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Panel Discussion:

International Trials Under Scrutiny:

Are prosecutions the key to accountability for
mass crimes in Africa?
Wednesday, February 12, 2014: 10h (Open Seating: 9h15)
Strathmore University Auditorium, Phase 2, Madaraka, Nairobi West
The debate will be streamed live at ReportingKenya.net

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?
The panel discussion will feature a range of opinions on international courts and their
impact in Africa. The audience will be invited to ask questions and make comments
throughout the moderated debate.
Welcoming remarks:
Dr Luis Franceschi, Dean of Strathmore Law School
Moderator:
Bettina Ambach, Director of the Wayamo Foundation
Panellists:
Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Macharia Gaitho, Managing Editor for Special Projects at Nation Media
Group and Chair of the Kenya Editors Guild.
Charles Kanjama, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
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.
Please join us for a light lunch at 12.30.
Contact:
Bettina Ambach, Director, Wayamo Foundation
bettina@bettinaambach.de, Tel. 0733233876
Judie Kaberia, IWPR/Wayamo coordinator
judy.kaberia@gmail.com, Tel. 0722235739
Simon Jennings, Africa Editor, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Simon@iwpr.net