This event is a panel discussion using Dr Wheeler’s new book, Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Trials, as a starting point from which to discuss how international criminal courts and tribunals can achieve accountability, peace, reconciliation, and justice for the victims of atrocity crimes.
The conversation will particularly focus on the important role that fairness plays in achieving these goals, and the need for courts and tribunals to prioritize it when making trial decisions. The discussants will also query whether trials, as opposed to other transitional justice mechanisms like truth-commissions and reparations programmes, are the best way to achieve those goals. This event is ideal for anyone interested in public international law, international criminal justice, international human rights or transitional justice.
Event location
2.05C, University of Westminster - Little Titchfield Street Campus
Speakers
- Sara Elizabeth Dill (Anethum Global)
- Dr Miracle Chinwenmeri Uche (University of Westminster)
- Dr Caleb H Wheeler (University of Cardiff)
Chair
Dr Marco Longobardo (University of Westminster)
About the speakers
Sara Elizabeth Dill
Sara Elizabeth Dill is a partner at Anethum Global. She holds a bachelor of arts in political science and economics, a juris doctorate with a focus on litigation and international law, and an LLM in international human rights law. She serves as the Vice- Chair of the International Bar Association’s War Crimes Committee. She is serving as one of the experts advising Ukrainian lawyers and judges as to war crimes prosecutions and trial monitoring, and is lead counsel in the litigation against Facebook and Instagram regarding their content moderation policies in relation to the Israel – Palestine conflict. She was a founding member of the Dulles Justice Coalition, an organization of lawyers quickly mobilized to provide legal assistance in response to the Muslim Ban. She serves on the board of Vantage Point, an innovative use of virtual reality to provide training and raise awareness on sexual harassment and assault.
Dr Miracle Chinwenmeri Uche
Dr Miracle Chinwenmeri Uche is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster Law School where she teaches international law and global justice, criminal law, and a War and Peace research module. Miracle has been researching justice for victims and their participation in the investigation and prosecution of core international crimes. In her PhD thesis, Miracle proposed ways to foster victim-oriented justice at the International Criminal Court and in domestic jurisdictions through the key principle of complementarity — this remains the focus of her research. Miracle has worked on socio-cultural integration, and development projects in the Netherlands and Nigeria through Stichting Unity in Diversity.
Dr Caleb H Wheeler
Dr Caleb H Wheeler is a lecturer in law at Cardiff University, UK. He is an international criminal law expert who has written extensively on international criminal courts and tribunals, international criminal trials and the rights of trial participants. His second book, Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Trials was published by Routledge in April 2023. Dr Wheeler is also a qualified lawyer in the United States, where he was in practice for five years before entering academia.
Dr Marco Longobardo
Dr Marco Longobardo is a Reader in International Law at the University of Westminster. He undertook his doctoral studies at the Sapienza University of Rome. He is the author of The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory (Cambridge University Press, 2018), for which he was awarded the 2021 Paul Reuter Prize. He is the Reviews Editor of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies and a member of the advisory boards of the International Community Law Review and of the Journal du Droit Transnational.
