The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (OTP) recently launched a new Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation, in which the OTP becomes a hub for international criminal accountability efforts, and partners with national authorities and other accountability mechanisms.  In his talk, Professor René Urueña will explore the Policy’s main innovations, provides examples of its implementation, and discusses its challenges, and opportunities.

Note: This event is open to the public and free to attend live online (via Microsoft Teams).

Speaker: Professor René Urueña

René Urueña is professor at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Max Planck Fellow, and Special Advisor on Complementarity to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Chair: Dr Maria Varaki

Dr Maria Varaki is a Lecturer in International Law in the War Studies Department at King's College London. Before moving to London, she held research positions at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights in Helsinki and at the Law Faculty of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She was also an Assistant Professor of International Law at Kadir Has University in Istanbul.

Maria holds a PhD in International Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway, Ireland, and two LLM degrees in International and Comparative Law from Tulane University and New York University School of Law. She is currently a Research Associate on the Three Generations of Digital Human Rights ERC project (2023-2028) at Hebrew University’s Faculty of Law.