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19-20 November, 2008: HiiL Briefing Session on ICC Legal Tools Project

HiiL held Briefing Session on ICC Legal Tools Project to introduce the project to States and NGO as side event of the 7th International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties Meeting in The Hague.

Two briefing sessions, aimed at introducing the Legal Tools project to the States and NGOs, were held as side-events of the Seventh International Criminal Court (ICC) Assembly of States Parties Meeting in the Hague.

The meeting directed to States took place on 19 November, 13.00-15.00 in the Oceania 2 room of World Forum Convention Center and was co-sponsored by the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

The meeting for NGOs was held on 20 November, 11:00-12:00h, in the Africa room of the World Forum Convention Center.

During the meetings the Legal Tools project, its services, status and further development ideas were presented. The presentations, which included a real life demonstration of the ICC database on Implementing Legislation and Case Matrix were met with a great interest and appreciation from the attendees.

HiiL contributed to the organisation of these meetings as one of the Legal Tools Outsourcing Partners which also include: the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, the Human Rights Law Center (University of Nottingham), the International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials (University of Marburg), the Institute of Informatics and Law (University of Saarland), the Institute of International Law and International Relations (Karl-Franzens University of Graz), TRIAL (Switzerland) and T.M.C. Asser Institute.

The Legal Tools are a collection of electronic legal tools and services of the Court, which facilitate the effective research and practice of international criminal law. The Legal Tools aspire to serve as a complete virtual library on international criminal law and justice and, as such, equip users with the complete legal information, commentaries and software required to work with international criminal law.