Moderator: Timothy Jemal
President, GlobalArm
Introduction: Gassia Apkarian
California Superior Court Judge, USA
David L. Phillips
Director,
Program on
Peace-building
and Rights at the Institute
for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University
New York,
Michael Rubin
Senior Fellow,
American
Enterprise Institute
Washington D.C., USA
Moderator: Meline Mailyan, Esq
Armenophobia: The Ugly Truth, Prevention of Racial Hatred and Discrimination, & the ODIHR Mandate
Ani Tatoyan
CFTJ Law Clinic
Alumna (2021-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Artak Beglaryan
State Minister
Republic of Artsakh
Stepanakert, Artsakh
John Tehranian
Professor,
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Christie Edwards
Deputy Head, Tolerance and
Non-discrimination
OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights
Warsaw, Poland
Moderator: Anoush Bagdassarian
Study of Law and Genocide and Victims’ Narratives
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Founding ICC Chief
Prosecutor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stanley Goldman
Professor,
Loyola Law School,
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA
Elke Heckner
Professor,
University of Iowa
Iowa City, USA
Moderator: Ara Ghazaryan, Esq
Gathering Evidence: How to Amplify Voices to Prevent Atrocities and Genocide
Gegham Stepanyan
Human Rights Ombudsman
of Artsakh,
Stepanakert, Artsakh
Natia Navrouzov
Director of Legal
Advocacy, Yazda
Erbil, Iraq
Maria Mingo
Partnership Advisor,
eyeWitness to Atrocities
London, UK
Moderator: Arpine Esmailian, Esq
The Importance of Being Sorry: Forced Displacement and Transitional Justice to and From Armenians
Armen Ghazaryan
Head of Migration Service
of the Republic of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Vicken Cheterian
Professor,
Webster University
Geneva, Switzerland
Ruben Carranza
Director, Reparative
Justice Program
International Center for
Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
New York, USA
Introduction: Arsine Grigoryan, Esq
Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Human Rights Barrister,
Founder of Doughty
Street Chambers
Sydney Australia
Moderator: Lori Yeni-Komshian, Esq
Universal Jurisdiction Over Serious International Law Crimes and Atrocities
Anahit Muradyan
CFTJ Law Clinic
Alumna (2021-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Gurgen Petrossian
Head of International
Criminal Law Research
Group, University of
Erlangen-Nurnberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Rajika Shah
Deputy Director,
Center for the Study of
Law and Genocide, Loyola
Law School
Los Angeles, USA
Maria Armoudian
Politics Senior Lecturer,
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Moderator: Arameh Vartomian
Corporate Responsibility For Human Rights and Humanitarian Abuses
Sharmagh Mardi
Lawyer, CFTJ Law
Clinic Associate
Yerevan, Armenia
Mary Hansel
Attorney and
Legal Scholar
Los Angeles, USA
Genevieve Zing
Board Member,
Yazidi Legal
Network – Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq
Moderator: Armine Esmailian, Esq
Arman Tatoyan
Human Rights
Defender, Republic of
Armenia (2016-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Moderator: Christina Pisikian, Esq
The Fight For International Human Rights in Canada
Izabella Khachatryan
CFTJ Law Clinic
Alumna (2021-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Kelsey Gallagher
Researcher,
Project Ploughshares
Waterloo, Canada
Phillipe Larochelle
Partner,
Larochelle Advocats
Montreal, Canada
Christopher Waters
Professor,
University of Windsor
Ontario, Canada
Moderator: Tamara Voskanian, Esq
Reparations and Restitution: The Role of the International Legal Community
Maria Gevorgyan
CFTJ Law Clinic
Alumnus (2021-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Shelia Paylan
Independent Consultant,
International Law
& Human Rights
Yerevan, Armenia
Talin Hitik
Principal,
Law Office of
Talin A. Hitik
Chicago, USA
Siranush Sahakyan
Path of Law
Faculty, American
University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Prisoners of War: Conditions of Captivity and Avenues for Reparation
Michael Strauss
Professor,
Centre d’Etudes
Diplomatiques et
Strategiques
Paris, France
Milena Ansari
International
Advocacy Officer,
Addameer Prisoner
Support and Human
Rights Association
Ramallah, Palestine
Julia Grignon
Professor,
Laval University
Laval, Canada
Moderator: Harout Topchyan, Esq
Information Wars and Human Rights
Lilia Arakelyan
Professor, Florida
International University
Miami, USA
Hanna Samir Kassab
Professor,
East Carolina University
Greenville, USA
Florentina Andreescu
Professor,
University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC, USA
Maria Armoudian
Politics Senior Lecturer
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
RECOGNITION
Introduction: Arsineh Arakel, Esq
ENFORCING INTERNATIONAL LAW: Challenges and Lessons in International Law
Yeghishe Kirakosyan
Representative of the Republic of Armenia
before the European Court of Human Rights
Yerevan, Armenia
Moderator: Garo Ghazarian, Esq
Self-Determination and Resilience: Indigenous Struggle for Human Rights
Karnig Kerkonian
Partner,
Kerkonian Dajani LLP
Professor,
Artsakh State University
Chicago, USA
Sarah Babaian
Negotiation and Conflict
Consulting –
Dr. Sarah Babaian
Hamburg, Germany
Eric David
Professor,
Brussels Free University
President of the Centre
for International Law
Brussels, Belgium
Moderator: Varoujan Avedikian, Esq
Story-Telling and Human Rights
Arpi Melikyan
Ph.D Student, University of
California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA
Elke Heckner
Professor, University of Iowa
City of Iowa, USA
Presentation:
Alexander Lapshin
Russian-Israeli Blogger
and Journalist
Jerusalem, Israel
Armen Darbinyan
Prime Minister (1998 – 1999)
Rector, Russian-Armenian
University (RAU)
Yerevan, Armenia
Marianna Kalashyan
Director of the Institute
of Law and Politics
Russian-Armenian
University (RAU)
Yerevan, Armenia
Tigran Ambardaryan
Community Activist
Yerevan, Armenia
Margarita Karamyan
Community Activist
Yerevan, Armenia
Moderator: Olivia Route
Quasi-Legal Advocacy Strategies For Addressing Human Rights Abuses
Thomas Becker
Senior Clinical
Supervisor,
University Network
of Human Rights
Boston, USA
Anoush Baghdassarian
Juris Doctorate
Candidate (2022)
Harvard Law School
New York, USA
Moderator: Arsine Grigoryan, Esq
Cultural Heritage at Stake: How to Preserve, Mitigate Damage, and Punish Destruction
Sonya Hambardzumyan
CFTJ Law Clinic
Alumnus (2021-2022)
Yerevan, Armenia
Simon Maghakyan
Lecturer, University
of Colorado
Denver, USA
Alexander Herman
Director,
Institute of Art
and Law
London, UK
Yelena Ambartsumian
Founder, ORIGEN
Milford, USA
Moderator: Anoush Bagdassarian
High-Impact Advocacy for Human Rights: Lessons from Titans of Industry
John Prendergast
Human Rights and
anti-corruption activist,
New York Times
best-selling author
Washington DC, USA
Bonnie Abaunza
Social Impact
producer and strategist
Los Angeles, CA, USA
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Introduction: Anoush Baghdassarian
Judith Chomsky
Counsel, The Center
for Justice and Accountability
Philadelphia USA
