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 …
22-24 March 2016 What do such trials imply for the victims of injustice and the African public? Are these „African (judicial) solutions to African (impunity) problems”? Moderator Patryk I. Labuda Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Introductory remarks • Abdul Tejan-Cole Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Dakar Panellists • Netsanet Belay Africa Director, …
Lagos Television: http://www.lagostelevision.com From 28-30 June, Wayamo organised a capacity-building workshop for military investigators and prosecutors on ‘STRENGTHENING JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA’ at the Southern Sun Hotel Ikoyi in Lagos. The three-day workshop was organised by the Wayamo Foundation, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability and was opened by General Yusuf Shalangwa, …
“Through the Lens of Nuremberg” explores the connections between the historic Nuremberg Trials for top Nazi officials and the modern international criminal justice system centred on the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Producer: The Wayamo Foundation
International Justice Day 2020 Thierry Cruvellier Editor-in-Chief of Justiceinfo.net, reporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 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 world, reflecting on the greatest achievements, opportunities, and …
Sarah Kihika Kasande, Head of Office in Uganda for the International Center for Transitional Justice, speaks to Wayamo Foundation’s Judie Kaberia about the challenges facing African states when investigating and prosecuting international crimes locally. Kihika Kasande discusses witness protection, understaffing and the lack of political will to provide adequate resources. She says that it is “not enough to say victims …
Renowned human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo discusses the current state of justice and accountability efforts and the rule of law in Uganda with the Wayamo Foundation’s Deputy Director Mark Kersten. Among other pressing issues, Opiyo sheds light on the ongoing trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo, the impact of the International Criminal Court, what he sees as …
Martin Kyere, the sole survivor of a massacre committed by agents of the regime of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, joins Wayamo Deputy Director Mark Kersten to discuss his quest for accountability. Kyere has led efforts to achieve justice for the murder and enforced disappearance at least 44 Ghanaian citizens who were killed by members of the National Intelligence Agency …
The media have an important role in demanding justice and accountability for 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. …
