Project Highlight Panel Debate: International Trials Under Scrutiny Nairobi event will discuss whether prosecutions are the key to accountability in Africa. By Simon Jennings <http://iwpr.net/people/simonjennings> - International Justice - ICC <http://iwpr.net/programme/international-justice-icc> 10 Feb 14
On February 12, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation will host a panel discussion on justice processes for mass crimes in Africa. This is the sixth in a series of public debates hosted by IWPR and Wayamo under the ReportingKenya.net banner, and will feature Kenyan and international panellists including: - Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. - Macharia Gaitho, Managing Editor for Special Projects at Nation Media Group and Chair of the Kenya Editors' Guild. - Evans Monari, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya; Partner, Daly & Figgis Advocates; former ICC counsel for Mohammed Hussein Ali. - Betty Murungi, Chairperson of Akiba Uhaki Foundation and Vice-Chair of the Kenya Human Rights Commission. - Alex Whiting, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School. The panel discussion is open to the general public and will begin at 10:00 at the Strathmore University Auditorium (*address & directions <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Strathmore+University+Auditorium,+Keri+Road,+Nairobi,+Kenya&hl=en&ll=-1.309941,36.813866&spn=0.006371,0.010568&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.224889,86.572266&oq=Strathmore+University+Auditorium&t=m&z=17&iwloc=A.>*) Moderator Bettina Ambach, Director of the Wayamo Foundation, will invite the audience to ask questions and make comments throughout the debate. The debate will be streamed live at ReportingKenya.net. A light lunch will be served at 13:00. *TOPICS:* The panel discussion will feature a range of opinions on international courts and their impact in Africa, and will be introduced by Dr. Luis Franceschi, Dean of Strathmore Law School. - Is support for international criminal justice in decline? - Do perceptions of justice in Africa differ from those in other parts of the world? - Has the international community focused too much on prosecutions at the expense of other transitional justice mechanisms? *CONTACT:* Bettina Ambach, Director, Wayamo Foundation: [email protected], tel. 0733233876 Judie Kaberia, IWPR/Wayamo coordinator: [email protected], tel. 0722235739 Simon Jennings, Africa Editor, IWPR: [email protected] Follow the debate on Twitter at @IWPRKenya and hashtag #ICCDebate -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op3%2BJ0jpO0RKAfUF_fPxugzDZ0NnHyPmZjcSqgMfsqJ9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
