Ending Impunity Together: Domestic And International ProsecutionOf International And Transnational...

Two-day Symposium

Ending impunity togEthErdomestic and international prosecution of international and transnational organised crimes

28 - 29 April 2015riara university, nairobi

tuesday, 28 april 2015

8:30 9:30 Welcoming remarks

Faith Nguru Ag. Vice Chancellor, Riara University Bettina Ambach Director, Wayamo Foundation Sylvia W. Kangara Dean and Associate Professor of Law, Riara Law School

opening remarks

Andreas Peschke Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Ndegwa Muhoro Director, Criminal Investigation Department Githu Muigai Attorney General, Republic of Kenya

Keynote address: Willy Mutunga Chief Justice & President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

9:30 11:00 panel i: is there a complementarity turn? How domestic is the future of international criminal law?

ModerAtorMark Kersten London School of Economics Philipp Ambach Special Assistant of the President, International Criminal Court Serge Brammertz Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Hassan Bubacar Jallow Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International

Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Athaliah Molokomme Attorney General, Republic of Botswana

11:00 11:30 coffee break

11:30 13:00 panel ii: national and regional courts dealing with serious crimes: lessons learnt from the international and organised crime units of canada, uganda and rwanda, and discussion about an african court with jurisdiction over international crimes

ModerAtor Waikwa Wanyoike Executive Director, Katiba Institute, Nairobi don deya CEO Pan African Lawyers Union, Arusha, Tanzania Lydia Mugambe Judge at the High Court of Uganda Jean Bosco Mutangana Head, International Crimes Unit, National Public Prosecution Authority,

Rwanda robert Petit Counsel and Team Leader, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Section of the

Canadian Department of Justice

ending impunity togetHer

13:00 14:00 lunch

14:00 15:30 panel iii: the international and organised crimes division in the High court of kenya Why and How?

ModerAtor Bettina Ambach Director, Wayamo Foundation Sam Kobia Chair of the IOCD Committee Njonjo Mue Human Rights Lawyer and Transitional Justice Expert, Nairobi Lilian obuo Head of the International Crimes Division, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Kenya Amos omuga Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Kenya


15:45 16:45 panel iv: the intersection of core international crimes and transnational organised crimes

ModerAtorJemima Njeri Senior Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria raymond debelle Co-ordinator, UN group of Experts for Cte dIvoire eric Kibet Lecturer, Riara University Law School Alex Whiting Professor, Harvard Law School

PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 29 april 2015

10:00 11:00 the Wednesday morning lecture: Justice, power and politics tensions and linkages

ModerAtorMark Kersten London School of Economics Kevin Jon Heller Professor of Criminal Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),

University of London


11:15 12:45 panel v: challenges to complex international investigations and prosecutions: different prosecu-torial strategies, investigation challenges for national authorities, and witness protection

ModerAtorWambui Njogu Lecturer, Kenyatta University School of Law Adejok Babington-Ashaye former investigator, International Criminal Court Alice ondieki, director Witness Protection Agency, Kenya Cristina ribeiro Investigation Co-ordinator, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Simo Vtinen former Chief of the Victim and Witness Protection Unit, International Criminal Court

12:45 14:00 lunch


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14:00 15:30panel vi: best practice in government/ngo collaboration with atrocity-crime investigations and prosecutions

ModerAtor Joseph roberts-Mensah Africa Director, Wayamo Foundation Government representative (tBC) Jolene Harvey Deputy Director & Senior Counsel, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Section of

the Canadian Department of Justice George Kegoro Executive Director, Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists Betty Murungi Independent Consultant on Human Rights and Transitional Justice

15:30 16:30 Closing remarks:the future of international criminal justice

Serge Brammertz Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Athaliah Molokomme Attorney General, Republic of Botswana Joel Ngugi Judge, High Court of Kenya & Director, Judiciary Training Institute Alex Whiting Professor, Harvard Law School

ALL tHoSe AtteNdiNG Are KiNdLy iNVited to JoiN uS For A CoCKtAiL AFter tHe eVeNt.

Dr. Philipp Ambach works in the Presi-dency of the ICC as the Presidents Spe-cial Assistant since December 2010. Pre-sently, he is temporarily deployed to the ICC Registry ReVision Project as a Legal Officer and team leader for the revision

of the functioning and efficiency of a number of judi-ciary-related Registry Sections. Before his employment with the ICC, Mr. Ambach worked for four years as an Associate Legal Officer in the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY, ICTR, as well as in the Registry of the ICTY. Natio-

BEttinA AmBACh Director, Wayamo Foundation

philipp AmBAChSpecial Assistant of the President, International Criminal Court

Since 2010 Bettina Ambach is hea-ding the Wayamo Foundation, an in-dependent, non-profit organisation es-tablished to strengthen the rule of law, promote international criminal justice and foster transparency through infor-

med journalism. The Foundation does this by building the capacity of national judicial systems to better ad-dress international and transnational crimes and by pro-viding a forum for network-building between domestic and international judicial institutions.

Ambach has been an international affairs journalist


since 1992, and a media consultant and lecturer in jour-nalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America since 1995. She has completed consultancies for the German Federal Foreign Office, Deutsche Welle Academy, Fundacin Nuevo PeriodismoIberoamericano (Colombia), the Uni-ted Nations Development Fund for Women (Liberia), the EU-funded project Reform of the Myanmar Police Force and the International Criminal Court.

Ambach completed university studies in Hamburg, Germany, Yaound, Cameroon, Dsseldorf, Germany and Montpellier, France. She holds a Masters degree in History and French.

nally, Mr. Ambach had been accepted at the Cologne Public Prosecutors Office prior to his employment with the ICTY.

After finishing his law degree at the Humboldt-Uni-versity of Berlin, Mr. Ambach served his Referendariat at the Regional Court of Dsseldorf. He holds a Ph.D. in international criminal law from Free University of Berlin. Mr. Ambach has published a number of articles on va-rious topics in the area of international criminal as well as humanitarian law and regularly gives lectures on ICL/IHL topics at various universities and research institutions.

AdEjok BABington-AshAyECounsel, World Bank Administrative Tribunal

Adejok Babington-Ashaye is a spe-cialist in international criminal investi-gations and public international law. Presently counsel at the World Bank Ad-ministrative Tribunal in Washington, she was formerly an associate investigator in

the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Crimi-nal Court and associate legal officer at the Internatio-nal Court of Justice.

She holds a Masters degree in Public International Law (LLM) from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a specialisation in International Criminal Law, and is a licensed Attorney in New York.

Her background includes investigations into human

rights abuses in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria, rese-arching human rights policies at the Carr Center for Hu-man Rights Policy, Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government), and working on the ratification of the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa.

She has held various positions in the American Bar Association Section of International Law and is Director of Programmes at the African Association of Internati-onal Law.

Ms. Babington-Ashaye has published a number of articles on various topics in the area of international criminal law, Africa, development and international law. She has also presented and taught workshops on these topics.

Raymond Debelle, a Belgian national, is a recognised expert on armed groups operating in the Eastern DR Congo, espe-cially on the FDLR.

In 2011, under the aegis of the Tran-sitional Demobilization and Repatriati-

on Program (TDRP) of the World Bank, he conducted an intensive field research on the structure, leadership, ideology, alliances, impact and survival strategies of this organisation.

In 2013, he conducted an update of this research (supported by Small Arms Survey, a research institute

sErgE BrAmmErtzProsecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

rAymond dEBEllECo-ordinator, UN group of Experts for Cte dIvoire

Before his appointment as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz of Belgium was the Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the murder

of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a post he held from January 2006 until the end of 2007. Previously, he was Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC, in charge of the Investigations Division of the Office of the Prosecutor. Before, he was the head of the Federal Prosecution of the Kingdom of Belgium. From 1997 to 2002, as a Na-

BIOGRAPHY

tional Magistrate, Mr. Brammertz was in charge of coor-dinating investigations in the fields of international drug trafficking and trafficking of human beings. During this period, he also worked as an expert for the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the Internati-onal Organization for Migration. Mr. Brammertz was a Professor of law at the University of Lige and an author on organised crime and international cooperation in cri-minal matters. He holds a law degree from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, a degree in Criminology from the University of Lige and a PhD in international law from the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany.

located in Switzerland). He is presently the Coordinator of the UN Group of Experts on Cte dIvoire and has completed four mandates with this group.

He also completed two mandates with the UN Group of Experts on the DR Congo, as Regional and Arms Ex-pert (2010 & 2009) and has been a consultant to the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia twice (2012 & 2011).

He formerly worked as a criminal investigator at the International Criminal Court and in the Africa Desk-Field Security for the Council of the European Union. He has a long professional experience in the Great Lakes Region under UN, EU and national mandates.

Don Deya is the CEO of the Pan Afri-can Lawyers Union (PALU). He is an ad-vocate of the High Court of Kenya, and was previously the CEO of the East Africa Law Society (EALS), and, before that, De-puty CEO of the Law Society of Kenya

(LSK). He has also worked with the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Kenya).

Among other things, he chairs the Executive Com-mittees of the Centre for Citizens Participation in the African Union (CCP AU) and the International Coalition

don dEyACEO Pan African Lawyers Union, Arusha, Tanzania

for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP). He is a Council Member (and former Chair) of the African Court Coa-lition (ACC).

He litigates extensively at the African Court on Hu-man and Peoples Rights (AfCHPR), and the East African Court of Justice (EACJ). He has engaged in advocacy with several organs and institutions of the African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB) and various Af-rican Regional Economic Communities (RECs). He also engages the United Nations (UN) system, and the Inter-national Criminal Court (ICC).

jolEnE hArvEyDeputy Director & Senior Counsel, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Section of the Canadian Department of Justice

hAssAn BuBACAr jAllowProsecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Jolene Harvey holds a Bachelor of Arts (Criminology) degree from Simon Fraser University, a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School and a post-graduate certifi-cate in International Criminal Justice from the University of London. She is a member of the Law Society of Up-per Canada (Ontario, Canada) and is admitted as an attorney in the State of New York.

Jolene began her career in the London and New York offices of the global law firm, Shearman & Sterling. While in private practice, she also completed a second-ment to the Office of the Prosecutor at the United Na-tions International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Jolene joined the Department of Justice Canada in 2003. She has worked in the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section, where she is currently Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, and in the International As-sistance Group, Canadas central authority for mutual legal assistance and extradition.

Jolene was also Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety, Defence and Immigration (2011-2012) and was seconded to the Criminal, Security and Treaty Law Division at the De-partment of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (2007-2008).

Kevin Jon Heller is currently Professor of Criminal Law at SOAS, University of Lon-don. Until 2014, he was Associate Profes-sor & Reader at Melbourne Law School, where he also served as Project Director for International Criminal Law at the Asia

Pacific Centre for Military Law. He holds a PhD in law from Leiden University and a JD with distinction from Stanford Law School. His books include The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law (Oxford University Press, 2011) and The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials (Oxford University Press, 2013) (edi-

kEvin jon hEllErProfessor of Criminal Law, SOAS, University of London

Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Under Secre-tary-General of the United Nations and Chief Prosecutor of the UNICTR as well as Chief Prosecutor of the UNMICT, stu-died law in Tanzania, Nigeria and Great

Britain. He previously worked as the Attorney General and

Minister of Justice in The Gambia and as Justice of the Gambian Supreme Court, Judge of the Appeals Chamber, UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, Judge Ad Litem of the UNICTY and as Judge of the Commonwe-alth Arbitral Tribunal. He has served the UN, the OAU, the AU and the Commonwealth as Legal Consultant on various matters including governance, human rights,


ted with Gerry Simpson). He has been involved in the International Criminal Courts negotiations over the cri-me of aggression, worked as Human Rights Watchs ex-ternal legal advisor on the trial of Saddam Hussein, and served for three years as one of Radovan Karadzics formally-appointed legal associates. He consults regu-larly with a variety of UN organisations (such as UNAMA) and human rights groups (such as Human Rights First) and is a core trainer for Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection, a Brussels-based NGO that focuses on IHL. He is also a permanent member of the international-law blog Opinio Juris.

public law, international law and international criminal justice. He has published various books and papers on his subject of expertise. He was conferred with Com-mander of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia (CRG) 1985.

Justice Jallow is a member of the Gambian and the Nigerian Bar Associations as well as being a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIARB) and of the International Association of Pro-secutors (IAP). He is Co-Chair of the World Justice Project, a member of the Advisory Council for a Con-vention on Crimes Against Humanity and a mem-ber of the Commonwealth Judges and Magistrates Association.

Sylvia Kangara writes and teaches on matters concerning comparative priva-te law and property theory, international law, and theories of justice. She gradua-ted with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Nairobi School of

Law in 1996. After completing postgraduate studies at the Kenya School of Law in 1997, she received the Samuel Morse Lane Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws (LLM) degree at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1998. She subsequently joined Harvard Law Schools Doctor of Juridical Sciences (SJD) degree programme from which she graduated in 2003. In the course of

sylviA w. kAngArADean & Associate Professor of Law, Riara Law School

Joan Kagezi was a Prosecutor at the Directorate of Public Prosecutions in Uganda where she headed the War Crimes/Terrorism prosecution division of the Directorate.

Created in 2008, the division in-

vestigates and prosecutes international crimes as well as other cases of transnational nature before the International Crimes Division of the High Court Uganda.

Joan Kagezi was killed in Kampala on 30 March 2015.

her doctoral studies, she received awards from the As-sociation of American University Women, the Lincoln In-stitute of Land Policy, and the Institute for the Study of World Politics.

In 2003, she joined the New York office of the in-ternational law firm, White & Case, LL.P., as an interna-tional legal associate in the firms project finance and equipment leasing practice. In 2005, she was a visiting professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law before joining the faculty of the University of Washing-ton School of Law, Seattle, as an assistant professor in 2006. In April 2012, she was appointed associate pro-fessor of law and founding dean of Riara Law School.

George Kegoro is the Executive Direc-tor of the Kenyan Section of the Interna-tional Commission of Jurists. Kegoro is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and served as Secretary to the Commis-sion of Inquiry into the Post Election Vi-

olence in Kenya in 2008. In 2004, he served as Joint Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into the Gol-

gEorgE kEgoroExecutive Director, Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists

denberg scandal. Previously, Kegoro was the secretary of the Law Society of Kenya and also worked as a State Counsel in the office of the Attorney General and was responsible for legal research for purposes of law reform.

He has contributed chapters in various publica-tions on such subjects as counter-terrorism and human rights, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption.

joAn kAgEzi ()Head of the Prosecution Division of the International Crimes Division of Uganda

Mark Kersten is a researcher, tea-cher, and consultant based at the Lon-don School of Economics and SOAS. His research focuses on the effects of in-terventions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on peace, justice and con-

flict processes in northern Uganda and Libya. Dr. Kers-ten has also written extensively on the relationship between the ICC and the Responsibility to Protect, the role of social media in atrocity prevention, and the relationship between the Security Council and the ICC. In 2011, Dr Kersten founded the blog Justice

Eric Kibet is a Lecturer at Riara Law School. His areas of scholastic interest are constitutional law, international law and legal theory. He has previously taught law at Kenyatta University School of Law and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricul-

ture and Technology (JKUAT). He is currently a Doctor of Laws (LLD) scholar at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from

mArk kErstEn London School of Economics

EriC kiBEtLecturer, Riara University Law School

in Conflict, which regularly publishes articles on the challenges of pursuing international criminal justice in the context of ongoing violent political conflicts. He has also taught courses on international political theory, genocide, the politics of international law, di-plomacy, and conflict and peace studies. In addition to his academic research, Dr. Kersten has worked as the Transitional Justice Researcher at Lawyers for Ju-stice in Libya (LFJL), as a Research Associate at the Refugee Law Project in Uganda, as a researcher at Justice Africa in London, and is currently working with the Wayamo Foundation.

Boston College Law School in the United States, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from University of Nairobi. He also holds a postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

Kibet is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and a Licentiate Member of the Institute for the Manage-ment of Information Systems, UK. At Riara Law School, he teaches constitutional law, legal research and oral advocacy skills.

The Hon. Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia is a renowned world ecumenical leader and the immediate former general secre-tary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Since 2011, he is a Commissioner of the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya which is tas-ked with the responsibility of transforming the Judiciary of Kenya, ensuring the independence of the Judiciary and recruiting and giving direction over the performan-ce of judges and magistrates.

sAm koBiAChair of the IOCD Committee

As the Ecumenical Special Envoy for South Sudan and Sudan since 2010 Kobia provides high-level diplo-macy and advocacy for the two Sudans on behalf of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the WCC. He is currently deeply involved in coordinating ecumenical peace initiatives for reconciliation, peace and healing for South Sudan.

Since 2007, he is the Chancellor of St. Pauls Uni-versity in Limuru, Kenya. Since 2012 he is the Chair of the International and Organised Crimes Division (IOCD) Committee.

Director of the International Centre for Transitional Ju-stice (ICTJ). He is currently a Senior Advisor to Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) and serves as Vice Chair of the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists.

Michaela Lissowsky is Deputy Founding Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Aca-demy). Before this, she was in charge of project management for establishing the Nuremberg Academy as Director of the Founding Office. She coordinated the

founding process between the German Foreign Office, the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg. The Nuremberg Academy is a foundation dedicated to

miChAElA lissowskyInternational Nuremberg Principles Academy, Nuremberg

the advancement of international criminal law. Michaela Lissowsky is a political scientist with a focus

on international relations and international criminal law, worked as managing editor at a publishing house, spe-cialised on education and law, and at the German Fe-deral Agency for Migration and Refugeess department for international relations. She is chairperson of the Nu-remberg Human Rights Centre (NGO) and member of the selection committee of the German Human Rights Film Festival.

njonjo muEHuman Rights Lawyer and Transitional Justice Expert

Njonjo Mue is a Kenyan human rights lawyer and transitional justice expert. He has previously worked as Head of Ad-vocacy for the Kenya National Commis-sion on Human Rights and Africa Deputy

Dr. Athaliah Molokomme studied in Botswana, Swaziland, the United Sta-tes and the Netherlands. She taught law at the University of Botswana and has researched and published extensi-

vely in the fields of family law, women and law, custo-mary law and employment law. She is a regular and very experienced speaker at national, regional and international conferences, workshops and seminars in her areas of expertise. D. rMolokomme has ser-ved on several boards, commissions and professionalorganisations at national, regional and international le-vels. Among the awards she has received are the Wo-

mens Human Rights Award from Women, Law and De-velopment International and the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service for Exceptional Service to Botswana.

From 1998, she was founding head of the Gender Unit at the Secretariat of the Southern African De-velopment Community (SADC), until 2003 when she was appointed judge of the High Court of Botswana. In 2005, she was appointed to her current position of Attorney General of the Republic of Botswana. In this position, she performs the main task of being Principal Legal Advisor to the Government of Botswana. By vir-tue of this position, she is an ex officio member of the Botswana Cabinet.

AthAliAh molokommEAttorney General, Republic of Botswana

Betty Kaari Murungi is a lawyer with over 27 years broad experience in the practice of law at the national, regional and international levels, educated at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya School of Law.

Murungi is a past visiting fellow at the Harvard Law Schools Human Rights Program where she researched transitional justice mechanisms.

She has extensive background in international hu-man rights in the context of violent conflict with ex-

BEtty murungi Independent Consultant on Human Rights and Transitional Justice


perience in international criminal justice and ac-countability mechanisms. She has been an integral player in the jurisprudence of international criminal law and international humanitarian law as pertains to gender.

Murungi served for a brief period as Vice Chairper-son and Commissioner to the Kenya Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission and for three years as the Africa representative on the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court.

Jean Bosco Mutangana is the Head of the International Crimes Unit of the Nati-onal Public Prosecution Authority of the Republic of Rwanda.

Mr. Mutangana holds a Bachelors Degree in Law from the National Univer-

sity of Rwanda and a Post Graduate Diploma in Le-gal Practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development in Rwanda. He also holds a Masters De-gree in Law with specialiasation in Criminal Law and Criminology from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Having worked in various prosecution offices in Rwan-

jEAn BosCo mutAngAnAHead, International Crimes Unit, National Public Prosecution Authority, Rwanda

da since 1999, Mr. Mutangana became a National Pro-secutor in 2004. He was the Spokesman of the Rwan-dan prosecution service between 2004 and 2008 and the head of the Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit (GFTU) from 2007 to 2011.

In this position, he coordinated international co-ope-ration with a number of countries and cooperated with several investigators from various countries on Mutual Legal Assistance matters.

Being the current head of the International Crimes Unit in the Rwandan Prosecution, he is a lead prosecu-ting attorney in the cases transferred to Rwanda from the ICTR and those extradited from other states.

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Joel Ngugi was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Kenya in September 2011. In June 2012 he was appointed by the Chief Justice to head the Judi-ciary Transformation Secretariat, which is responsible for implementing the Judici-

ary Transformation Framework 20122016. In March 2013 the Chief Justice appointed him the Director of the Judiciary Training Institute.

Prior to joining the Judiciary, Professor Ngugi was ba-sed at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washing-ton) where he had taught law since 2004 and was selected by the students as a Philip A. Trautman Pro-fessor of the Year for 200405 and as Small Section Professor of the Year for 201011. He had previously

joEl ngugiJudge, High Court of Kenya & Director, Judiciary Training Institute

practiced law with the Boston law firm of Foley Hoag, LLP, as a corporate and international litigation associa-te, and with the Kenyan firm Kariuki Muigua & Compa-ny Advocates.

Professor Ngugi has worked with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and conducted research work for the Global Coalition for Africa/World Bank, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University. He holds an Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi and ob-tained Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Sciences degree from Harvard Law School.

At Harvard Law School, he was one of two recipients of the John Gallup Laylin Prize in International Law in 2002.

lydiA mugAmBEJudge at the High Court of Uganda

Lydia Mugambe-Ssali is a distinguis-hed lawyer from Uganda. In 2013, she was appointed a Judge of the High Court in Uganda, a position she holds to date. From 2005 to 2013, Mugam-be-Ssali worked at the ICTR, first as a

Legal Officer in Chambers and later as an Appeals Counsel under the Appeals Division in the Office of the Prosecutor. At the ICTR, she handled the biggest case

not only in the history of the tribunal but genocide trials in the world.

Mugambe-Ssali also contributed to the writing of the Genocide Story project by the Office of the Prosecu-tor while at the ICTR. In 2005-2006, Mugambe-Ssali worked as a legal researcher at the International Bar Associations Human Rights Institute and also voluntee-red at the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights in London.


jEmimA njEriSenior Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria

Jemima Njeri Kariri is a Senior Resear-cher in the International Crime in Africa Programme, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division. She main-ly works on international criminal justice

project and leads on the African Network on Internatio-nal Criminal Justice. Her focus area is international crimi-nal justice and transnational crimes in Africa.

She also supports work on counter-terrorism and works closely with African Governments and civil society organisations as well as with the Association of African Prosecutors, the East African Association of Prosecutors

and the East African Magistrates and Judges Associa-tion to advance the rule of law and response to these complex crimes. She previously worked for the UN Of-fice on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for Southern Africa as Programme Associate, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and also served as Civil Society Liaison Officer for the Southern African Human Security Pro-gramme at the ISS. Jemima holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) as well as a Masters of Political Science (with a major in International Relations). She is a qualified training facilitator, has chaired many events and has written on international criminal justice in Africa.

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law in general, international criminal law in particular, public interest and human rights matters. She is on the list of Counsel of the ICC authorised to represent victims in trials before the ICC and was recently gazetted as a Special Prosecutor to assist the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions with the prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence cases in Kenya.

She is a member of the Public Interest Litigation and Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of Kenya, the East African Law Society, a volunteer educator and facilitator at the Center for Justice for Victims of Crimes against Humanity and a member of the Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya.

wAmBui njogu Lecturer, Kenyatta University School of Law

Wambui is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya of 30 years standing and has worked in the legal field in va-rious capacities. She is currently a lec-turer and the Deputy Director Students Affairs in charge of the students welfare

at Kenyatta University School of Law. Here, she mentors young people, also outside of class through the Kenyat-ta University Staff to Student Mentorship program as a volunteer.

She holds a Master of Laws degree in Public Inter-national Law and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi. Her areas of interest are criminal

liliAn oBuoHead of the International Crimes Division, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Kenya

Amos omugASuperintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Kenya

Lillian Obuo is a Assistant director of Public Prosecutions in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kenya.

She has been a prosecutor for 14

Amos Omuga is a holder of Bachelor of Laws degree from Moi University Eldo-ret and is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

years with a wealth of experience in prosecution of complex cases. Currently, she heads the International Crimes Division and also serves as a deputy in the Ex-tradition, MLA and International Cooperation Division.

He is currently serving as a legal officer atta-ched to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations where he also undertakes investigations in selected cases.

Alice Ondieki is an Advocate of the High Court of Ke-nya with 24 years post qualification experience in legal practice. She holds Bachelor and Master of Laws (Law, Governance and Democracy) degrees from the Univer-sity of Nairobi as well as a Masters in Womens Law from the University of Zimbabwe. She also is a specialist on gender and womens rights and women in administrati-on of justice. Currently, she is the Director and Chief Exe-

AliCE ondiEkiDirector, Witness Protection Agency, Kenya

cutive of the Witness Protection Agency (WPA) Kenya and Secretary to the Witness Protection Advisory Board.

As a director of the agency, she has been instrumen-tal in the establishment and operationalisation of the Witness Protection Agency and the Witness Protection Programme. Also in her role as the Director of the Agen-cy, she is in charge of the day-to-day administration of the agency and the witness protection programme.


dio project (UN Office for Children and Armed Con-flict) and an Elections Information Officer. In Liberia, he was the Deputy Chief of Public Information.

Prior to working with the UN, he was an Executive Producer/Station Manager for a private independent FM Radio Station in Accra, and he has done journa-listic work for the BBC and Independent TV in the UK.

Roberts-Mensah concluded his university studies in London and the United States. He holds a Masters de-gree in Diplomacy and International Relations. He has worked as a course facilitator/trainer on media in pe-ace support operations at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre and at the Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre in Canada.

josEph roBErts-mEnsAhAfrica Director, Wayamo Foundation

Joseph Roberts-Mensah is the Africa Director of the Wayamo Foundation sin-ce 2011, where he is engaged in media training on conflict sensitive journalism, hate speech, elections reporting, transi-tional justice and the ICC. He is also the

Director Radio Operations for three radio stations in Accra, Ghana, and Liberia.

From 2001 to 2011 Roberts-Mensah worked on UN peacekeeping missions; first at the UN mission in Sierra Leone and then for eight years as Director of UNMIL Radio at the UN mission in Liberia. In Sierra Leone he was a Public Information Officer, Acting Spokesperson and Executive Producer at the Voice of Children ra-

Robert Petit was called to the Bar in 1988 and started his legal career as a Crown Prosecutor in Montreal for eight years eventually focusing on organised criminality and complex cases.

In 1996 he embarked on an international career first as a Legal Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Subsequently between 1999 and 2004, he was a Regional Legal Advisor for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, a Prosecutor for the

roBErt pEtitCounsel and Team Leader, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Section of the Canadian Department of Justice

Serious Crimes Unit of the United Nations Missions of Support to East Timor, and a Senior Trial Attorney with the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

In 2006, he was named by the United Nations as International Co Prosecutor of the Extraordinary Cham-bers in the Courts of Cambodia, a position he held until September 2009 when he returned to Canada and to his long-term position as Counsel and Team Leader with the War Crimes Section of Canadas Federal De-partment of Justice.

Cristina Ribeiro started work as a Public Prosecutor in 1997. In that capacity, in the Lisbon Department of Criminal Investiga-tions and Prosecutions, she specialised in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, in

particular the investigation and prosecution of financial and economic crimes, organised crime and cyber-cri-minality. In 2009-2010 she taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Portuguese school for Magis-

CristinA riBEiroInvestigation Coordinator, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

trates, providing training for future national magistrates. She worked in the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC

from 2004 to 2007 as Investigator and Team Leader in the Uganda case. In September 2012, she returned to the OTP as Investigations Coordinator. One of her ro-les is to ensure that all ICC investigations follow certain quality standards and are harmonised across cases, as well as developing new investigative and analytical strategies and tools for the Office.

simo vtinEnformer Chief of the Victim and Witness Protection Unit with the International Criminal Court

Mr. Vaatainen worked as the Chief Victims and Wit-nesses Unit at the ICC and held the same position at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Prior to these assignments he worked as Liaison Of-ficer at the Victims and Witnesses Section of the ICTY.Since 2011, Mr. Vaatainen has worked on internati-onal consultancies relating to the establishment and promotion of victims and witnesses protection in criminal justice processes. He has also been involved in or drafting of international standards on witness protection such as a Council of Europe recommendation and a Common-wealth Best Practice Guide for the Protection of Victim/

Witness. He has also drafted a tool on witness protection for

the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and a chapter on Protecting Witnesses of International Crimes for an upcoming book on International Criminal Investigations: Best Practices and Lessons Learned.

In addition, Mr. Vaatainen has five years of experience in international peacekeeping and peace enforcement in conflict and post- conflict areas in the former Yugos-lavia. He holds a MA in Philosophy and was accepted in the doctoral program of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) in Tampere, Finland in 2012.


Waikwa Wanyoike is the Executive Di-rector of Katiba Institute, an organisation based in Nairobi Kenya, which works to promote constitutionalism and the rule of law in Kenya. He practices constitutio-nal law as a public interest litigator and

appears regularly at the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Kenya on groundbreaking constitutional matters. Waikwa has advised govern-ment and non-governmental agencies on constitutio-

wAikwA wAnyoikEExecutive Director, Katiba Institute, Nairobi

nal implementation and policy reforms. Previously, Waikwa practiced law in Toronto, Cana-

da with an emphasis on criminal, immigration and re-fugee law, human rights and constitutional law. He stu-died at Queens and York Universities in Canada and Kenyatta University in Kenya. He has previously taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. He is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and admit-ted and licensed as Barrister and Solicitor by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

BIOGRAPHY

Alex Whiting is a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School where he teaches, writes and consults on domestic and in-ternational criminal prosecution issues.

From 2010 until 2013, Mr. Whiting was in the Office of the Prosecutor at the In-

ternational Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, serving as the Investigations Coordinator and then as Prosecutions Coordinator. Before that, Whiting taught as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, again with a focus on prosecution subjects. From 20022007, he was a Trial Attorney and then a Senior Trial Attorney with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was Lead Prosecution Counsel in: Prosecutor v. Fatmir Limaj, Isak Musliu, and Haradin Bala;

AlEx whitingProfessor, Harvard Law School

Prosecutor v. Milan Martic; and Prosecutor v. Dragomir Milosevic.

Before going to the ICTY, he was a U.S. Federal Prose-cutor for ten years, first with the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., then with the U.S. Attorneys Office in Boston.

Mr. Whiting attended Yale College and Yale Law School, and clerked for Judge Eugene H. Nickerson of the Eastern District of New York. His publications inclu-de International Criminal Law: Cases and Commentary (2011) co-authored with Antonio Cassese and two other authors, and In International Criminal Prosecu-tions, Justice Delayed Can Be Justice Delivered as well as The First Global Prosecutor: Promise and Constraints (2015).

With the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office

contact BettiNA AMBACH

Director, Wayamo FoundationPrinzregentenstr.82, 10717 Berlin, GermanyTel. +49 30 [email protected]

SyLViA W. KANGArA Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Dean and Associate Professor of Law Riara Law School Office: 0703.038.441Cell: [email protected]

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