On 20 May 2023, the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) held a strategic meeting at the Fairview Hotel, Nairobi.
The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability welcomes Fatou Bensouda as its newest member
The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) and its secretariat, the Wayamo Foundation, are extremely pleased to announce that Fatou Bensouda has joined the Group. Ms. Bensouda has a long and distinguished career in international criminal law. From 2012-2021, she was the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and had previously served as Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC (2004-2012) and worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
The future of international criminal justice in Africa
Fatou Bensouda, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, discusses the impact of the ICC’s jurisprudence on international criminal justice in Africa.
Conférence de Dakar: conversation avec Fatou Bensouda et Serge Brammertz
Les débats et discussions ont commencé avec une conversation avec les deux invités d’honneur : Fatou Bensouda, Ancienne Procureure de la Cour pénale internationale, et Serge Brammertz, Procureur du Mécanisme international chargé d’exercer les fonctions résiduelles des Tribunaux pénaux. Le modérateur de la conversation, Thierry Cruvellier, rédacteur en Chef de Justiceinfo.net, a invité Madame Bensouda et Monsieur Brammertz à réfléchir sur le rôle et les relations entre les tribunaux internationaux et les États.
Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone added to Wayamo’s “Justice in West Africa” web portal
The Wayamo Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Rule of Law Programme for Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa are proud to announce the launch of three additional country pages on the “Justice in West Africa” website, a bilingual online resource platform of accountability efforts for international crimes.
International Justice in Motion – Perspectives from the ICC and Beyond
Fatou Bensouda, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), discusses the importance of judicial independence and the rule of law in highly politicised trials. She talks about the challenges she faced as ICC Prosecutor and how she coped with the pressure. She also discusses the impact of the ICC’s jurisprudence on international criminal justice in Africa, the importance of state cooperation, complementarity, and the role of domestic jurisdictions in fighting impunity.
LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN MOTION WEBSITE
The Wayamo Foundation and the Rule of Law Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung are proud to present a video gallery featuring judges and experts who address the problem of how to achieve justice and accountability for international and transnational organised crimes:
International Justice Day: To stop mass atrocities, follow the money
On International Justice Day, Mark Kersten, consultant at the Wayamo Foundation, highlights the importance of tackling the funding of atrocity perpetrators.
A Nexus for Justice: Investigating the Intersection of International Crimes and Transnational Organised Crimes
On 22 September 2020 Wayamo Foundation Senior Consultant Mark Kersten gave the following remarks to the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya, which was established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2020. The talk focused on the need to investigate the nexus between international crimes (crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide) and transnational organised crimes (human trafficking, extortion, drug trafficking, etc.).
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