On 12 May 2025, Wayamo convened a strategic meeting with South African civil society actors to discuss recent developments in international criminal law within South Africa’s courts. The engagement centered on the implications of the recent landmark jurisprudence recognising apartheid as a crime against humanity, and explored both the opportunities this presents and challenges that remain for future advocacy and …
Wayamo’s Mark Kersten sat down with Professor of Practice in Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Kim Thuy Seelinger to discuss the 2023 International Criminal Court Policy on Gender-Based Crimes, and the importance to mainstreaming gender-based approaches to achieving justice both in International and domestic courts. Seelinger, who led the policy review process at the ICC in her …
Highlights of Wayamo’s work in Sudan between 2022 and 2024.
11/09/2023 In this video interview, Mark Kersten, Senior Consultant at the Wayamo Foundation, and Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada talks about the concept of universal jurisdiction and how it has been applied in the last decade in international criminal trials across Europe. He further talks about the …
Mr. Abbas El-Tegani Mohammed Saleh is a researcher in the field of peace and media studies. He is one of the founders of the Salaam Media Center for Cultural Studies and Development and works as an independent consultant. In this interview, he speaks about the diverse manifestations of hate speech that existed in Sudan before the war, its escalation following …
In an interview recorded in November 2022, Jonas Horner, Independent expert on Sudan, talks about the reasons why the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement failed to bring peace to Sudan and its border regions (the Abyei area, the South Kordofan/Nuba Mountains, and Blue Nile states). Horner explains some of the unresolved issues that precipitated the South Sudanese rebellion, and analyses the …
22-24 March 2016 What do victims of international crimes want? What is the responsibility of states to victims? How can reparations be provided to victims and survivors of international crimes? Moderator • Kelly-Jo Bluen Project Leader for International Justice, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Johannesburg Panellists • Stephen Lamony Head of Advocacy and Policy on UN, AU and Africa Situations, …
22-24 March 2016 The ICC-Africa relationship is often regarded with mixed, if not opposing, views. Against this background, what factors, both historical and political, as well as contemporary issues must be considered when assessing the ICC-Africa relationship? This discussion will address the often heard accusations that the ICC is a neo-colonial, anti-African institution and the argument that the AU is …
International Justice Day 2020 Mark Drumbl Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee School of Law — The Wayamo Foundation and the Rule of Law Program for anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung are proud to present Voices for International Justice, a video gallery featuring a global justice luminaries from around the …
22-24 March 2016 Is Transnational Organised Crime becoming part of the remit of International Crime Units across Africa? This panel addressed the challenges in the collection, sharing and use of evidence in the prosecution of international and transnational crimes, the evolving nature of organised crime in Africa and its policy responses, and the difference between transnational crimes and core international …
