ASP18 Side event Report: revisiting the timing and duration of decision-making at the ICC
“It’s about time – revisiting the timing and duration of decision-making at the International Criminal Court” Tuesday 3 December 2019 World Forum, The Hague On 3 December 2019, the Wayamo Foundation held its yearly side event at the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Entitled, It’s About Time – Revisiting the Timing and Duration of Decision-Making at the ICC, the panel featured: Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations; Elizabeth Evenson, Associate Director, Human Rights Watch; Lorraine Smith Van Lin, Post-conflict Justice Advisor at REDRESS; and Shehzad Charania, Director of the UK Attorney-General’s Office and International Law Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office. Mark Kersten, Senior Consultant, Wayamo Foundation, acted as moderator. Over the course of 1.5 hours of moderated conversation, in which both panellists and audience took part, the participants discussed and debated the timing and duration of decisions and procedures at the ICC, including the preliminary examination phase, investigations and judicial determinations. All the panellists agreed that there were important issues to tackle with respect to the real and perceived costs of ICC decision-making, in terms of its efficiency, timing and duration. Addressing these concerns was crucial to future efforts targeted at reforming and
Justice Talks: ASP 2019 – Side Event
ASP 2019: It’s About Time – Revisiting the Timing and Duration of Decision-Making at the International Criminal Court On 3 December 2019, the Wayamo Foundation held its yearly side event at the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. Entitled ‘It’s About Time – Revisiting the Timing and Duration of Decision-Making at the ICC‘, the panel featured: Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations; Elizabeth Evenson, Associate Director, Human Rights Watch; Lorraine Smith Van Lin, Post-conflict justice advisor at REDRESS; and Shehzad Charania, Director of the UK Attorney General’s Office and International Law Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office. The event was opened by Angela Mudukuti, Senior International Criminal Justice Lawyer, Wayamo Foundation. Mark Kersten, Senior Consultant, Wayamo Foundation, acted as moderator. Over 1.5 hours of moderated conversation with the panelists and the audience, the participants discussed and debated the timing and duration of decisions and procedures at the International Criminal Court, including the preliminary examination phase, investigations, and judicial determinations. The event was graciously supported by the governments of Austria, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. PART I of the panel discussion: PART II of the panel discussion: PART III: Click here
Justice Talks: the East African Network
In July 2019, the Wayamo Foundation hosted the fifth in the series of network meetings of Directors of Public Prosecutions (DPPs), Directors of Criminal Investigations (DCIs) and Deputy Attorneys–General of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia. The event was designed to develop strategies to ensure effective investigation and prosecution of complex crimes, and intensify inter-agency collaboration at the regional level. The event was organised with support from the Better Migration Management (BMM) programme and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). After the event some of the participants shared their thoughts on the benefits and need for an East African Network of prosecutors and investigators. The Network of Heads of Public Prosecutions and Criminal Investigations in the East African Region (the East Africa Network) was established in November 2018. The overall aim of the East Africa Network is to strengthen the rule of law by ensuring effective investigation and prosecution of complex crimes and intensifying inter-agency collaboration at the regional level. The Wayamo Foundation is the Network’s secretariat and convener. The East Africa Network’s four main functions are to: act as an avenue for regional and cross-border collaboration and mutual legal assistance in
Zainab Bangura appointed Director-General, UN Office at Nairobi
Zainab Hawa Bangura has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi. The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and the Wayamo Foundation wish to extend their appreciation and gratitude to Zainab Bangura for all of her dedication and efforts as an AGJA member from 2017-2019. More information about her appointment at: https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sga1934.doc.htm
Abeokuta: International criminal law course & training-of-trainers
26-29 November 2019, Abeokuta, Nigeria Click here for all pictures. To supplement and sustain their ongoing capacity-building efforts in Nigeria, the Wayamo Foundation and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy held the first of two international criminal law courses with a training-of-trainers (ToT) component. The objective of the ToT programme is to support and further equip selected institutions with the necessary skills in and knowledge of international criminal law to pass on to their network of relevant legal actors around Nigeria. The course was attended by handpicked members of all three branches of the Nigerian Armed Forces and participants from the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) and National Judicial Institute (NJI). The event was officially opened by Wayamo Foundation Director, Bettina Ambach, and Natacha Bracq in her capacity as Senior Officer for Training and Capacity Building at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. They welcomed the participants and thanked them for making the effort to travel across the country to the training venue in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. Philipp Ambach, Head ofthe Victims Participation and Reparations Section at the International Criminal Court (ICC), initiated the proceedings with an informative introduction to international criminal law, and a detailed review of the
Independent strategic review of the ICC: three AGJA members have been selected
The States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) met last week from 2-7 December at the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) in The Hague, Netherlands. During this week, nine experts were appointed to conduct an independent and strategic review of the Court. The experts will be working on the three clusters identified by the ASP Bureau: Governance, Judiciary, and Investigation & Prosecution. The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) is very pleased to announce that three of its members have been selected to be part of the independent expert review process, namely: – Hassan B. Jallow, Chief Justice of The Gambia and Chair of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability – Mohamed C. Othman, Former Chief Justice of Tanzania – Richard Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia
