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Friday, August 11, 2000 to Sunday, August 13, 2000
Arrival at Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto venue of the conference Optional Erev Shabbat services and meal.
Optional Shabbat services and luncheon.
Optional tours.
Sunday, August 13, 2000
6:30 p.m. Reception and Opening Ceremony:
Greetings:
Hon. Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Hon. Roy R. McMurtry, Chief Justice of Ontario, Canada
Hon. James Flaherty, Attorney-General of Ontario, Canada
Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister of Justice of Canada
Moshe Ronen, President, Canadian Jewish Congress, Canada
Keynote Presentation:
Judge Hadassa Ben-Itto, International President IAJLJ, Israel
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Friday, August 11, 2000 to
Sunday, August 13, 2000 |
Monday, August 14, 2000
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session:
Crimes Against Humanity in International Perspective:
Prof. Yoram Dinstein, former President, Tel Aviv University and Professor of Law, Israel
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, International Court of Justice (The Hague) and Vice-Chair, Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland (Zurich), USA
Prof. Irwin Cotler, MP, Faculty of Law, McGill University and International Human Rights Advocate, Canada
Jerome Shestack, former US Ambassador to UN Commission of Human Rights and former President, American Bar Association, USA
Ricardo Monner Sans, Human Rights Advocate, Argentina
Rapporteur:
Tamara Kronis, Torys; Formerly affiliated with Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague), Canada
12:00 noon Luncheon
Keynote Speaker:
Hon. Yossi Beilin, Minister of Justice, Israel
2:00 p.m and 3:45 p.m
Concurrent Sessions
1. Transitional Justice in Emerging Democracies:
Michael H. Traison, Miller, Canfield, Stone & Paddock LLP, USA
Prof. Aurel Braun, University of Toronto, Canada
Homer E. Moyers Jr., Miller & Chevalier, Chartered; Chairman, ABA Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, USA
David Matas, Human Rights Advocate, Canada
Prof. David Unterhalter, Director Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
2. International Commercial Arbitration:
Igor Ellyn QC, Ellyn-Barristers; Former President, Canadian Bar Association- Ontario, Canada
Hon. Marc Lalonde, Stikeman, Elliot; Former Minister of Justice, Canada
Hon. Madam Justice Joan Lax, Superior Court of Justice-Ontario, Canada
Judge Mayer Gabay, First Vice- President, UN Administrative Tribunal, Israel
3. Update on Restitution of Holocaust Era Assets:
Jack Silverstone, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Canadian Jewish Congress, Canada
Natasha C. Lisman, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.;
Counsel before Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Acccounts in Switzerland, USA
Deborah Senn, Insurance Commissioner, State of Washington, USA
Neal M. Sher, Chief of Staff, International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims and Immediate Past President IAJLJ American Section, USA
4. Religious Pluralism & Funding Obligations of Democratic Governments:
Keith M. Landy, Chairman, Canadian Jewish Congress-Ontario, Canada
Prof. Anne F. Bayefsky, York University and Counsel before UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR), Canada
Prof. Martin Scheinin, Member, UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR); Professor of Law, Abo Akademi University, Finland (invited)
7:00 p.m. At Home Dinners
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
9:00 a.m Plenary Session:
Combating Electronic Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial:
Bernie Farber, Executive Director, Canadian Jewish Congress-Ontario and Anti-Semitism expert, Canada
Robert P. Armstrong QC, Torys; Treasurer, Law Society of Upper Canada, Canada
Kenneth Stern, Specialist on Extremism & Anti-Semitism, American Jewish Committee, USA
12:00 noon Luncheon
Keynote Speakers:
Hon. Madam Justice Rosalie Abella, Ontario Court of Appeal, Canada
Prof. Irving Abella, Director, Centre for Judaic Studies, York University, Canada
2:00 p.m and 3:45 p.m
Concurrent Sessions:
1. Public Trials and Impact of the Media:
Jonathan Goldberg QC, Barrister, UK
Alain Jakubowicz, Avocat a la Cour, France
Brian Greenspan, Greenspan, Humphrey & Lavine, Canada
Prof. Amos Shapira, Co-Director, Minerva Centre for Human Rights; Former Dean of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2. Update on Human Rights Decisions:
Hon. Mr. Justice John I. Laskin, Ontario Court of Appeal, Canada
M. le Juge Claude Cohen, President Chambre a la Cour d'Appel de Paris, France
Dr. Yaffa Zilbershats, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
3. Free Trade in the Global Village:
Paula Stern, The Stern Group, Inc., USA
Prof. Eleanor Fox, School of Law, New York University, USA
Calvin S. Goldman, QC, Davies Ward & Beck; Former Director, Canadian
Competition Bureau, Canada
Douglas E. Rosenthal, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, USA
Dr. David Tadmor, Director, Israel Antitrust Authority, Israel
4. Secular Justice & Religious Law:
Joel Richler, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada
Nathan Lewin, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, LLP, USA
Rabbi Dow Marmur, Rabbi Emeritus, Holy Blossom Temple, Canada
Mr. Roni Milo, MK, former Mayor of Tel Aviv - Yaffo
6.00 p.m. Evening Free
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
8:30 a.m. Optional Breakfast Sizzler: How to Market Your Law Practice
Jay Jaffe, Jaffe Associates Marketing Consultants, USA
10:00 a.m. Plenary Session
How Jewish and Israel Issues are Portrayed in the International Media:
Marciarose Shestack, Broadcaster and former Television News Anchor, USA
Dr Alex Safian, Director, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, USA
Haroon Siddiqui, Columnist and Editorial Page Editor Emeritus, "Toronto Star", Canada
Dan Pattir, Broadcaster, Journalist and Editor-in-Chief, "Justice" Magazine, Israel
1:00 p.m. Closing Comments:
Itzhak Nener, First Deputy President, IAJLJ, Israel
1:10 p.m. Afternoon at Leisure and Optional Tours
7:30 p.m. Gala Closing Banquet
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