VOCAL Conference:
Victims’ rights in a cross-border setting

Friday, May 12, 2017 | 8:30 am - 4:30

Dr. Kuyperstraat 5, The Hague, The Netherlands

On 12 May, the fist VOCAL conference, Victims’ rights in a cross-border setting, will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands. This conference is organised in collaboration with White Collar Academy.

VOCAL is a growing group of lawyers who specialise in representing victims of crime. Their aim is to improve awareness of the legal needs and rights of victims of crime in Europe, including the needs of victims in cross-border cases.

Fore more information on the Victims of crime Association of lawyers, please visit their website: www.vocaladvocates.org

Speakers 

• Main chair: Ian Smith, Lawyer at The Chambers of Andrew Mitchell (London, UK)
   
• Co-chair: Richard Korver, Lawyer at Richard Korver Advocaten (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
   
• Mrs. Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (The Hague, The Netherlands)
   
• Mr. Carel Raymakers, partner at JahaeRaymakers (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
   
• Mr. Olivier Gutkès, partner at GUTKÈS Avocats (Paris, France) and William Christopher, partner at Kingsley Napley (London, UK)
   
• Mrs. Paolina Massidda, is the Principal Counsel of the Office of the Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
   
• Mrs. Siv Hallgren, head of the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission

Programme
 

• Welcome coffee and registration
   
• Chairs’ welcome
   
• Damages for Possession of Child Abuse Material: Legal possibilities and practical obstacles
  Mrs. Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (The Hague, The Netherlands)
   
• “They’re home again!”: retrieval of two stolen Van Gogh paintings for the Van Gogh Museum
  Mr. Carel Raymakers, partner at JahaeRaymakers (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
   
• Comparison of the victim’s rights in fraud proceedings in England and France
  Mr. Olivier Gutkès, partner at GUTKÈS Avocats (Paris, France) and William Christopher, partner at Kingsley Napley (London, UK)
   
• Representing Victims before the ICC
  Mrs. Paolina Massidda, is the Principal Counsel of the Office of the Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
   
• Kleptocracy and Asset Recovery                                                   
  Mr. Benjamin Borsodi, managing partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (Geneva, Switzerland)     
                                          
• Representing victims during the Anders Breivik trial
  Mrs. Siv Hallgren, head of the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission                                              
   
• Panel discussion & Chairs’ closing remarks
   
• Tour of the prison “Gevangenpoort”