This volume contains the lectures of The Monsignor W. Onclin Chair 2004. The first lecture was given by R. Torfs and was titled "Ten Years Monsignor W. Onclin Chair. An Interim Report or a Testament?". B. De Gaay Fortman tiltled his lecture "Quod omnes tangit", while J. van der Vyver spoke about the "Contributions of the Holy See to the Refinement of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court".
Henri Maria Dymphna André Laurent "Rik" Torfs (born 16 October 1956) is a Belgian canon law scholar and media personality. He is a former Senator for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party in the Belgian Federal Parliament and a former Rector of the Catholic University of Leuven.