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 …
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 …
Recognising that human rights violations are being committed on a daily basis in Sudan, the Wayamo Foundation, the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication hosted a public symposium on transitional justice and international criminal law on 19 May 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya. PANEL 3: Turning the tide? Renewed …
Recognising that human rights violations are being committed on a daily basis in Sudan, the Wayamo Foundation, the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication hosted a public symposium on transitional justice and international criminal law on 19 May 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya. Panel 1 – Transitional justice in …
In this wide-ranging interview, Adewale Iyanda from the African Union Commission’s Office of the Legal Counsel explores the landscape of justice and accountability for mass atrocities in Africa. Iyanda discusses the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the African Union and African states, the trial and conviction of Hissène Habré at the Extraordinary African Chambers, the development and potential …
18-19 October 2016 Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp on the International Criminal Court, “hybrid” tribunals and the difficulty of creating the third wave of international criminal justice. Stephen J. Rapp served as Ambassador-at-Large heading the Office of Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. State Department from September 2009 to August 2015. In that position he coordinated US government support to international …
