22-24 March 2016 How can the African Union resolution exempting serving Heads of State from prosecution be reconciled with the duty to render justice for atrocity crimes? This panel explores the ongoing controversy over the scope of immunity under international law, and in particular whether Heads of State enjoy immunity from prosecution for international crimes. Moderator • Patryk I. Labuda …
Dire Tladi, Professor of Law at Pretoria University addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing international criminal justice: head of state immunity under international law. Tladi discusses the current state of affairs regarding head of state immunity, its importance to the future of the International Criminal Court, the possible request by the African Union, via the General Assembly, of …
South African Minister of Justice, Michael Masutha, speaks to Wayamo’s Bettina Ambach about South Africa’s possible withdrawal from the Rome Statute, challenges with the Malabo Protocol and the controversial question of head of state immunity. On 29 August 2018, the Wayamo Foundation and the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability hosted an international justice symposium entitled, “South Africa and International …
Amnesty International’s Africa Programme Director Netsanet Belay discusses some of the major challenges and opportunities facing the project of international criminal justice. Belay covers the record of the International Criminal Court to date, the importance of the Rome Statute as a tool of accountability, the Malabo Protocol, the establishment of an African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights with jurisdiction …
Gerard Niyungeko, a judge and a former President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, speaks to Wayamo Foundation’s Judie Kaberia about how the immunity issue may hamper African Court on Human and People’s Rights.
22-24 March 2016 What is next for the ICC-Africa relationship? Are there African domestic and regional solutions for grave crimes? Is there progress on human rights in Africa? How does transnational criminal law link to core international crimes? How to design reparations schemes for victims? What is the role of NGOs in international crime investigations? Can there be immunity for …
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 …
