Pacific Islands Roundtable on the ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Port Vila, Vanuatu Date: 31 May 2019 Time: 09:30 – 18:00 Venue: The Melanesian Port Vila Hotel
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Government Representatives & Members of Parliament
Fiji 1. Hon. Ro Teimumu Kepa, MP, PGA member
Kiribati 2. Hon. Natan Teewe Brechtefeld, Minister of Justice
3. Mr. Birimaka Tekanene, First Permanent Secretary for Justice, Ministry of Justice
4. Ms. Tetiro Semilota, Attorney General
5. Hon. Teima Onorio, MP
6. Hon. Ieremia Tabai, MP
Samoa 7. Hon. Lemalu Lemi Taefu, MP, PGA member
Solomon Islands 8. Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka, MP, PGA member
Tonga 9. Hon. Vuna Fa’otusia, Minister of Justice
Tuvalu 10. Hon. Isaia Vaipuna Taape, MP, PGA member
11. Hon. Kausea Natano, MP, Chair of the Parliament Public Accounts Committee
12. Hon. Simon Kofe, MP, Rules Committee, Member of Cabinet, former Senior Magistrate
Vanuatu 13. Hon. Esmon Saimon, Speaker of Parliament
14. Hon. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade
15. Hon. Ps Don Ken Stephen, Minister for Justice of Vanuatu
16. Mr. Arnold Kiel Loughman, Attorney General, Vanuatu
17. Hon. Silas Melve Bule, MP
18. Hon. Ronald Warsal Kalmasei, MP, former Minister of Justice and Community Service of Vanuatu
19. Hon. Jacob Matanagwele, MP
20. Hon. Albert Abel Williams, MP
Representatives of the Diplomatic Community
21. H.E. Ambassador Kym-gu Kang, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
22. Mr. HyungJu Kim, First Secretary and Political, Economic, and Development Officer, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
23. H.E. Ambassador John H. Licht, Embassy of Vanuatu to the European Union (EU), Belgium, and the United Kingdom (UK)
ICC Officials
24. H.E. Mr. O-Gon Kwon, President of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC
25. Mr. Matias Hellman, External Relations Adviser, Presidency of the ICC
Experts and Civil Society
26. Judge Song Sang-hyun, former President of the International Criminal Court; President of the UNICEF Committee of the Republic of Korea; Professor of Law, University of Seoul
27. Dr. Carrie MacDougall, Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School
28. Dr. Christopher Bartlett, Knowledge & Resilience Manager, Australia Pacific Climate Partnership
29. Dr. Jessie Chella, Lecturer in Law, The University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus
30. Dr. Nabil Ahmed, Senior Researcher, Ecological Defence Integrity
31. Professor Eric Colvin, Head of the School of Law, Emalus Campus, The University of the South Pacific
32. Ms. Kirsten Meersschaert, Director of Programs, Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
33. Ms. Shirleen Chin, Head of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships, Ecological Defence Integrity
PGA Staff
34. Ms. Frederika Schweighoferova, Senior Legal Officer, International Law and Human Rights Programme