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 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, …
18-19 October 2016 Elise Keppler from Human Rights Watch talks about bias, “race hunting,” and the misperceptions of the relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court. Keppler is associate director of HRW’s International Justice Program and the author of fact-finding reports on the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone and Uganda’s International Crimes Division, and played an integral role …
22-24 March 2016 How can the African Union resolution exempting serving Heads of State from prosecution be reconciled with the duty to render justice for atrocity crimes? This panel explores the ongoing controversy over the scope of immunity under international law, and in particular whether Heads of State enjoy immunity from prosecution for international crimes. Moderator • Patryk I. Labuda …
18-19 October 2016 Howard Varney speaks about the transitional justice in South Africa, reflecting on the rainbow nation, successes, failures and mistakes in the 1990s and today. Varney is a senior program adviser with the International Center for Transitional Justice, and a practicing advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. In the early 1990s he was an attorney with the Legal Resources …
22-24 March 2016 Moderator • Bettina Ambach Director, Wayamo Foundation, Berlin Panellists • Dapo Akande Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford • Femi Falana Human rights activist and lawyer, Lagos • Richard Goldstone Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia • Tiyanjana Maluwa H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law, …
18-19 October 2016 Dr. Robert Eno speaks about the significance of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the judicial landscape of Africa. Eno has been the Registrar of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights since 2012. The court’s mission is to enhance the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights by …
16 Novembre 2016 Table ronde sur la République Centrafricaine: Soutenir le système judiciaire centrafricain et opérationnaliser la Cour Pénale Spéciale La locution inaugurale de Flavien Mbata, Ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux de la République Centrafricaine. 16 Novembre 2016 Hotel Silken Berlaymont, Bruxelles Organisé par la Fondation Wayamo, le Groupe Africain pour la Justice et la Fin de …
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 …
18-19 October 2016 Brenda Hollis, Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, leads the discussion on finding justice, the revival of hybrid tribunals and the limitations of the International Criminal Court. Hollis, the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone since February 2010, was responsible for leading the legal team prosecuting former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Hollis was …
