Retreat in Naivasha 29 – 30 June 2012, The Great Rift Valley Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya Election Reporting Reporting responsibly about the ICC process Countering hate speech Workshop 2 – 4 July 2012, Hotel Comfy, Eldoret, Kenya Organizers Bettina Ambach, Executive Director, Wayamo Communication Foundation, Joseph Roberts-Mensah, Africa Director, Wayamo Communication Foundation, with the financial support of the German Institute for …
Nuremberg International Registrars Workshop
In April 2014, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation hosted a meeting of international and national Registrars at the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg, Germany. The workshop included sessions on: The life of a Registrar – From Bureaucracy to Steering Through Politics Lessons Learned from the Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda …
Nairobi Public Debate on International Justice
On 12 February 2014, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation hosted a panel discussion on justice processes for mass crimes in Africa. (PROGRAMME) This was the sixth in a series of public debates hosted by IWPR and Wayamo under the ReportingKenya.net banner, and featured both Kenyan and international panellists including: Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor for …
Nairobi Symposium on Ending Impunity Together
On 28-29 April 2015, the Wayamo Foundation and Riara University hosted a two-day symposium featuring Kenyan and international prosecutors, war crimes and crimes against humanity investigators, judges, legal experts, and representatives of civil society. See the SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME. Kenya’s Chief Justice & President of the Supreme Court Dr. Willy Mutunga provided the keynote speech. Also appearing Ambassador of the Federal …
Launch of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability
The group will support efforts to strengthen justice and accountability measures in Africa through domestic and regional capacity building, advice and outreach, and enhancing cooperation between Africa and the International Criminal Court.
African Justice mechanisms and their interplay with the International Criminal Court
The Symposium in Cape Town was attended by over one 150 experts on international criminal justice, human rights activists, academics and practitioners in the field of international law.
Africa Group for Justice and Accountability welcomes three new members
Former Transitional President Catherine Samba-Panza (Central African Republic), Professor Dapo Akande (Nigeria) and Professor Tiyanjana Maluwa (Malawi) join the Africa Group.
Africa Group for Justice and Accountability urges Africa to remain engaged with the ICC
Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke on behalf of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability, said the Africa Group would “champion a transparent and productive dialogue between relevant stakeholders and the ICC.”
Symposium Report: African Justice Mechanisms and their interplay with the International Criminal Court
Report from the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) symposium held in Cape Town and attended by over one 150 experts on international criminal justice, human rights activists, academics and practitioners in the field of international law.
International Justice Day op/ed: The ICC is vital to our fight against impunity in Africa
The following op/ed was published in The Guardian on 17 July 2017, International Justice Day by the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability.
