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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 .

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