Impunity Watch Symposium - Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Crime Against Humanity

Impunity Watch invites you to attend the 3rd Annual Impunity Watch Symposium, "Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Crime Against Humanity." The symposium will take place on Saturday, April 14th from 1-4 PM at Syracuse University, Maxwell Auditorium at the Maxwell School, and is free and open to the public. Keynote address will be by Christine Chung, the First Senior Trial Attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Ms. Chung led the ICC investigation of crimes in Uganda and the Congo, and participated in the Darfur investigation. Additionally, a panel discussion will be moderated by Professor David M. Crane, Syracuse University College of Law Professor and Founding Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The panel will feature Ms. Chung and Deputy Elizabeth Fildes - Program Director of the Erie County Sheriff's Human Trafficking Task Force and U.S. Department of Justice subject matter expert on human trafficking. Syracuse University Professor Beverly Allen will also join the panel. Professor Allen is the author of investigative articles such as Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, and the former consultant to the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. A reception with our distinguished speakers will follow.