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 …
International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties Side Event
On 23 November 2013, the Wayamo Foundation Director Bettina Ambach moderated a joint Germany/Kenya side event (PROGRAMME) at the twelfth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court held between 20–28 November 2013 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, The Netherlands. The panel discussion examined the challenges of the international criminal justice system …
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 …
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 …
Naivasha Retreat for 20 Kenyan Sub-Editors
As part of the IWPR/Wayamo project “Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya”,Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Wayamo Foundation and the Kenya Editors Guild joined forces to organise several trainings for a select group of sub-editors, editors and reporters in the run-up to the elections in March 2013. While most journalists in …
Nairobi Workshop on Conflict-Sensitive and Responsible Journalism
Project description The radio and television workshop on “Conflict-sensitive and responsible journalism” was aimed at enabling Kenyan journalists working for government, privately and community owned radio and television stations to be conflict-sensitive and ethical in their reporting, and refrain from tribal bias. The media’s role is to act as the guardian of public interest and an independent watchdog, rather than …
Conflict-sensitive and Responsible Journalism in Kenya
The International Criminal Court and a local tribunal – will Kenya ever see the complementarity principle in practice? Workshops: Reporting responsibly about the proceedings of the ICC October 5 – 7, 2011, Eldoret, Rift Valley October 12 – 14, 2011, Mombasa Media Conference October 17, 2011, Nairobi Organized by Bettina Ambach / Wayamo Communication Foundation, with the financial support of the …
