International Conference: War against Ukraine - Accountability and Responses

Part 1: The war in Ukraine since February 24 2022

• Welcome, Margareth Hagen, Rector, University of Bergen
• Opening speech, Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway
• Opening address from the Office of the President of Ukraine, Dr. Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
• Live from Ukraine, Bent Skjærstad, Journalist, TV 2
• Panel discussion, UiB-students Olena Mordas and Volodymyr Ilkiv, Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Rector, Margareth Hagen
• One year since the start of the full-scale Russian assault on Ukraine, Andrew Wilson, Professor, University College London, and Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Part 2: Justice

Subpart 2.1 - Accountability for the Crime of Aggression

• Introduction to relevant International Law, Terje Einarsen, Professor, University of Bergen
• The Crime of Aggression and its Application to Ukraine, Claus Kress, Professor, University of Cologne
• Ukraine’s position on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression, Dr. Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• The Civil Society Perspective on Accountability for the Crime of Aggression, Sasha Romantsova, Executive Director at Center for Civil Liberties (The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2022)

Subpart 2.2 - Accountability for War Crimes and Other International Crimes

• Russian Captivity: My Own Experience, Stanislav Aseyev, Journalist and Writer, Founder of the Justice Initiative Fund (Free Media Awards 2020)
• Documenting Russian War Crimes in Ukraine and the Quest for Justice, Roman Avramenko, Executive Director of Truth Hounds, Photo and Video Correspondent
• Requirements for Prosecuting War Crimes Committed in Ukraine, Ilia Utmelidze, Director of Case Matrix Network, CILRAP
• Closing Remarks – Reflections on Models of International Justice and Key Rules of Warfare, Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal, Deputy Secretary General, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee

Part 3: Norway and the War – Cooperating with Ukraine

• The war from a military perspective – Developments on the battlefield, Palle Ydstebø, Lieutenant Colonel, The Norwegian Armed Forces
• Education in times of war, Kseniia Smyrnova, Professor and Vice-Rector, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• Lifting up the Ukrainian War Generation, Ana Perona Fjeldstad, Executive Director of the European Wergeland Centre
• Trade cooperation, Ketil E. Bøe, Chairperson NUCC, Compliance Committee Chair, Member of the Exec.Committee, Partner Wikborg Rein
• Why is supporting Civilians of Ukraine Important?, Berit Lindeman, Secretary General, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
• Norway’s Support for Ukraine: priorities and future perspectives, Dr. Liliia Honcharevych, Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine in Norway