Activities
Conferences - Tilburg
Standards for Victims of Terrorism - Developing standards for assistance to victims of terrorism in the EU
Monday, 10 March 2008
Opening session
Chair day 1, Professor Jan van Dijk, research director INTERVICT, Tilburg , the Netherlands
Welcome
Chair day 1, Professor Jan van Dijk
Introduction to the EU Project
Siri Kemény, senior adviser at the National Mediation Service (Norway) and chair of the European Forum for Restorative Justice
Address by Professor Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch Minister of Justice
The Terrorism Threat in Europe
Professor Alex Schmid, director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews , UK
Address by Miguel García-Herraiz Roobaert, deputy director of the General Department of International Affairs for Terrorism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
The Role of Compensation
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 and managing partner and founder of The Feinberg Group, USA
Workshop 1 Access to Justice and Administration of Justice
Chair: Michael Kilchling (senior researcher, Max Planck Institute, Germany )
Opening remarks: Ines Staiger (researcher, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium )
Rapporteur: Suzan van der Aa (PhD researcher, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Workshop 2 Restorative Justice
Chair: Uri Yanay (professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Opening remarks: Inge Vanfraechem (researcher, National Institute of Criminal Sciences and Criminology , Belgium )
Rapporteur: Renske van Schijndel (PhD researcher, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Workshop 3 Compensation
Chair: Benrhard Koch (professor, University of Innsbruck , Austria )
Opening remarks: Rianne Letschert (associate professor, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Introduction: Kenneth Feinberg (special master, Compensation Fund 9/11, USA )
Rapporteur: José Mulder (PhD researcher, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Workshop 4 Continuing Psycho-Social Assistance
Chair: Magda Rooze (director, Impact, the Netherlands )
Opening remarks: Antony Pemberton (researcher, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Introduction: Ariëlle de Ruyter (senior policy worker, Impact, the Netherlands )
Rapporteur: Maarten Kunst (PhD researcher, INTERVICT, the Netherlands )
Closing session: report of the main findings of the workshops by the chairs of the workshops to the plenary
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Opening session
Chair day 2, Professor Letizia Paoli, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Moment of silence
Commemoration on the occasion of the Fourth European Day for the Victims of Terrorism
Primary and Secondary Victims of Terrorism
Dr. Basia Spalek, victimologist, University of Birmingham , UK
The role of restorative justice for victims of terrorism in Israel
Professor Uri Yanay, School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The role of restorative justice and victims of terrorism from a practitioners' point of view
Mr. Brendan McAllister, director of Mediation Northern Ireland, UK
Developing interactive processes to manage the aftermath of terrorist attacks
Donna Hicks, associate Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard
University, USA
The victims' perspective
Chair afternoon day 2, Professor Jan van Dijk
Interview with Jo Berry, Michael Buback and John Tulloch by Ralf Bodelier
Jo Berry is the daughter of Sir Anthony Berry, late British Member of Parliament, killed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1984
Michael Buback is the son of Siegfried Buback, late German Federal Attorney General, killed by the Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1977
John Tulloch is a victim of the London metro bombing in 2005
Address by Stefano Signore, member of cabinet of Commissioner Franco Frattini from DG Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, on the occasion of the Fourth European Day for the Victims of Terrorism
Statements by key organisations
The following NGOs and international organisations addressed the audience, with representatives presenting the organisation's opinion on the draft standards:
- The Council of Europe
- The World Society of Victimology - Mexico
- The European Forum for Restorative Justice
- The Belgian Red Cross
- The United Nations
- Volga-Don
- Victim Support Europe
- Asociación 11-M Afectados del Terrorismo
- The OSCE/ODIHR.
Discussion and endorsement of the Declaration on assistance to victims of terrorism
Closing remarks by Professor Ivo Aertsen, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
