Crime and Punishment - Crimes against peace and humanity and the wheels of justice | Václav Havel Human Rights Prize Conference 2022
The jubilee 10th international conference in honour of the laureate of the 2022 Václav Havel Human Prize: Crime and Punishment - Crimes against peace and humanity and the wheels of justice
6:06 Conference Opening: Michael Žantovský – Executive Director, Václav Havel Library
16:58 Keynote Speech: Karim Khan (UK) – Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, barrister and King's Counsel
30:40 Interview with the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize laureate
Evgenia Kara-Murza wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza a political prisoner and leading Russian democracy campaigner
Chair: Michael Žantovský – Václav Havel Library
57:14 Panel I: Discussion with 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize finalists
Panellists:
Denys Rabomizo War Crimes Documentation and Database Coordinator and Member of Secretariat of the coalition of civil society organisations 5 AM Coalition (Ukraine)
Áaron Demeter Representative of Rainbow Coalition defending LGBTQIA+ rights (Hungary)
Chair: Linda Bartošová – Journalist and moderator
2:04:31 Panel II: The wheels of justice
Massive violations of human rights, such as the ones occurring as a result of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, not only present horrific scenes of human suffering and depravity but pose difficult questions of transformational justice. Apart from the imperative of an immediate and unconditional end to the atrocities, it is incumbent on humanity to document and record for posterity every single instance of human rights violation and to bring to justice those responsible, in order to prevent the repetition of such crimes. The discussion panel will try to examine the respective approaches and their applicability to the events in Ukraine. In particular, it will discuss the scope and the limits of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, various historical forms of war crimes tribunals, the role of the Council of Europe, the EU and the OSCE, the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the role of memory institutions and NGOs in collecting evidence of the crimes, as well as various forms of retribution and compensation of the victims and their families.
Panellists:
Veronika Bílková – professor of international law focused on international security and human rights, vice president of the European Society of International Law
Vladimír Dzuro – former investigator with the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Tomáš Holub – Roman Catholic priest and Plzeň bishop, first Czech military chaplain
Chair: Lenka Kabrhelová – Journalist, reporter, head of the podcast 5:59, Seznam Zprávy
3:37:41 Panel III: Where does evil spring from?
The recent events have also revived one of the most painful questions of the human condition: Is evil a construct we attribute to behaviour for which there is no adequate or acceptable social explanation, or is the capacity for evil an integral and inseparable part of our existence? And if the latter, where do the roots and the triggers of evil come from?
Panellists:
Ksenia Poluektova-Krimer – Russian historian focused on the Holocaust
Lenka Víchová – Ukrainian Studies expert
Jan Vevera – Head of the Psychiatric Clinic at the Pilsen University Hospital and a former army psychiatrist
Chair: Jakub Szántó – Journalist and moderator, Czech Television
4:45:06 Closing remarks: Martin Palouš – Diplomat, teacher, Charter 77 signatory and human rights advocate
Keyword
Serie: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Prize is awarded in memory of Václav Havel, playwright, opponent of totalitarianism, architect of the Velvet Revolution of 1989, President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic and an enduring symbol of opposition to despotism. Nominations of any individual, non-governmental organisation or institution working to defend human rights are taken into consideration. The Prize consists of a sum of €60 000, a trophy and a diploma.