Capacity Building for Legal and Social Advancement in the Philippines (CALESA)

Conference on International Law and Counter-Terrorism

6-10 February 2023

Program

DAY 1 – Monday, 6 February 2023

Time Activity
8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration and Welcoming of Guests
8:30 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks by Dean Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
Introduction to the CALESA Project by Mr. José Manuel De Torres
9:00 – 10:00 AM First Speaker: Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Frías (PhD)
Topic: Basic Aspects of International Cooperation in Criminal
Matters: Concept of Cooperation, Concept of Transnational Crime
and General Principles
10:00 – 11:00 AM Second Speaker: Dra. Ana Salinas (PhD)
Topic: Countering Terrorism and Protecting Human Rights:
A General Approach
10:00 – 11:00 AM Third Speaker: Dr. Ignacio Álvarez Arcá (PhD)
Topic: Terrorism and the EU (I)
12:00 NN Lunch

DAY 2 – Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Time Activity
8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration and Welcoming of Guests
9:00 – 10:00 AM First Speaker: Ms. Elena Avilés Hernández
Topic: The Impact of Anti-Terrorism Regulations on the Spanish
Penal Code
10:00 – 11:00 AM Second Speaker: Dra. Athina Sachoulidou (PhD)
Topic: The Harmonisation of Terrorist Offences at EU Level:
The Overall Framework
10:00 – 11:00 AM Third Speaker: Dr. Vasco Becker-Weinberg
Topic: The International Law of the Seas: Terrorism, Law
Enforcement and Human Rights at Sea
12:00 NN Lunch
DAY 3 – Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Time Activity
8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration and Welcoming of Guests
9:00 – 10:00 AM First Speaker: Dr. Richard Collins (PhD)
Topic: International Law of the Seas and Piracy
10:00 – 11:00 AM Second Speaker: Dr. Ana Salinas de Frías, Dr. Alejandro Sánchez
Frías and Dr. Ignacio Álvarez Arcá
Topic: Practical Session on Terrorism, UN, UE and Human Rights

11:00 – 12:00 AM Third Speaker: Mrs. Elena Avilés Hernández, Dr. Vasco Weinberg
and Dr. Richard Collins
Topic: Practical Session on Terrorism, Piracy and Criminal Law
12:00 NN Lunch

DAY 4 – Thursday, 9 February 2023

Time Activity
9:30 – 10:00 AM Registration and Welcoming of Guests
10:00 – 12:00 AM Speakers: Dr. Ana Salinas de Frías, Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Frías
and Dr. Ignacio Álvarez Arcá
Topic: Presentation of Findings on Terrorism, Piracy and Criminal
Law before the Legislative Branch
12:00 NN Lunch

DAY 5 – Friday, 10 February 2023

Time Activity
9:30 – 10:00 AM Registration and Welcoming of Guests
10:00 – 12:00 AM Speakers: Dr. Ana Salinas de Frías, Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Frías
and Dr. Ignacio Álvarez Arcá
Topic: Presentation of Findings on Terrorism, UN, UE and
Human Rights before the Executive Branch
12:00 NN Lunch