The European Innocence Network and Knoops' Innocence Project are hosting the 4th European Innocence Network Conference on November 8, 2019 in Amsterdam. The conference theme is "Wrongful Convictions: An International Concern" and will feature speakers from Europe, the US, and China. Registration is now open and includes attendance at the closing dinner on November 8. Two nearby hotels are offering discounted rooms for conference attendees who must book before October 7.

1. The European Innocence Network and the Knoops’ Innocence
Project are pleased to announce that the registration for the
2019 European Innocence Network Conference is now open!
On 8th November 2019, the fourth European Innocence Network Conference
will be held at the Symphony Auditorium in Amsterdam. We were able to find
two hotels where you can book a room with a discount.
The theme of the Conference will be “Wrongful Convictions; an international
concern” and speakers from Europe, the United States and China will be
present. The full program will be shared within the next few weeks.
There will be a closing dinner on Friday as well. The dinner is open for
everyone who attends the Conference, but please make sure that you
subscribe for the dinner. The dinner should be paid in advance and we will
send you a separate email with a registration link and the payment details as
soon as these are available.
To register for the Conference, you can fill in the form which can be found
here.
We arranged two hotels with a discount block.
The Element Hotel is close to the Conference location and offers comfortable
rooms with breakfast included. The costs are €159,- per room per night
(single use) and €169,- per night (double use) (excl.city tax).
The Olympic Hotel is a bit further away from the Conference location and
offers more basic rooms with no breakfast included. The costs are € 120,-per
room per night (single or double use) (excl.city tax).
Booking for these rates must be made before 7th October 2019. The Element
Hotel can be booked by using this link. The Olympic Hotel can be booked by
sending an email with your traveldates and mentioning that you are part of
the European Innocence Network.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
Program
8 November 2019
9.00 Registration
Between speakers: five minutes OIP-movies
9.30 Welcome
Prof. T. Zwart
Prof. L. Lupária
Prof. G.G.J.A. Knoops
10.30 Prof. M. Godsey
11.15 Innocence experts from the Chinese bar and judiciary,
as well as academia
12.15 Exonerees
Sunny Jacobs, Peter Pringle, Martien Hunnik
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Dr. J.J. van der Kemp
14.45 M. Ejchart-Dubois, LLM
15.15 Coffee break
15.45 Prof. G.G.J.A. Knoops
Human rights law and wrongful convictions
16.30 Panel discussion, moderator: prof. T. Zwart
Dr. E. Mathews, Chinese innocence expert, P. Neufeld, LL.M
17.30 Closing words
Prof. T. Zwart
C.J. Knoops-Hamburger, LLM
Evening – Dinner with guest speaker(s)
Organizing committee
Prof. T. Zwart
C.J. Knoops-Hamburger, LLM
H.K. van den Doel, MSc
V. Los – van Oostrum
E. Verdegaal
H. Zamour
Prof. M. Godsey
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4th
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Conference
Wrongful Convictions, an international concern
8 November 2019
Symphony Auditorium
Gustav Mahlerplein 3, Amsterdam