26/05/2023 Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal (IRMCT), talks about the work of the IRMCT, the importance of justice and accountability for international crimes, and the use of open-source information in international investigations: 00:15: The mandate and work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal (IRMCT) 01:26: The challenges of tracking fugitives and …
In this interview, Radhouane Nouicer, UN Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Sudan, talks about the importance of protecting civilians and putting an end to the conflict in Sudan, negotiating a transition, and bringing perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses to account: 00:04: the current role of the UN Independent Expert on the Situation of Human …
26/05/2023 In this interview, Wayamo East Africa Coordinator, Judie Kaberia and Chris Gitari, Senior Transitional Justice Advisor, Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (South Sudan), discuss transitional justice (TJ) processes on the African continent, their challenges and lessons learnt. Chris Gitari recommends ensuring a victim-centred and context-specific approach when designing TJ processes. In his experience, TJ processes can only be implemented …
26/05/2023 In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the most serious crimes committed in Syria since March 2011. In this interview IIIM Head, Catherine Marchi-Uhel, explains how the Mechanism collects evidence in Syria, and how this evidence is being used in …
In this interview, Nema Milaninia, Special Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, explains how open-source information can be used to complement international criminal proceedings. She addresses some of the challenges posed by the collection of information by human rights defenders and journalists, including issues of bias, authenticity, veracity and security, and talks about how open-source information can …
Moneim Adam, Access to Justice Programme Director, Gisa INC, talks about the importance of documenting, collecting and preserving open-source information in Sudan, and explains how open-source information can be used in future trials, transitional justice initiatives, memorialisation, and for advocacy purposes. – 00:28 Why is documenting, collecting and preserving open-source information currently so important in Sudan? – 01:40 The challenges …
In this interview, Lyandro Komakech, Co-founder and Director of the Amani Institute in Uganda, explores what other countries can learn from the Ugandan experience with transitional justice. Komakech talks about how the transitional justice policy came about in Uganda, its impact as well as the role of the International Crimes Division of the High Court and the International Criminal Court …
In this interview, Wayamo International Criminal Lawyer & Project Coordinator, Linda Bore and Tina Alai, Transitional Justice Advisor, UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, discuss the domestic prosecution of international crimes, with a focus on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Tina Alai talks about the Constitutional Petition No. 122 of 2013 filed on behalf of victims of sexual and …
To honour International Justice Day 2023, the Wayamo Foundation held a Symposium that focused on the documentation of international crimes and human rights violations in Sudan. The conference brought together international and Kenyan experts as well as members of the Sudanese diaspora in Nairobi, lawyers, media houses and civil society. Introduction and Panel 1 Justice and accountability: How to respond …
To honour International Justice Day 2023, the Wayamo Foundation held a Symposium that focused on the documentation of international crimes and human rights violations in Sudan. The conference brought together international and Kenyan experts as well as members of the Sudanese diaspora in Nairobi, lawyers, media houses and civil society. Panel 3: Classification of international crimes under the Rome Statute …
