Organized by the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
(ICDSM) and Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität e.V.
(Association for the International Solidarity)
Contact person:
Vladimir Krsljanin, Secretary of the ICDSM,
e-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net , tel.: +381 63 8862 301
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URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL
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After the Hague Tribunal declared war against human rights and
International Law by banning President Milosevic's right to
self-defense, our activities for his liberation and for the
restoration of his freedom and for the national sovereignty of the
Serbian people need to be reorganized and intensified.
We need professional, legal work now more than ever. Thus, the
creation of conditions for that work is the imperative at this moment.
The petition of 100 lawyers and law professors from 18 countries, and
other related activities of the ICDSM Legal Committee, produced a
public effect incomparable to any other previous action by the ICDSM.
President Milosevic has the truth and law on his side. In order to use
that advantage to achieve his freedom, we must fight this totally
discredited tribunal and its patrons through professionally conducted
actions which would involve the Bar Associations, the European Court,
the UN organs in charge and the media.
Our practice has shown that ad hoc voluntary work is not enough to
deal properly with these tasks. The funds secured in Serbia are still
enough only to cover the expenses of the stay and work of President
Milosevic's legal associates at The Hague (one at the time). The funds
secured by the German section of the ICDSM (still the only one with
regular contributions) are enough only to cover minimal additional
work at The Hague connected with contacts and preparations of foreign
witnesses. Everything else is lacking.
3000-5000 EUR per month is our imminent need.
Our history and our people oblige us to go on with this necessary action.
But without these funds it will not be possible.
Please organize urgently the fundraising activity
and send the donations to the following ICDSM accounts:
Peter Betscher
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Darmstadt, Germany
IBAN: DE 21 5085 0150 0102 1441 63
SWIFT-BIC: HELADEF1DAS
or
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
All of your donations will be used for legal and other necessary
accompanying activities, on instruction or with the consent of
President Milosevic. To obtain additional information on the use of
your donations or to obtain additional advice on the most efficient
way to submit your donations or to make bank transfers, please do not
hesitate to contact us:
Peter Betscher (ICDSM Treasurer)
E-mail: peter_betscher @ freenet.de
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary)
E-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net
Phone: +381 63 8862 301
The ICDSM and Sloboda need to address governments, international human
rights and legal organizations, and to launch legal proceedings. The
ICDSM plans a legal conference at The Hague. Sloboda has just sent to the
patriotic factions in the Serbian Parliament an initiative to adopt a
parliamentary Resolution against the human rights violations by the
Hague Tribunal and to form an international team of experts to make an
extensive report on these violations which would be submitted to the UN.
For truth and human rights against aggression!
Freedom for Slobodan Milosevic!
Freedom and equality for people!
On behalf of Sloboda and ICDSM,
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
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To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)