6-11 July 2017 Human rights expert, Fatiha Serour, reflects on the Africa Group on Justice and Accountability’s(AGJA) two-day symposium in Dakar, Senegal, AGJA’s strategic and the Central African Republic meetings and turning human rights rhetoric into practice.
22-24 March 2016 Africa Group for Justice and Accountability urges Africa to remain engaged with the International Criminal Court. The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability, an independent group of senior African experts on international criminal law and human rights, which was established in November 2015, has urged the African Union to remain engaged with the ICC. A member of …
22-24 March 2016 The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) held the first of its bi-annual symposia events at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, from 22-24 March 2016. The event brought together experts on international criminal justice, human rights activists, academics and practitioners from the field of international law to discuss a range of issues around …
22-24 March 2016 The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) held the first of its bi-annual symposia events at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, from 22-24 March 2016. The event brought together experts on international criminal justice, human rights activists, academics and practitioners from the field of international law to discuss a range of issues around …
Africa Group for Justice and Accountability member and The Gambia’s Chief Justice Hassan Jallow takes us behind the scenes of the group’s strategic meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, explaining how the Africa Group works for justice in Africa.
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.
AGJA Member and Former UN Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura talks about combatting sexual and gender based violence including prevention, accountability and protection of victims.
