PROGRAMME:
Monday May 10th, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Session by Directors
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 Theoretical Victimology, Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff
12:30 - 16:00 Guided Tour of Historical Dubrovnik ( departs from IUC)
16:00 – 18:00 Victims of Terrorism, Zvonimir Paul Separovic
18:00 – 19:00 A Victimological History of Dubrovnik. D. Lee Gilbertson
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 Towards a Consistent Jurisprudence regarding the Status and Rights of Victims before the International Criminal Court? Astrid Reisiger- Coracini
10:00 – 11:00 Victim Oriented Criminal Justice in Italy: Mediation and the Restorative Justice Pradigm. Pierluca Massaro
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Victims Conflict paradigm: the Italian perspective compared. Giselda Cianciola
11:30 – 12:30 Considerations in the Measurement of Access to Justice: External Variables Influencing Victim Experiences in the Criminal Justice System. Malini Laxminarayan
12:30 - 16:00 Siesta
16:00– 17:00 The History of Restorative Justice. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
17:00 – 18:00 The Role of Victims in peace and healing Circles. Isabel Thoß
18:00 – 19:00 Gaps in victim assistance: Results of an explorative, qualitative study on different categories of victims in the Netherlands. Fanny Klerx-van Mierlo
19:00 20:00 Why it is important that “The Hulsman Foundation” is alive… Jehanne Hulsman
21:30 Memorial Louk Hulsman Fishplatter Dinner at Rosarij (Voluntary)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 The Offender- Victim Relationship in international war tribunals after World War II. Wolfgang Form
10:00 – 11:00 Music therapy for PTSD solders and terror victims. Moshe Bensimon
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Intervention with recovering survivors of victimization. Natti Ronel
13:00 – 20:00 Excursion to Trsteno Arboretum and the Oyster Farms of Ston
Bus departs from Pile Gate. Attention: At the arboretum a Group Picture will be Taken.
Thursday, May13th, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 Why bad things happen and what we do about it: a survey of psychological responses to victimization experiences. Andrew Davies
10:00 – 11:00 Aboriginal Restorative Justice: New Institutional Developments from Canada. Margot Hurlbert
11:00 – 12:00 The Significance of the apology process for victims and perpetrators. Neil Funk-Unrau
12:00 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 18:00 Family Group Conferencing in Germany. Otmar Hagemann
18:00 – 19:00 The Development of Restorative Justice in Eastern Europe. Dobrinka Chankova
19 – 20:00 Overcoming past victimization for reentry into society. Dawn Beichner
Friday, May 14th, 2009
9:00 – 11:00 Cultural Victimization: Exploring the opinions of Sub-Saharan and South Asian students as to the extent to which the use of dowry constitutes and contributes to cultural victimization. Dick Andzenge
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Child Friendly Justice. Ksenija Turkovic
12:30- 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 18:00 The Development of the National Guidelines for Victim Empowerment. Juan Nel
16:00 – 17:00 The Victims of the genocide in Iraqui Kurdistan and its impact on children. Nazar Jamil Abdulazeez
18:00 – 19:00 Women and Domestic Violence in India. Nazia Kahn
Saturday, May 15th,2010
Excursion with Boat and Fishbarbecue to Two Islands of the Dalmation Coast
Sunday, May 16th 2010
Recharge your batteries day
Monday, May 17th, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 Reparations for the Victims of Human rights Violations: the inter-American Experience. Angelita Baeyens
10:00 – 11:00 Restorative Justice and Victims of Terror. Ines Staiger
11:00 - !1:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 The world of mediation in the field of conflicts – about the challenges of mediation and the benefits for the victims. Peter Schäfer
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 18:00 The Role of Community in Victim empowerment policies. Angelo Fynn
18:00 – 19:00 Municipalities as Victims of Right-Wing Extremism. Marc Coester
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
9:00 – 11:00 00 Student Presentations
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Presentations
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 19:00 Student Presentations
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
8:00 – 20:00 Excursion to Montenegro
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
9:00 -10:00 Cross-Cultural Communication: Communicating with Cross-Cultural Victims. Marge Pryately
10:00 – 11:00 : Femicide. Janice Joseph
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 -12:30 Student Presentations
1230 -17:00 Siesta
17:00 - 19:00 Student Presentations
Friday, May 21st, 2010
9:00 - 10:00 Fear of crime and Punitiveness among students of the University of Zagreb- preliminary findings of a survey. Anna-Maria Getos
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 Student Paper Presentations
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 19:00 Student Paper Presentations
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
9:00 – 10:00 Student Paper Presentations
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 13:30 Student Paper Presentations
13:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 19:00 Graduation Ceremony
20:00 – Open End Fare Well Party at the Sesame
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Departure to Home
Please note that it is a long Tradition of the Dubrovnik Victimology Course to attend a Classical Concert in the Old Town. This is mandatory and we will inform you on time about the timing. The tickets will be provided by us.!!!
Faculty and Resource Persons
Nazar Jamil Abdulazeez, Kurdistan Region, Iraque
Angelita Baeyens, Washington DC, USA and Ibague, Columbia
Moshe Bensimon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dawn Beichner, Normal, USA
Dobrinka, Chankova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Giselda Cianciala, Bari,Italy
Marc Coester, Hannover, Germany
Andrew Davies, Albany, USA
Wolfgang Form, Marburg, Germany
Neil Funk-Unrau, Winnipeg, Canada
Angelo Fynn, Pretoria, South Africa
Anna-Maria Getos, Zagreb, Croatia
D.Lee Gilbertson, St.Cloud, USA
Otmar Hagemann, Kiel, Germany
Jehanne Hulsman, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Margot Hurlbert, Regina, Canada
Janice Joseph, Pomona, USA
Nazia Kahn, New Dehli, India
Hans-Jürgen Kerner, Tübingen, Germany
Malini Laxminatayan, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Pierluca Massaro, Bari, Italy
Juan Nel, Pretoria, South Africa
H.Potter III, St.Cloud, USA
Marge Pryately, St.Cloud, USA
Astrid Reisinger Coracini, Graz, Austria
Natti Ronel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Peter Schäfer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Ines Staiger, Cologne, Germany
Isabel Thoß, Tübingen, Germany
Ksenija Turkovic, Zagreb, Croatia
Fanny Klerx van Mierlo, Tilburg, The Netherlands