Emmanuelle Marchand, Legal Counsel, Civitas Maxima: Collaboration with civil society groups is essential to improving the investigation and prosecution of international and transnational crimes Interviews: Judie Kaberia Producer: Muthoni Njuki
Amos Ngolobe, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda: East Africa faces myriad challenges in the investigation and prosecution of international and transnational crimes.
Maître Saran Keïta Diakité, Avocate, Présidente du Réseau Paix et Sécurité des Femmes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et Membre du Conseil National de la Transition, revient sur les efforts de justice pour les crimes internationaux au Mali. Keïta souligne l’importance du rôle des femmes, de la société civile et des groupes de victimes dans la lutte contre l’impunité au Mali. …
6-11 July 2017 The former Prime Minister of Senegal discusses how regional cooperation is key to tackling transnational organized crimes in Africa.
18-19 October 2016 Howard Varney speaks about the transitional justice in South Africa, reflecting on the rainbow nation, successes, failures and mistakes in the 1990s and today. Varney is a senior program adviser with the International Center for Transitional Justice, and a practicing advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. In the early 1990s he was an attorney with the Legal Resources …
18-19 October 2016 Angela Mudukuti from the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) talks about her organsation’s case against the South African government for its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, as well as the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability and its potential role in mending the relationship between African states and the International Criminal Court. Angela Mudukuti …
Drissa Traoré, Président d´Honneur du Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH), revient sur les poursuites nationales pour les crimes liés aux violences post-électorales en Côte d’Ivoire.
Since 2017, Wayamo has been organising capacity-building workshops for civilian and military investigators and prosecutors to address alleged atrocities committed by both Boko Haram and the Nigerian military, as articulated by the International Criminal Court.
Betty Murungi, transitional justice expert and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, discusses accountability for cases involving gender-based violence on the African continent, with specific attention to the impact of the recent trial of those responsible for sexual violence crimes committed during the post-election violence in Kenya.
Mohamed Chande Othman, former Chief Justice of Tanzania, discusses the legacy and impact of the ICTR in terms of what this means for the application of international criminal law in Africa.
