Previous conferences, seminars and expert meetings

2011
24 June 2011
Round Table Seminar
Round Table Seminar on the emergency go order organized by INTERVICT, Movisie and Aletta (institute for women's history). Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
More information, see program. Dutch information only

29 April 2011
Symposium on the National Research Domestic Violence organized by INTERVICT and WODC (Research and documentation centre of the Dutch ministry of Security and Justice).

7 & 8 April 2011
Colloquium on Sexual Violence as an International Crime
INTERVICT cooperates in the Colloquium on Sexual Violence as an International Crime
More information

5 April 2011
Symposium on the Rwandan Genocide

2010

10 December 2010
Seminar Financiële Identiteitsdiefstal
Op 10 december 2010 van 10:00-12:45 uur organiseren INTERVICT (International Victimology Intsitute Tilburg) en TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society), beide onderdeel van Tilburg University, een seminar over de bestrijding van financiële identiteitsdiefstal in Nederland.
Aansluitend op het seminar om 14:00 uur verdedigt Nicole van der Meulen haar proefschrift Fertile Grounds. The Facilitation of Financial Identity Theft in the United States and the Netherlands. Zowel seminar als promotie vinden plaats op de campus van Tilburg University.

Het seminar beoogt de bestrijding van financiële identiteitsdiefstal een stap verder te helpen door praktijk, beleid en wetenschap bij elkaar te brengen en te leren van ervaringen in de Verenigde Staten. Dr. Chris Hoofnagle (Berkely Law, University of California), internationaal expert op het gebied van identiteitsdiefstal, geeft een keynote-lezing vanuit Amerikaans perspectief. De rest van het seminar is Nederlandstalig. Prof. dr. Michel van Eeten (TU Delft) verzorgt een lezing vanuit sociaal-economisch en bestuurlijk perspectief. Aansluitend vindt een paneldiscussie plaats over de praktijk en de bestrijding van identiteitsdiefstal, met invalshoeken vanuit justitie, politie, de financiële sector en de wetenschap.

24 en 25 november 2010
Conferentie Risicotaxatie bij Huiselijk Geweld
Op 24 en 25 november 2010 organiseert het International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) in Utrecht de conferentie “Risicotaxatie bij huiselijk geweld”. Tijdens deze conferentie, die mogelijk wordt gemaakt door de Stichting Achmea Slachtoffer en Samenleving (SASS), worden de recentste inzichten met betrekking tot risicotaxatie bij huiselijk geweld gepresenteerd. De nadruk van beide dagen ligt op risicotaxatie-instrumenten die zijn ontwikkeld voor niet-klinisch geschoolde beoordelaars. Aan bod komen derhalve vooral de SARA-PV, de Bsafer, het RiHG en de ODARA. Ingegaan wordt op de praktische bruikbaarheid, relatieve betrouwbaarheid en de predictieve validiteit van dergelijke instrumenten. Daarnaast wordt op de eerste dag tevens een nieuw (“niet-klinisch”) instrument gepresenteerd voor het inschatten van de kans op herhaling op korte termijn.
Meer informatie.

12 mei 2010
Expert seminar: Crime-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
On 12 May 2010 the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) will organize an expert seminar about crime-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and related disorders. During this seminar Professor Dean Kilpatrick will provide a keynote speech.
Professor Kilpatrick is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals and books and was awarded several prestigious grants for his work.
In his presentation professor Kilpatrick will draw from his own research and his experiences as a clinical psychologist working with victims of crime. Professor Aldert Vrij will act as referee and is one of the most famous experts in the field of psychology and law. Experts from different background and disciplines working with victims of crime will have a panel discussion. Audience members will be encouraged to participate in the discussion.
This lecture is not only important for social scientists but also for lawyers because issues such as malingering and detection are often subject of discussion in legal processes.
This expert seminar is followed by the public defense of INTERVICT researcher Maarten Kunst. His thesis is entitled The Burden of Interpersonal Violence: examining the psychosocial aftermath of victimization.

2009

3 December 2009
Symposium: Groepsdwang en Geweten.
Misdaden tegen de menselijkheid. Dutch information
De spanning tussen systeemverantwoordelijkheid en individuele verantwoordelijkheid geldt op dit moment als een van de centrale thema's binnen de ethiek en is terug te vinden in heel verschillende domeinen, bijvoorbeeld binnen de gezondheidszorg, de economie, het strafrecht. Maar de verhouding tussen systeemverantwoordelijkheid en persoonlijke verantwoordelijkheid speelt ook een rol in situaties waar de scheidslijn tussen leven en dood heel dun is, rond oorlog en vrede. Vandaar dat de doordenking hiervan belangrijk is binnen het internationale strafrecht. De inbreng vanuit de sociale wetenschappen en ook vanuit de rechtswetenschap wordt tijdens dit symposium geconfronteerd met de praktijk van de vredeshandhaving. Het interdisciplinaire karakter van de bijeenkomst krijgt dan ook vorm door een aftrap van de sociale-psychologie door Prof. dr.Willem Doise, vervolgens de beleids- en praktische kant vanuit het leger middels een inleiding door Generaal Peter van Uhm, en tenslotte een juridische blik op schuld en vrije wil door Prof. dr. Alette Smeulers.
Locatie: Universiteit van Tilburg

5 November 2009
The Rwandan Genocide: Listening to survivors

Organisation
Centre for Science and Values, INTERVICT, Mukomeze, InterAct and Confessio (Magister JFT).

Information
Thursday 5 November 2009
16:00 - 18:00 hours (15:45 start of djembé performance by Djembasa)
Zwijsen building, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB, Tilburg
Free entrance / Language: English

With
Etienne Ruvebana, Lecturer international law KIU (Rwanda)/Ph.D. researcher University of Groningen
Henri Geerts, Head Centre for Science and Values
Rianne Letschert, Research director/Associate professor INTERVICT
Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Co-editor of 'The Men Who Killed Me'/Associate professor department Criminal Law
Djembasa, Djembé (drum) group from Breda

20-24 July 2009
Victimological approaches to international crimes, with a focus on Africa.
Together with Together Against Impunity (TAI, Rwanda), (Ibuka, Rwanda) and the Legal Aid Forum, INTERVICT organized an international conference on 'victimological approaches to international crimes' (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes). The tragic experience of the genocide in 1994 and subsequent efforts to address its legacy justifies the choice of Rwanda as the venue for the conference.
Venue: Hotel Le Printemps, Kigali, Rwanda.
Program

23 June 2009
Conference: Crisis control after calamities
To an integral aftercare policy for victims of disasters, calamities and accidents
This conference will focus on the psycho-social aftercare, the responsibility of the government, the liability of parties, and the financial settlement for victims. The conference is recommended for policy makers at local governments, people working in safety, health care and crisis communication, injury lawyers and representatives of victims organizations. The conference is not only about victims of major disasters, but will also focus on 'smaller' calamities that may occur in transportation, health care, crime and construction. 'Crisis control after calamities' will be organized in cooperation with Impact (psycho-social care), het Genootschap van Burgemeesters (Dutch organization of mayors) and Intervict.
Conference organized by Faq Congressen, Impact, het Genootschap van Burgemeesters and INTERVICT.
Venue: Aristo, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
More information on the conference website.

16-18 June 2009
An Interdisciplinary Colloquium
Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Legal and Social Perspectives
Conference organized by the Center on Law and Globalization of the University of Illinois College of Law and American Bar Foundation in cooperation with The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University/Campus The Hague and INTERVICT, Tilburg University.
Conference is organized with the support of the Center on Law and Globalization The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University/Campus The Hague and IINTERVICT, Tilburg University.
Venue: The Hague
Program

7 April 2009
15th Commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

On the 7th of April the book 'The Men Who Killed Me: Rwandan Survivors of Sexual Violence' will be launched during the opening of a photo exhibition of the survivors in the Zwijsen building at Tilburg University.
7 April 2009 is the 15th anniversary of the day the killings started in Rwanda in 1994. In the 100 days of genocide that ravaged Rwanda, 250,000 to 500,000 women and girls were raped.
"The Men Who Killed Me" (published by Douglas & McIntyre) is written by Anne-Marie de Brouwer (INTERVICT) and Sandra Ka Hon Chu, and photography is been done by Samer Muscati.

Program
Opening speech: Hein van Oorschot, President Executive Board of Tilburg University
Speech on genocide in Rwanda and how the country and its people are doing these days: Denise Uwimana, survivor of the genocide / former social worker at survivors' organisation in Rwanda
Introduction on the book and exhibtion: Anne-Marie de Brouwer, editor of The Men Who Killed Me
Testimonial: Jennifer Jun, student LLM International and European Public Law
Testimonial: Rianne Letschert, research director INTERVICT
Closing remarks: Jean Pierre Bizimana, ambassador of Rwanda

Information
Organisation: Centre for Science and Values, InterAct, INTERVICT and Mukomeze.

2008

12 December 2008
Expert symposium, Tilburg University
Rightly concerned: considering rape attrition
The past thirty years have been marked by efforts, most notably in a growing number of Western countries, to make the criminal justice system more responsive to victims' needs in general. Specific laws have been devised to improve procedural-legal concerns (inter alia, right to provide victim-statement, right to information) and to provide various forms of support to victims (psycho-social support, financial compensation et cetera).
During this symposium recent research will be presented that pays closer attention to how this development has played out in practice with regard to sexual victimization.
Program

10 - 11 March 2008
Standards for Victims of Terrorism, Tilburg University
The heightened awareness and consequences of terrorism for victims of terrorist acts has led to the inclusion of their needs in a number of international legal instruments of international bodies like the EU, the Council of Europe and the UN. However, these instruments are relatively abstract or include victims of terrorism under the broader heading of victims of crime in general. This is why the European Commission launched a preparatory action to support projects in favour of victims of terrorist actsand to promote the European dimension of support actions in favour of victims.
Program
Publication

2007

30 November 2007
Mini symposium on victims of stalking, Tilburg University
International experts and practitioners willlecture on the judicial approaches to stalking in their native countries. What problems do victims of stalking face when they come into contact with the police, how are these difficulties dealt with and what can we learn from other countries? Furthermore, an alternative approach to stalking through the use of private security and investigation agencies will also be investigated.
For further information, please contact ms. Suzan van der Aa LL.M. by e-mail.
Program

2006

12 October 2006
International Conference on Victim Empowerment
Program