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 …
Expert Meeting: Documenting international crimes and human rights violations
The Wayamo Foundation hosted an expert meeting on 17-18 May in Nairobi, Kenya, on the documentation of international crimes and human rights violations for future accountability purposes. The meeting explored how best to use existing open-source information (OSI) collection mechanisms in the context of the current armed conflict in Sudan.
UN Security council resultion 2068 S_RES_2068(2012)_E
UN Security council resultion 2068 S_RES_2068(2012)_E
Donโt pull South Africa out of the ICC, judges urge Justice Minister Masutha
South Africa could help counter the global vacuum of respect for international law by supporting the International Criminal Court, says former Justice Richard Goldstone, who with Judge Navi Pillay has urged Justice Minister Michael Masutha not to withdraw the country from The Hague-based court.
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PANEL II: African courts and international crime divisions
22-24 March 2016 What do such trials imply for the victims of injustice and the African public? Are these โAfrican (judicial) solutions to African (impunity) problemsโ? Moderator Patryk I. Labuda Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Introductory remarks โขย Abdul Tejan-Cole Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Dakar Panellists โข Netsanet Belay Africa Director, …
Signs of an ANC shift on withdrawal from ICC
Differences within government and the ANC about South Africaโs withdrawal from the International Criminal Court could mean that the parliamentary process now under way might yet come to naught โ but donโt expect much open debate on this before next yearโs general elections.
