Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 21. september 2007 / Timeline September 21, 2007
Version 3.520. September 2007, 22. September 2007
09/21/2007
The U.S. War on Children
by Sarah Meyer
Index Research
"No, you can't make this stuff up." Rick Perlstein.
Alabama
DHS Sponsors Martial Law Exercise For Kids
21.09.07. intelstrike. The Department of Homeland Security is
currently sponsoring an event in Huntsville, AL where children have
the opportunity to participate in a mock martial law oriented
disaster exercise. The event called the Be Ready Camp is being held
in two sessions as part of the government’s National
Preparedness Month initiative.
09/21/2007
INTERNATIONAL KONFERENCE
(Københavns Universitet, d. 21. - 22. september 2007)
Straf af krigsforbrydelser, folkedrab og forbrydelser mod
menneskeheden - Nye etiske udfordringer?
Danish Version: http://strafogetik.ruc.dk/konferencer.html
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
(Copenhagen University, September 21-22, 2007)
Punishing War Crimes, Genocides, and Crimes Against Humanity
New Ethical Challenges?
English version: http://strafogetik.ruc.dk/conferences.html
Purpose
The establishment of a permanent international criminal court (the
ICC) has in recent years attracted increasing attention in the
discussions among law scholars and philosophers. However, an
important question which in this connection has received very
little attention is how and how severely war criminals should be
punished for their misdeeds.
The fact that international criminal courts may face situations
where the legal background for punishing and, not least, the types
of crimes one has to deal with differ somewhat from what one is
used to in traditional national courtrooms might lead one to wonder
whether the punishment of war criminals raises new challenges for
traditional theories of punishment.
For instance, from a retributivist point of view, what would
constitute the proportionate punishment of a person who is
responsible for the killings of hundreds or even thousands of
people? Or, if one favours a consequentialist position, does it
make any sense to seek to justify punishment of war criminals by
reference to the traditional utilitarian goals, such as reform,
incapacitation and prevention? Or, should punishment in these cases
perhaps be totally abandoned in favour of restorative justice
procedures?
In order to illuminate and elaborate on such questions the Danish
Research Group for the Ethics of Punishment is arranging a
conference with the title "Punishing War Criminals - New Ethical
Challenges?" The idea is to bring together and discuss the outlooks
on this topic held by theorists representing different approaches
to the ethics of punishment.
Contributions
The invited speakers are:
Professor Nils Christie (Oslo University)
Professor Peter Cave (Open University London)
Professor Michael Clark (University of Nottingham)
Professor Angelo Corlett (San Diego State University)
Professor Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Professor David Dolinko (University of California)
Professor Anthony Ellis (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Professor Jesper Ryberg (University of Roskilde)
Professor Andrew von Hirsch (University of Cambridge)
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