AIIC Court & Legal Interpreting Seminar

The AIIC Legal and Court Interpreting Committee is pleased to invite you to take part in the Forum on Interpretation at International Courts and Tribunals.

By Christiane J. DRIESEN

Where: Parkhotel The Hague

A contingent of room has been provisionally reserved (individual booking of single rooms @ f 245.00 including breakfast will be accepted until May 31^st)

When: Wednesday, July 4 at 14:00 to Saturday, July 7, 2001 around noon.

There will be a series of 30-minute presentations describing the organization of interpretation at the institution in question, including the following points:

recruiting interpreters (staff or freelance), selection criteria, quality control, in-service training, possibilities for preparation
ethics
procedures specific to the court or tribunal in question
stress factors
technical infrastructure
relationships between interpretation and translation services

There will be ample time for debate and discussions.

Following the Forum, the proceedings will be published, highlighting the specific aspects of interpreting for international courts and tribunals and making recommendations about various aspects of practice.

Since there is a limited number of places please complete and return the following registration form no later than 31^st of May 2001

Yours sincerely,

Christiane J. Driesen
Coordinator, Legal and Court Interpreting Committee
Kanalstrasse 16 -- D-22085 Hamburg

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

Wednesday July 4, 2001	14:00	Visit to the ICJ and the ICTY
	18:30	Get together

Thursday 5	9:00-10:30	International Court of Justice
	10:30-11:00	Break
	11:00-12:30	Court of Justice of the European Communities
	12:30-14:00	Break
	14:00-15:30	ICTY (Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)
	15:30-16:00	Break
	16:00-17:30	ICTR (Rwanda Tribunal)
	18:30	Reception

Friday 6	9:00-10:30	ITLOS (Law of the Sea Tribunal)
	10:30-11:00	Break
	11:00-12:30	European Patent Office
	12:30-14:00	Break
	14:00-16:00	Historical note: Nuremberg Eichmann Demjaniuk
	16:00-16:30	Break
	16:30-18:00	Lockerbie trial

Saturday 7	9:00-13:00	National procedures
		Discussion

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I wish to register for the seminar for the Forum on Interpretation at International Courts and Tribunals and will transfer the non-returnable participation fee of hfl 250,00

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Message Board

James Brannan Date: 2 Feb 2004 16:48 Subject: Proceedings Has it been decided whether (and if so when) the proceedings of this seminar will be published? Reply
Lawyer Collins Teku Date: 20 Jun 2001 17:10 Subject: Payment method Dear Organisers, From what I read, bank transfer is the only form of payment of the AIIC conference fee. What consideration have you given to participants or from countries where foreign transfer is difficult ? Reply
Teresa Poblete Date: 13 May 2001 00:46 Subject: Previous comment cut off Please help me register for the conference and reserve 2 single rooms at the hotel mentioned. have not been able to do it by e-mail and credit card. I already have plane tickets and can't return them. If not possible, please send postal address to send by US mail. Many thanks! Reply
Robin Lustig Date: 29 Mar 2001 00:58 Subject: Court and Legal Interpreting I wish to enquire what status AIIC gives court and legal interpreting. Are these forms of interpreting considered on par with conference interpreting; and if so, why/why not? Reply
	Christiane Driesen Date: 29 Mar 2001 08:51 Subject: Court and legal Interpreting At its last Assembly in Dakar aiic recognised that court and legal interpreting is on a par with conference interpreting. Our Committe was able to convince the colleagues that conference interpreters' skills (simultaneaous and consecutive interpreting, sight translating, forensics, ethics) are also indispensable for court interpreters who have to play an important part in the defense of human rights at Court. The experience shows also that there is no difference between the interpreter's tasks at national and international courts and tribunals, where - in conformity with the tradition of the Nuremberg trials - only conference interpreters are recruted. The shame is that most democracies are only prepared to pay reasonable fees for a qualified interpreter when the defendents are famous (Lichka) or rich, when the press is bound to attend. Reply
		Yolanda Hobrough Date: 10 Jun 2003 02:47 Subject: Court and legal interpreting Christiane Driesen mentions that Court and Legal Interpreters were recognized at par with Conference Interpreters in the Assembly in Dakar. Does this mean that Court Interpreters certified through the US Federal Courts or the Canadian Translators and Interpreters Council who also work as Conference Interpreters will be able to joing AIIC eventually? Reply

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