Nuremberg International Prosecutors Workshop

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In June 2014, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation hosted a two-day seminar for prosecutors investigating and prosecuting international crimes. Prosecutors from international tribunals and from domestic jurisdictions around the world came together to share experiences, and to discuss best practice. Programme and speaker bios. Present at the workshop: Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the …

Nairobi Workshop on Crimes Against Humanity

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On 20-22 November, the Wayamo Foundation hosted an interagency training workshop for Kenya’s Criminal Investigations Division and the office of the Department of Public Prosecutions. The workshop, which featured a representative of the Nigerian Attorney General‘s Chambers in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice and a former International Criminal Court investigator, focused on investigating and building complex cases, working up …

Second Nairobi Workshop on Investigating and Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity

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On 19–20 February 2015, the Wayamo Foundation hosted the second two-day interagency training workshop on Crimes Against Humanity for Kenya’s Criminal Investigations Division and the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions. The aim of the workshop was to build on the knowledge gained during the first workshop on crimes against humanity held in November 2014 and to test it …

Botswana Symposium on Ending Impunity Together

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Exploring links between Core International Crimes and Transnational Organised Crimes Download: Concept Note, Programme On 27 – 28 October 2015, in cooperation with Athaliah Molokomme, Attorney General of the Republic of Botswana and with the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office and the Network for Investigation and Prosecution of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes, the Wayamo …

Capacity-building for Nigerian military and civil prosecutors and investigators

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Over the course of three days, from 2nd to 4th November 2017, the Wayamo Foundation, Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and International Nuremberg Principles Academy held the fourth of the current series of capacity-building workshops on “Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria”.

Wayamo working shoulder to shoulder with Nigeria

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Abuja hosts capacity building for military and civil investigators and prosecutors to address serious crimes under Nigerian criminal law. The three-day workshop (21-23 May) is organised by the Wayamo Foundation and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy.

Inter-agency collaboration in Nigeria

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Wayamo brings leading Nigerian prosecutors and investigators together at one-day retreat in Abuja on prosecution coordination, prosecution-guided investigations, information sharing and inter-agency collaboration.

Creation of an electronic case-file database within the Complex Casework Group

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On 5 February 2021, the Wayamo Foundation launched its next project: the creation of an electronic case-file database within the Complex Casework Group (CCG) under the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. The Abuja workshop followed a hybrid model, with CCG members attending in person, and the majority of the experts -both international and Nigerian- joining the event via Zoom.

Training session for Nigeria’s Serious Crimes Response Team

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On 25 May 2021 the Wayamo Foundation hosted a one day training workshop for Nigeria’s Serious Crimes Response Team, a highly specialised unit of military investigators and prosecutors, who would be specifically trained to investigate and prosecute alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, both of which potentially fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).