24th Annual Conference and General Meeting of IAP, Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 - 19 September 2019

Monday, 16 September 2019

Opening Addresses and Welcome Ceremony

Speakers:

• Luis Cevasco, Attorney General of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Gerhard Jarosch, President of the IAP
• Bautista Mahiques, Under-Secretary of Penitentiary Affairs and Relations with the Judiciary and the Academic Community, National Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Argentina
• Diego Santilli, Deputy Chief of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Chair of the City Legislature, Argentina
• Alberto Maques,  President of the Council of Justices and Magistrates of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

What is on the IAP Agenda

• Han Moraal, Secretary General of the IAP BIO

Keynote Speech: TBA

Chair: Francisco Pont Verges, Secretary of Criminal Policies of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO

Speaker:

• Max Hill, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service, UK SPEECH

Plenary 1: Different Systems - Similar Challenges

Chair: Rasmus Kieffer-Kristensen, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Denmark BIO

Speakers:

• Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Appeal Court of Paris, France BIO SPEECH
• Mariano Federici, Chair, EGMONT BIO SYNOPSIS
• Sacha Palladino, Counsel, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice, Canada BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Carlos Rivolo, Federal Prosecutor, Argentina BIO SYNOPSIS PPT

Plenary Discussion

Facilitator: Robert Wallner, Prosecutor General, Liechtenstein BIO

Participants:

• Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Appeal Court of Paris, France BIO
• Mariano Federici, Chair, EGMONT BIO SYNOPSIS
• Michael Kovac, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Nevada Office of the Attorney General, USA BIO
• Lisa Osofsky, Director of the Serious Fraud Office, UK
• Sacha Palladino, Counsel, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice, Canada BIO
• Carlos Rivolo, Federal Prosecutor, Argentina BIO SYNOPSIS
• James Stewart, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC) BIO
• David Harvie, Crown Agent, Scotland BIO
• Alexey Zakharov, Deputy Prosecutor General, Russia BIO

Special Presentation:  Introduction of Practical Guide for Requesting Electronic Evidence Across Borders from Private Communications Service Providers

Speakers:

• Gary Balch, General Counsel of the IAP SPEECH
• Arianna Lepore, Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• Marc Porret, Legal and Criminal Justice Coordinator, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED) SPEECH

Special Interest Group Session I

Heads of Prosecution Services

Facilitator: Luis Cevasco, Attorney General of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Alejandro Gulle, Prosecutor General, Province of Mendoza, Argentina SPEECH
• Jorge Miquelarena, Prosecutor General, Province of Chubut, Argentina

Global Prosecutors E-Crime Network (GPEN)

Facilitator: Edith Van Den Broeck, Senior Legal Advisor of the IAP BIO

Speakers:

• Daniela Dupuy, Prosecutor in charge of Cybercrime, Argentina BIO PPT
• Yonghwa Hong, Senior Counsel, Legal VIce Presidency, World Bank BIO
• Lavly Perling, Prosecutor General, Estonia BIO
• Anusha Rawoah, Senior State Counsel, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mauritius BIO PPT

Prosecutors Exchange Programme (PEP)

Facilitators:

Nicola Mahaffy, IAP Vice-President, North America

Nicholas Cowdery, former Director of Public Prosecutions for New South Wales, Australia and past President of the IAP BIO

Speakers:

• David Harvie, Crown Agent, Scotland BIO SPEECH
• Manon Lapointe,  General Counsel with the Regulatory and Economic  Prosecutions and Management Branch, Public Prosecution Service, Canada BIO
• Eugene Otuonye, Director of Public Prosecutions, Turks and Caicos Islands BIO PPT
• Erdenetuya Ulambayar,  Prosecutor, International Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance Department, Office of the Prosecutor General, Mongolia BIO SPEECH
• Lawrence Wasden, Attorney General for Idaho, USA BIO

Tuesday, 17 September

Special Presentations: Launch of IAP Spanish Website & Introduction to Prometea 

Speakers:

• Marcelo Varona  Quintián, Head, Training Office, Attorney General’s Office, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO
• Florencia Reichart, Sworn Translator, Attorney General’s Office, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Denise Ciraudo, Secretary to Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO SPEECH

PLENARY 2:  COLLECTION AND SHARING OF EVIDENCE

Chair: Gonzalo Viña, Prosecutor  in Criminal, Misdemeanors and Petty Offenses Matters of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Speakers:

• Thomas Burrows, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Department of Justice, Criminal Division, USA BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Shai Nitzan, State Attorney, Israel BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Julieta Lozano, Deputy Bureau Chief, New York Country District Attorney’s Office, USA BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Lionel Yee, Deputy Attorney General, Singapore BIO SYNOPSIS PPT

Plenary Discussion

Facilitator: Nick Price, Head of International Justice and Organized Crime Division, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales

Participants:

• Mutaeb Alotabi, Legal Counselor, Saudi Customs, Saudi Arabia BIO
• Thomas Burrows, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Department of Justice, Criminal Division, USA BIO
• Philomena Creffield, Head of UK Central Authority BIO
• Shai Nitzan, State Attorney, Israel BIO
• Julieta Lozano, Deputy Bureau Chief, New York Country District Attorney’s Office, USA BIO
• Lionel Yee, Deputy Attorney General, Singapore BIO

Workshop Session 1

Workshop A

Difference Between Intelligence and Evidence (Based around the Practical Guide for Requesting Electronic Evidence Across Borders from Private Communications Service Providers)

Chair: Arianna Lepore, Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) BIO

Speakers:

• Virgil Ivan-Cucu, Senior Expert/Senior Lecturer, EuroMed(video presentation) BIO SYNOPSIS
• Marc Porret, Legal and Criminal Justice Coordinator, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)
• Francisco Pont Verges, Secretary of Criminal Policies of the  Prosecutor General’s Office of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Olga Zudova, Senior Regional Legal Adviser, Legal Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) BIO PPT

Workshop B

Alternatives to Mutual Legal Assistance

Chair: Ewa Korpi, Senior Public Prosecutor, National Unit against Organized Crime, Sweden BIO

Speakers:

• Janet Henchey, Director General, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice, Canada BIO PPT
• Ilias Konstantakopoulos, Public Prosecutor/Justice Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Lene Doherty, Lawyer, UK Central Authority, International Directorate, UK BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Julieta Lozano, Deputy Bureau Chief, New York Country District Attorney’s Office, USA BIO
• Jeehye Son, Deputy Chief/Prosecutor, International Cooperation Center, Supreme Prosecutors Office,South Korea BIO PPT

Special Session

Network of Anti-Corruption Prosecutors (NACP)

International Co-operation in Corruption Cases

Facilitator: Kamran Aliyev, Deputy Prosecutor General, Director of the Anticorruption Directorate with the Prosecutor General, Azerbaijan BIO PPT

Speakers:

• Hoodin Haji, Director of Public Prosecutions, Kenya BIO PPT
• David Leung,Director of Public Prosecutions, Hong Kong SAR, China BIO PPT
• Kwek Mean Luck,Solisitor-General, Attorney General's Chambers, Singapore BIO SPEECH
• Eduardo Riggi, Appellate Prosecutor in Criminal Matters, Attorney General’s Office of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina SPEECH
• Chris Toth, Executive Director, National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG),USA PPT

Special Interest Group Session II

Meeting for Military Prosecutors in cooperation with the International Criminal Justice Network

International co-operation with partners in the theatre of operations and the challenges faced by international tribunals in obtaining co-operation

Facilitators:

Bruce MacGregor, Director of Military Prosecutions, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Canada BIO/ENG BIO/FR

Lars Stevnsborg, Military Prosecutor General, Denmark BIO

Speakers:

• Bruce MacGregor, Director of Military Prosecutions, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Canada BIO/ENG BIO/FR
• Lisa Ferris, Director of Military Prosecutions, New Zealand BIO
• Sara Root, Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Army, USA

Forum for Associations of Prosecutors

Security and Independence of Prosecutors

Facilitator:

Marcelo Varona  Quintián, President, Argentinian Association of Prosecutors BIO

Speakers:

• María Fernanda Poggi, National Prosecutor in Juvenile Criminal Matters, Argentina PPT
• Susana Marta Pernas, Attorney General of the Juvenile Oral Trial Court of the Autonomous City of Buenos, Argentina PPT
• Maite De Rue, Policy Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative SPEECH

• Diego Garcia -Sayan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Peru (Video Presentation)

• Kelly Theologitou, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Court of Appeals of Kalamata, Greece SPEECH

Mega Trials

Facilitator: Walter Fernández, City of Buenos Aires Appellate District Attorney, Argentina

Speakers:

• Ricardo Gil Lavedra, former Federal Appellate Judge and current Associate Judge of the National Supreme Court of Justice, Argentina Argentina SPEECH
• Javier Zaragoza Aguado, Prosecutor before the Supreme Court, Counter-terrorism Advisor, State’s Attorney General Office, Madrid, Spain SPEECH

Wednesday, 18 September

Plenary 3: The Role of Prosecutors in Cross-border Investigations

Chair: Mike Chibita, Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda BIO

Speakers:

• Gina Cabrejo, Criminal Justice Instructor - Latin American Programs, National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Appeal Court of Paris, France BIO SPEECH
• Yuval Kaplinsky, Director of International Department, Office of the State Attorney, Israel BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Almeida Edson, Associate Prosecutor General, Federal Prosecution Service, Brazil PPT
• Maria Alejandra Mángano, Prosecutor, Prosecution Office Specialized in Human Trafficking Matters, National Public Ministry, Argentina BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Mary Rodriguez, General Counsel, INTERPOL BIO SYNOPSIS SPEECH

Plenary Discussion

Facilitator: Claire Loftus, Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland BIO

Participants:

• Akram Alkhatteb, Attorney General, Palestine BIO
• Mousa Alfaifi, Member of Public Prosecution, Saudi Arabia BIO
• Yuval Kaplinsky, Director of International Department, Office of the State Attorney, Israel BIO
• Almeida Edson, Associate Prosecutor General, Federal Prosecution Service, Brazil
• Gina Cabrejo, Criminal Justice Instructor - Latin American Programs, National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) BIO
• Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Appeal Court of Paris, France BIO
• Maria Alejandra Mángano, Prosecutor,  Prosecution Office Specialized in Human Trafficking Matters, National Public Ministry, Argentina BIO
• Klaus Meyer-Cabri, Vice President, EUROJUST BIO
• Mary Rodriguez, General Counsel, INTERPOL BIO SYNOPSIS
• Veli Unal, Rapporteur Judge, High Council of Judges and Prosecutors, Turkey BIO

Workshop Session 2

Workshop A

Differences in the Role of the Prosecutor in Inquisitorial and Accusatorial Systems

Chair: Gabriel Unrein, Appellate Prosecutor in Criminal Matters for the Attorney General’s Office of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO

Speakers:

Satyajit Boolell, Director of Public Prosecutions, Mauritius, IAP Vice President BIO SYNOPSIS

• Satyajit Boolell, Director of Public Prosecutions, Mauritius, IAP Vice Piesident BIO

• Néstor Maragliano, Prosecutor in Criminal, Misdemeanor and Petty Offenses Matters for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO SPEECH

• Mario Carrera, Adjunct Prosecutor of Maipú, Western Metropolitan Regional Prosecution Office, Chile BIO

Workshop B

The Role of International Liaison Prosecutors

Chair: Nicola Staub, Public Prosecutor for the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland BIO

Speakers:

• Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Appeal Court of Paris, France BIO SPEECH
• Michael Grant, United States Department of Justice, Resident Legal Advisor, Georgia BIO PPT
• Jacques Lemire, Senior Counsel, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice, Canada BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Shenaz Muzaffer, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, International, Crown Prosecution Service, UK BIO SYNOPSIS SPEECH

Special Session

Regional Forum for Africa and Indian Ocean

Children‘s Rights in the Era of Social Media

Facilitator: Satyajit Boolell, Director of Public Prosecutions, Mauritius, IAP Vice President BIO

Speakers:

• Mary Kachale, Director of Public Prosecutions, Malawi PPT
• Carla Patricia Correia, Prosecutions Office, Angola PPT

Regional Forum for Asia and the Pacific

The Effective Response to Cyber-Crime

Facilitator:

Cheol-Kyu Hwang, Chief Prosecutor, International Centre for Criminal Justice, Korea

Speakers:

• Mutaeb Alotabi, Legal Couselor, Saudi Customs, Saudi Arabia BIO SPEECH
• Ralph Vincent Catedral, Prosecution Development Specialist on Thought Leadership and Advocacy, International Justice Mission (IJM), National Office, Philippins BIO PPT
• Yonghwa Hong, Senior Counsel, Legal Vice Presidency, World Bank BIO

Network of Military Prosecutors (NMP)

Roundtable Discussion (for specially designated NMP contacts)

Recent Developments in Military Criminal Justice

Facilitators:

Bruce MacGregor, Director of Military Prosecutions, Canada BIO/ENG BIO/FR

Lars Stevnsborg, Military Prosecutor General, Denmark BIO

Introduction of Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court (COPLA) Initiative

Facilitator: Luis Cevasco, Attorney General of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Speakers:

• Fernando Iglesias, Member of the Lower House, Argentina’s National Congress BIO SPEECH
• German Garavano, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina SPEECH

Thursday, 19 September

Plenary 4: The Impact of Alternatives to Prosecution on International Co-operation

Chair: Lavly Perling, Prosecutor General, Estonia BIO

Speakers:

• Lisel Avey, State Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia, Australia BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Pontus Bergsten, Senior Public Prosecutor, National Unit against Organized Crime, Sweden BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• David Gurfinkel, Partner, Allende &Brea BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Padma Rao Lakkaraju, Advocate, Bar Council of Telangana, India BIO SYNOPSIS PPT
• Anamara Osorio Silva, Federal Prosecutor’s Office at São Paulo, Brazil BIO SYNOPSIS PPT

Plenary Discussion

Facilitator: Donna Babb-Agard, Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbados BIO

Participants:

• Lisel Avey,  State Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia, Australia BIO SYNOPSIS
• Pontus Bergsten, Senior Public Prosecutor, National Unit against Organized Crime, Sweden BIO
• David Gurfinkel, Partner, Allende &Brea BIO SYNOPSIS
• Padma Rao Lakkaraju, Advocate, Bar Council of Telangana, India BIO
• Carolina Mauri, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutions Service of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina BIO
• Silvia Moreira, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutions Service of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina BIO
• Marc Porret, Legal and Criminal Justice Coordinator, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)
• Anamara Osorio Silva, Federal Prosecutor’s Office at São Paulo, Brazil BIO SYNOPSIS

Special Interest Group Session III

Network for Environmental Crime

International Co-operation and Environmental Protection

Facilitator: Luis Cevasco, Attorney General of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Speakers:

• Ricardo Merlo, President of the Association of Prosecutors, Paraguay
• Blas Matias Michienzi, Head of the Prosecution Unit Specialized in Environmental Matters, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Vladimir Zimin, Special Counselor to The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Russia PPT

Trafficking in Persons Platform (TIPP)

Fighting Human Trafficking Through Global Cooperative Efforts

Facilitator: Maria Alejandra Mángano, Prosecutor,  Prosecution Office Specialized in Human Trafficking Matters, National Public Ministry, Argentina BIO

Speakers:

• Mike Chibita, Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda BIO PPT
• Silke Albert, Crime Prevention Expert, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section BIO

Prosecutors Consumer Protection Network (PCPN)

Combating Transnational Mass Marketing Fraud

Facilitator:

• Abigail Stempson, Director, NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection, National Association of Attorneys General NAAG, USA BIO PPT

Speakers:

• Satyajit Boolell, Director of Public Prosecutions, Mauritius BIO PPT

• Richard Goldberg, Senior Counsel for Complex Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch, USA BIO PPT

• Laura Alejandra Perugini, Prosecutor in Contentious and Administrative Matters of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina BIO PPT

• Sidney Rosa da Silva Junior, Coordinator, Prosecutor's Offices in Consumer Protection Matters, Public Prosecution of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil BIO PPT

Closing Ceremony

Speakers:

• Luis Cevasco, Attorney General of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• President of the IAP
• Kelly Theologitou, General Secretary of  the Hellenic Association of Prosecutors - Presentation of the 25th Annual Conference and General Meeting of the IAP in Athens, Greece