As Kenya’s press continues to cover contentious security issues in the aftermath of the Westgate terror attack and insecurity in Nairobi and along Kenya’s coast, IWPR and Wayamo partnered with Kenya’s Editors Guild to provide a forum for editors to candidly discuss the challenges faced by media organisations and the conflict-sensitive approaches adopted by media practitioners and how they balance with …
Myanmar Training on Professional Court and Police Reporting
The project sought to establish professional liaison mechanisms between the police, media and civil society, including training police in press work. This included training on how to hold regular press conferences, how to nominate spokespersons and how to write press releases. The next step was now to create a professional press and public information service. On the side of the …
Nairobi Public Debate on International Justice
On 12 February 2014, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation hosted a panel discussion on justice processes for mass crimes in Africa. (PROGRAMME) This was the sixth in a series of public debates hosted by IWPR and Wayamo under the ReportingKenya.net banner, and featured both Kenyan and international panellists including: Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor for …
Public Debate in The Hague on Sitting Heads of State on Trial
On 26 November 2013, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation hosted an international panel discussion in The Hague featuring a range of opinions on the future of the International Criminal Court. The debate was held on the sidelines of the International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties held between 20–28 November 2013 at …
Public Debate in Nairobi on Kenya and the ICC
On Sept. 4, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation came together to host a ReportingKenya.net international panel discussion at Strathmore University Auditorium in Nairobi. (PROGRAMME) The panel discussion featured a range of opinions on the different forms of justice Kenyans wish to see in their country, offering a forum for discussion for both supporters …
Nairobi Public Debate on Kenya and the International Criminal Court
On 24 May 2013, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Foundation hosted an international panel discussion at Strathmore University in Nairobi. Entitled “The ICC in Kenya a blessing or a curse?”, it was the third in a series of live debates hosted on the ICC cases and broader questions of justice and accountability in Kenya. View …
Cairo Workshop for Journalists from the Middle East and North Africa
Download workshop program Organised by the International Criminal Court in cooperation with the Wayamo Foundation. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the world’s first permanent international court, created by the Rome Statute in 1998. The court builds on the success of ad hoc international tribunals established by the United Nations in the aftermath of conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda …
Naivasha Retreat for ReportingKenya Journalists’ Network
Following the successful organisation of our first training from 26 November to 6 December 2012 in Nairobi, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation organised a two-day retreat for journalists held on 23–24 February 2013 in Naivasha. As the presidential race entered into a crucial phase, we discussed the experiences and shared challenges faced by …
Nairobi Public Debate on Elections, Impunity and Accountability in Kenya
The interactive debate provides a range of international perspectives on issues surrounding the elections in Kenya: generalized and persistent impunity; international and local mechanisms for dealing with such impunity and the phenomenon of hate or dangerous speech. Welcoming by Dr Luis Franceschi, Dean of Strathmore Law School Opening remarks by: Samuel Kobia, Commissioner, Judicial Service Commission, Kenya Hon. Justice Mohamed …
Nairobi Editorial Forum on Elections with Kenya Editors’ Guild
IWPR and Wayamo have started in November 2012 a two-year media programme (Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya). As Kenya enters the run up to presidential elections and the start of the four cases before the International Criminal Court, IWPR and Wayamo would like to share challenges faced by media organisations and discuss conflict-sensitive …
