ISS Meeting: Establishment of an African Action Network on International Criminal Justice

Date: 2009-05-12 to Invalid date

ISS Meeting: Establishment of an African Action Network on International Criminal Justice
Cape Town, 12 May 2009

 

Closed event - by invitation only

 

The ISS’s International Crime in Africa Programme (ICAP) is hosting a closed meeting which will constitute the first in the initiative – endorsed by African law society leaders and NGOs at a workshop in Pretoria in December 2008 – to establish an African Action Network on International Criminal Justice. The aim of the meeting is to clarify the objectives, activities, membership, success indicators and sustainability strategy of the network. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 12 May 2009 at Zevenwacht, Cape Town.

 

Participants, who make up the core group of civil society representatives who will advise and direct the network’s activities, include representatives from: the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC), the southern, east and west African Bar/Law Societies, DRC Bar Association, International Commission of Jurists (Africa and Kenya), Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l’Homme (ASADHO) in the DRC, Advocates for Public International Law in Uganda, Africa Legal Aid in Ghana, Human Rights Watch, Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and experts on the countries where the ICC or special tribunals dealing with international crime are operating.

 

Enquiries: Ms Jemima Njeri, Cell: +27 83 234 6566; Office: +27 12 346 9500; Email: [email protected]

Meeting Documentation