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SUMMARY:Capacity building of civil and military prosecutors
DESCRIPTION:Following on from five previous workshops on “Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria” held over the course of 2017 and 2018\, the conclusion of the latest three-day session in Lagos\, from November 1 to 3\, marks the sixth in the series organised\, promoted\, designed and conducted by the Wayamo Foundation\, the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. \nClick here for pictures. \nLike its predecessors\, this November 2018 edition was purpose-designed to impart joint training for investigators and prosecutors\, both military and civil. The overall aim is to equip Nigerian prosecutors and investigators with the necessary expertise and skills to address the most serious and complex international\, transnational and terrorism-related crimes under Nigerian criminal law\, including crimes that may potentially fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In addition\, and for the very first time\, the workshop was attended by participants from the Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) based in Maidugiri and responsible for the investigation of Boko Haram crimes. Also participating for the first time were representatives of the Nigerian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and the National Judicial Institute whose presence marks the beginning of a collaborative initiative regarding the implementation of future training programmes with a train-the-trainer component\, seen as essential to ensuring the long-term sustainability and ongoing relevance of the work done to date. \nThe event was officially opened by Wayamo Foundation Director\, Bettina Ambach\, the Nuremberg Academy’s Senior Legal Officer\,Eduardo Toledo\, and the Head of the Complex Case Work Group and Deputy Director\, Directorate of Public Prosecutions\, Hadi Saleh Barkun. \nTo set the overall context in which the sessions would be taking place and flag the pertinence of the topic areas to be covered\, Wayamo in-house international lawyer\, Angela Mudukuti provided a brief recapitulation of the ICC’s ongoing preliminary examination of Nigeria\, which had originally been presented to and discussed with the group by ICC Situation Analyst\, Claus Molitor\, in May 2018. \nThe workshop syllabus could be seen as falling into two broad categories\, i.e.\, theoretical and practical (or practice-orientated). \nOn the theoretical side\, Harvard Law Professor\, Alex Whiting opened proceedings with a concise yet wide-ranging overview entitled “Understanding International Criminal Law”\, Oxford Law Professor and AGJA member Dapo Akande honed in on the key area of “Command responsibility and superior orders”\, and William Lietzau\, former U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rule of Law and Detainee Policy\, covered the influence and relevance of the law of war under the head of “Fundamentals of International Humanitarian Law”. \nInterestingly\, the highly topical and often controversial subject of “Compliance of armed forces with human rights obligations” was approached from two very different though complementary directions: whereas William Lietzau looked at the problem from a more general point of view\, Olawale Fapohunda\, Attorney General of Ekiti State and Chair\, Nigerian Military Human Rights Dialogue\, tackled it from a more empirical standpoint\, discussing recent events and allegations made in Nigeria through the eyes of someone who had been closely involved in examining the situation on the ground. \nOn the practice-orientated side\, Sofia Coelho Candeias\,UN Expert on Sexual Violence in Conflict\, guided the participants through the intricacies and difficulties –technical\, logistical and cultural- of “Investigating and prosecuting sexual violence”. Both her session and that led by former  Lead International Prosecutor\, Charles Adeogun-Phillips on “Understanding the rights of the accused”\, were marked by a great deal of interaction and lively exchanges of opinion. \nThe fascinating field of crime scene investigation formed the subject of a detailed presentation by Dr. Richard I. Somiari\, President & Chief Scientific Officer\, ITSI-Bioscience LLC\, Lagos State DNA Forensic Centre. Speaking on “DNA forensic evidence and its use in court”\, Dr. Somiari emphasised the crucial importance of investigative and evidence-gathering techniques and state-of-the-art analysis to achieving successful convictions. Adopting a similar hands-on\, real-life approach as applied to current events in Nigeria\, Adejoké Babington-Ashaye\, International Law Specialist and former ICC investigator\, split the participants into teams and tasked them with addressing the problems posed by a highly realistic case scenario\, from a prosecutorial stance. \nResource personnel and participants alike were fulsome in their praise and appreciation of both the workshop and the learning opportunities afforded by their time together.
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LOCATION:Abuja\, Nigeria
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SUMMARY:East Africa Project: Network Meeting\, Symposium and Training Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Fighting impunity and ensuring accountability through fostering and facilitating networks\, building capacity to enable domestic systems to address international and transnational crimes\, holding international symposia\, and engaging with the mass media. \nTo hold the sixth round of its “Fighting Impunity in East Africa” project\, the Wayamo Foundation returned to where it had all begun…Arusha\, Tanzania.  Here\, in the shadow of Mt. Meru\, an intensive\, week-long series of events was organised within the framework of an initiative funded by the German Foreign Ministry\, co-hosted by the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA)\, and fittingly entitled “BEYOND NARROW INTERESTS – JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN EAST AFRICA”. \nAs always\, the programme adhered to the tried-and-tested “four-pillar format”\, involving a network meeting\, an international symposium\, a training workshop and a media-engagement session. \nMonday: Network Meeting \nClick here for Network meeting pictures. \nGiven the Network’s designated aim of strengthening the rule of law across East Africa by ensuring effective cross-border investigation and prosecution of complex crimes and bolstering inter-agency collaboration\, this fourth meeting assumed special importance. Not only did it afford an opportunity to consolidate and operationalise the Network\, but it marked the first time that the Directors of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) of all four countries (Tanzania\, Kenya\, Rwanda and Uganda) coincided with the respective Directors of Criminal Investigation (DCIs) in what one participant described as “this unique grouping”. \nIn addition to the business in hand\, the meeting heard two presentations by experts in their chosen fields: Philipp Ambach\, Chief of the Victims Participation and Reparations Section at the International Criminal Court (ICC) spoke on the topical\, often problematic subject of “The co-operation of States with the ICC”; and Matevz Pezdirc\, European Network for investigation and prosecution of genocide\, crimes against humanity and war crimes\, Eurojust\, addressed the highly pertinent subject of “Successes and challenges of network building and maintenance”. \nThe Meeting tackled the multifold challenges posed by co-operation among states having different legal systems and laws\, with the kind of constructive attitude and approach that only experienced practitioners can bring to such matters. Indeed the DPPs present were able to profit doubly from the occasion\, by using the following afternoon to hold an official meeting of the East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) at the very same venue\, a pattern that might well be followed in future. \nTuesday: International Symposium \nClick here for Symposium pictures. \nThe fact that parochial political interests and a narrow national focus continue to undermine the investigation and prosecution of complex\, transnational and international crimes\, raises the question of what can be done to overcome such myopic interests and insular approaches in order to further accountability for international and transnational organised crime. It was this that formed the core idea and theme running through the symposium\, and the week as a whole. \nThe day’s proceedings were formally opened by a trio of dignitaries\, made up of Tanzanian DPP\, Biswalo Mganga\, Rwandan Prosecutor-General\, Jean-Bosco Mutangana\,and Former Chief Justice of Tanzania and AGJA member\, Mohamed Chande Othman. \nThis traditional start was followed by a free-flowing conversation between Wayamo moderator Joseph Roberts-Mensah and two special guests\, the Ugandan and Kenyan DPPs\, Mike Chibitaand Noordin Hajirespectively\, who talked frankly and forthrightly -at times surprisingly so-  about “The trials and tribulations of prosecuting in Uganda and Kenya”. \nOther topics covered by the three panels during the morning and afternoon sessions were “Combating transnational organised crime and terrorism”\, “Distributing justice: international\, regional and domestic justice mechanisms” and “Judicial co-operation and the links between international criminal justice and transnational organised crime”. The panellists were drawn from Africa and around the world\, and included: Nigerian prosecutor\,Chika Nnanna; Kenyan Deputy DPP\, Dorcas Oduor: Ugandans\, Jane Okuo Kajuga\, Senior Assistant DPP\, and Nicholas Opiyo\, human rights lawyer; former Ambassadors\, Tuvako Manongiand Stephen Rapp; the President of the East African Court of Justice\, Emmanuel Ugirashebuja; the ICC’s Philipp Ambachand William Rosato; Matevz Pezdircfrom Eurojust in The Hague; and roving United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) Regional Advisorfor Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing in Central Africa\, Gary Hyde. \nWednesday\, Thursday: Workshop \nClick here for training pictures. \nRenowned experts in the investigation and prosecution of international and transnational crimes led a two-day training workshop for investigators and prosecutors from Kenya\, Uganda\, Rwanda and Tanzania. Sessions covered numerous themes\, including: a critical overview of core international crimes by Philipp Ambach; investigation techniques to combat international crimes by William Rosato; an assessment of combating illicit financial flows by Gary Hyde; a session by former Ambassador Stephen Rappon how to select appropriate charges and being creative in the process; the use of money laundering as the main or alternative offence in prosecutions by Constance V.W. Gikonyo; and finally\, a “Train-the-Trainer” session by Joseph Roberts-Mensahand Bettina Ambach. The sessions were interactive and included numerous simulations in which all trainees participated. In addition\, participants were asked to submit recommendations for future workshops. These will be used to shape future engagements by Wayamo in the region and beyond. \nWednesday: Media Engagement \nClick here for media engagement pictures. \nAs an integral part of the programme surrounding the International Symposium\, the organisers always facilitate a media engagement for senior journalists within the region\, who work on issues pertaining to international criminal justice and accountability. This time\, journalists from Rwanda\, Uganda\, Tanzania and Kenya were joined by a colleague from South Africa who had previously covered Wayamo events in that country. \nGuest speakers invited to share their in-depth knowledge on various issues were: Stephen Rapp\, former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues\, who reviewed “20 years of the Rome Statute\, 16 years of the ICC- is international criminal justice living up to expectations”\, and whether America’s position had a negative position on the credibility of the ICC; Wayamo’s in-house international lawyer\, Angela Mudukuti\, who spoke on “African states and International Criminal Justice; Observations: Is nationalism preventing African countries from properly addressing international criminal justice and accountability?”; UNODC Regional Advisor\, Gary Hyde\, who provided a “Greater understanding of the impact of transnational/organised crime; linkages and new trends”; and finally\, Wayamo Deputy Director\, Mark Kersten\, who discussed “Observations: Writing the justice story; what is lacking missing or non-existent in our journalism?” \nThe event took place over the course of a day\, and participants were not only able to ask several questions of the speakers\, but were actively encouraged to further interrogate the issues in a press-conference-style environment. Wayamo media engagements are specifically designed to broaden journalists’ knowledge base and foster cross-fertilisation of ideas\, while at the same time building up and consolidating an East African network to share and support stories\, resources and practice.
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LOCATION:Arusha\, Tanzania\, United Republic Of
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