https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/113571 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:18:41 GMT 2026-04-16T05:18:41Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119014 Title: Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights : volume 2 : number 1 Editors: Andò, Salvo; Refalo, Ian; Curmi, Lucienne Abstract: Table of contents:; Editorial: Salvo Andò and Sergio Stanzani; INAUGURAL SESSION:; · Roger Ellul Micallef, Rector, University of Malta; · Alfred Sant, Prime Minister of Malta; · Emma Bonino, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid; · Sergio Stanzani, President, No Peace Without Justice, Italy; FIRST SESSION: A new frontier for the defense of human dignity: from the ad hoc Tribunals to an International Criminal Court. Competence and jurisdiction of an ICC. Chair: Adama Dieng; · M Cherif Bassiouni; · Eligio Resta; · Ivan Zvonimir Cicak; · Gavin Ruxton; · Muhamed Sacirbey; · Renate Kicker; · Antonio Fiumefreddo; SECOND SESSION: For an effective International Law. From the Preparatory Committee to the Diplomatic Conference for the establishment of an International Criminal Court. The commitment of the International Community. Chair: Cherif Bassiouni; · Carmel A Agius and David Attard; · Giovanni Conso; · Yoram Dinstein; · Flavia Lattanzi; · Giuseppe Di Federico; · Eli Natan; · Roger S Clark; THIRD SESSION: The organization of the Court. The International Campaign in support of an ICC. Chair: Salvo Andò. Co-Chair: Gianfranco Dell'Alba; · Adama Dieng; · Mustapha Mehedi; · William Pace; · Salvo Andò; · Eva Falcao; · William A Schabas; · Yehuda Blum; CLOSING SESSION:; · Zaid Bin Ra'ed, Prince of Jordan; · Marino Busdachin, General Secretary, No Peace Without Justice, Italy; · George W Vella, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment of Malta Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119014 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118754 Title: Closing session [George W. Vella] Abstract: Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, For these last two days the maxim 'peace through justice' has been echoed throughout this Conference by each and every speaker. Indeed, in a tranquil and relaxed atmosphere, all those that have participated in this important dialogue, have been able to discuss and deliberate as well as exchange views and experiences that will contribute, in a structured and clear manner, towards the process started nearly fifty years ago when the United Nations General Assembly asked the International Law Commission to establish a permanent international criminal court. I have been told that the discussions that have been held, the presentations, and the various interventions, have all been of a very high level, and that one could sense that there was a lot of preparation judging by the quality and high level of the presented material and of the debate. Above all I understand that the debate was frank, open and spontaneous, containing many new and fresh ideas on the subject of this conference. [excerpt] Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118754 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118753 Title: Closing session [Marino Busdachin] Abstract: First of all I wish to thank our Maltese friends at the Foundation for International Studies for having organized, together with us, this conference. I particularly wish to thank the Prime Minister, Alfred Sant, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is with us today, George Vella, who, together with the Rector of the University, Roger Ellul Micallef and the European Commissioner Emma Bonino, have kindly accepted to open our meeting. Lastly, naturally, I thank all of you for having participated and particularly for the high quality of your contributions. At the conclusion of this meeting, however, it seems important to me to stress a message comm.on in all the papers given at this conference. This is the need to be reasonable as well as to proceed with the greatest urgency. It seems to be a contradiction, a paradox. But I do not think so. [excerpt] Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118753 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118752 Title: Closing session [Zaid Bin Ra'ed] Abstract: In 1936, an unknown British adventurer, and former pilot from the First World War - a man by the name of Cecil Lewis - published what was to be a classic book entitled Sagittarius Rising: essentially a thoughtful recollection of the author's wartime experiences. In one passage, Lewis makes reference to the inevitability of violence, war, and its attendant miseries: an inevitability brought on by what he called "the invincibility of man's stupidity". It is of course a rather grim and cynical perspective of the human political condition: one which may well be considered extreme by many of us - at least as a general assertion - but few would disagree that countless, shameful, stretches of human history are fettered with human stupidity. [excerpt] Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/118752 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z