11:00 - 13:00 Teaching Hub (via Corridoni, 20)

The aim of the conference is to analyse in depth how human rights and humanitarian law violations can be monitored through investigations and reports by international institutions and NGOs, and how they can be punished accordingly - also for the purpose of future prevention - from different international courts, in particular the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The first part of the conference will focus on the gathering of evidence of violations of the international law, with a particular attention to the difficulties encountered in their retrieval and the differences in the work of NGOs and officials of International Organizations.

In the second part, the influence that these relationships may have on international courts will be analyzed, with a particular emphasis on the procedure for the admission of evidence in trials following major violations of international law.

Lyal S. Sunga

Lyal S. Sunga is a recognized expert in international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law; currently he is Adjunct Professor at the John Cabot University in Rome and visiting Professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund (Sweden) and at the Strathmore Law School in Nairobi (Kenya).

Over the last 40 years, Professor Sunga has worked or consulted with several international organizations - such as the UN Security Council, UNHCR, UNDP, UNITAR, UNODC and the EU - and conducted human rights technical assistance in some 55 countries.

In its role as Human Rights Officer at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva between 1994 and 2001, he investigated facts and responsibilities related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, while in 2007 he served as Coordinator for the UN Human Rights Council's Group of Experts on Darfur.

Michele Caianiello

Michele Caianiello is Full Professor at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna since 2016; between 2018 and 2024, he has also been Director of the Department.

Professor Caianiello is also a lawyer, practicing in the field of criminal law since 1998; in 2015 he was admitted to the list of Assistants to the Counsel of the International Criminal Court.

During his career, he has conducted studies on various aspects of criminal justice, such as the prosecution phase, the law of evidence, and international and European criminal justice. He has been working for several years on issues concerning the relationship between legality and criminal proceedings, the effects of globalization and the internationalization of systems on criminal proceedings

with the participation of

Sabrina Hoxhaj, activist for the Forlì section of Amnesty International Italia, who will discuss the role that Amnesty has for the advocacy of human rights, especially concerning the drafting of its reports on human rights violations.

The Forlì section of Amnesty International Italia also supports the exhibition “L’Orrore della Guerra”, by Luigi Ferrari, which relates directly to the thematic of human rights by showcasing the horrors of war, especially from the civilians’ point of view.

You can visit it during the entire week of the Summit at the Volume Bar, inside the UniBo Campus in Forlì.

Workshop

"Forgotten conflicts: Giving Voice to the Invisible"

15:00 - 18:00 Teaching Hub (via Corridoni, 20)

The workshop will begin with an interactive experience where participants are invited to reflect on the definition of forgotten conflicts.

Next, speakers will share insights to shed light on these often-overlooked scenarios, exploring the role of the media in their storytelling and its impact on global perceptions.

Finally, participants will engage in a creativity exercise involving storytelling. With the insights and information gathered, they will be challenged to portray these conflicts from new perspectives, crafting narratives that give them a voice.

Lorenzo Nannetti

Lorenzo Nannetti is a senior analyst and project manager at Strategic Horizons, part of Il Caffè Geopolitico. He specializes in strategy and decision-making in crisis and conflict situations. Nannetti is also a Contributing Analyst for Wikistrat and writes for Italian and international newspapers. Furthermore, he is a member of Fight Club International, a network of defense wargaming experts.

Simone Gavazzi

Simone Gavazzi is a freelance journalist and researcher at the University of Neuchâtel. He focuses on migration and the Kurdish issue, particularly examining conflicts in the Kurdistan region. Additionally, he collaborates with various NGOs, including EMERGENCY and MEDICI SENZA FRONTIERE.

Francesco Niccolò Moro

Francesco Niccolò Moro is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna and an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University-SAIS Europe. He studies the strategies of armed groups, the construction of political authority, and security policies. He is also the Director of the Department of Political Science at the University of Bologna and has collaborated with institutions such as MIT and LUISS.