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The newly established Special Criminal Court : progress and challenges

6-11 July 2017 Interview with Toussaint Muntazini, Special Prosecutor of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui, Central African Republic, by Wayamo Foundation East Africa Co-ordinator Judie Kaberia: Dakar, Senegal, 8 July 2017. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW. -Judie Kaberia- What lessons are being learned from similar courts, and have we recorded any progress? -Toussaint Muntazini- Indeed, there are a lot of lessons …

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Kenya’s International and Organised Crimes Division

On 22 February 2015 Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kenya’s Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga spoke to Wayamo Foundation Director Bettina Ambach in Nairobi. Minister Steinmeier spoke on Germany’s commitment to strengthen Kenya’s capacity to prosecute international and transnational crimes and Chief Justice Mutunga remarked on the impending establishment of the International and Organised Crimes Division in …

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PANEL VI: The role of NGOs in international crime investigations

22-24 March 2016 Non-governmental organisations can play a crucial role in the investigation and prosecution of international crimes at both a domestic and an international level. NGOs have collected evidence of allegations of international crimes and worked to institute domestic and international proceedings concerning international crimes. This panel will discuss the different roles that NGOs can and should play in …

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Prosecutors of the Complex Casework Group in the Nigerian Ministry of Justice about Wayamo’s impact

Since 2017, Wayamo has been implementing capacity-building efforts in Nigeria, conducting workshops on international criminal justice and recently on evidence and case management databases. We asked prosecutors belonging to the Complex Casework Group in the Nigerian Ministry of Justice what they had learnt in our capacity building workshops, what the impact had been, and how it had affected their work. …

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Nigeria’s justice sector challenged by Boko Haram insurgency

Anietie Ewang is a researcher at the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch. In this video she describes the challenging security situation in Nigeria and shares her thoughts on how the prosecution of terrorism-related crimes in the country can be improved. While stressing the important role that the International Criminal Court plays, she also sees a role for international agencies …

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Justice and accountability for international crimes in Nigeria

Akingbolahan Adeniran is the former rule of law adviser to the Vice-President of Nigeria. In this interview he addresses issues of international criminal justice, and the challenges, both political and systemic, facing the investigation and prosecution of such crimes in the country. The former investigator at the International Criminal Court also discusses the importance of positive complementarity, how it can …

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Juridictions internationales, hybrides et internationalisées – enjeux et défis

11 July 2017 Interview with Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor, United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, by Wayamo Foundation Director, Bettina Ambach – Dakar, Senegal, 11 July 2017. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW. Question 1: We are here in Dakar for the exchange/sharing of experiences between the members of the Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic, the Extraordinary African Chambers in …

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International Justice in Motion – Perspectives from Uganda and Beyond

Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya is a judge at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). She discusses how IRMCT jurisprudence is also being used by domestic jurisdictions in Africa to prosecute and adjudicate international crimes. Judge Nahamya talks about the relationship between the IRMCT, domestic judiciaries, truth and reconciliation commissions, regional and international courts. Along with the challenges …

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International Justice in Motion – Perspectives from Uganda and Beyond

Susan Okalany is a judge at the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda. In this interview, she discusses the challenges judges face when adjudicating international crime cases at the ICD. She touches upon the relationship between international and transnational crimes and how linking these two crime sets together can help address violence and atrocity, and contemplates …