Keynote Speakers: Matthew Cannock, Legal Officer, (Coalition for the ICC)
Nicole Samson, Senior Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor (ICC)
Dr. Vedrana Mladina, Associate Victims Expert, Office of the Prosecutor (ICC)
Kristin Kalla, Senior Programme Officer, Trust Fund for Victims (ICC)
Elizabeth Evenson, Senior Counsel, International Justice Project, Human Rights Watch
Ilse van Velzen, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, IF Productions
Stephen J. Rapp, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice
Hannah Dunphy, Outreach Coordinator, American NGO Coalition of the International Criminal Court Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is accused of committing the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting of children under the age of 15 years into the Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo [Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo] (FPLC) and using them to participate actively in hostilities in the context of an international armed conflict from early September 2002 to 2 June 2003 and in the context of an armed conflict not of an international character from 2 June 2003 to 13 August 2003. The trial started on 26 January 2009. The Prosecution finished its presentation on 14 July 2009. The trial proceedings ended on August 26, 2011. The judges are now deliberating and will render their decision "within a reasonable amount of time."
