Friday 13 June 2025 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot Open to all, subject to availability 10:00 - 10:30 Skip youtube video player Listen to audio Download audio Audio recording Part 1 : Prohibition of genocide : from violence and " black legends " to the crime of customary lawChair anne Cheng Speaker(s) Jean-Clément Martin Events Previous Introduction Henry Laurens & Samantha Besson Symposium 13 Jun 2025 9:00 - 9:30am Genocide, a customary law norm, but since when ? William Schabas Symposium 13 Jun 2025 9:30 - 10:00am The Vendée wars and genocide : beyond polemics, a crucial question Jean-Clément Martin Symposium 13 Jun 2025 10:00 - 10:30am Discussion Samantha Besson & Henry Laurens Symposium 13 Jun 2025 10:30 - 11:00am Not recorded The Elephant in the Room: Genocides, Past, Present and Future in an Era… Mark Levene Symposium 13 Jun 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm The perpetrators of genocide : the difficulty of disentangling the individua… Monique Chemillier-Gendreau Symposium 13 Jun 2025 12:00 - 12:30pm Discussion Samantha Besson & Henry Laurens Symposium 13 Jun 2025 12:30 - 1:00pm Not recorded Establishing the crime of genocide in the criminal trial : history, emotion … Guénaël Mettraux Symposium 13 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:00pm To put an end to the " motivation ".… Christian Ingrao Symposium 13 Jun 2025 3:00 - 3:30pm Discussion Samantha Besson & Henry Laurens Symposium 13 Jun 2025 3:30 - 4:00pm Not recorded Eradicating Gaza: How to Remember and Forget Genocide Omer Bartov Symposium 13 Jun 2025 4:15 - 4:45pm Memory, history and the present : the case of Gaza Rafaëlle Maison Symposium 13 Jun 2025 4:45 - 5:15pm Discussion Samantha Besson & Henry Laurens Symposium 13 Jun 2025 5:15 - 5:45pm Not recorded General discussion and conclusions Samantha Besson & Henry Laurens Symposium 13 Jun 2025 5:45 - 6:30pm Not recorded Next See also Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Henry Laurens, chair Contemporary History of the Arab World Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes