22 Oct 2009: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Crime and Criminal Justice Systems in Africa

Crime and Criminal Justice Systems in Africa 22 October 2009

 

The African Human Security Initiative Secretariat at the Institute for Security Studies cordially invites you to a seminar on Crime and Criminal Justice Systems in Africa

 

The African Human Security Initiative (AHSI), a network and partnership of several African organizations working on peace and conflict, has been using the opportunity created by the peer review concept to complement the formal NEPAD – Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process. This was done through reviewing the criminal justice system in five countries identified for peer reviews [Zambia, Tanzania, Benin, Mali and Sierra Leone]. AHSI aims to influence reforms in the criminal justice systems on the continent and this seminar will serve as a dialogue forum for drawing attention to the effects of crime and defective criminal justice systems on the democratisation and development processes on the continent.

 

08:30-09:00

  Registration

Chair Yvonne Chibiya-HURIDETSA/AHSI Partner

Brief background on AHSI

09:00-09.10

Welcoming Remarks

09:10-10:45

The Challenges of studying crime and criminal justice systems in Africa
Irvin Kinnes –Univ of Cape Town

 

Mapping Crime in Southern Africa and its impact on democratisation
Annette Hubschle-OCML/ISS

 

Crime survey findings in 3 western African countries
Dr. Annie Barbara Chikwanha AHSI/ISS

Discussion

10:45-11:00

Tea break

10:45-13:00

Criminal justice systems in SADC countries
TBC

 

Criminal justice systems in Francophone African countries
Romain Malejacq

Discussion

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:30

The Challenges of Harmonising Africa’s criminal justice systems in Africa [Francophone, Lusophone and Anglophone traditions]
David Zounmenou ASAP/Institute for Security Studies

 

The Role of the RECs in reforming Criminal Justice Systems
 Dr. Tony Karbo UPEACE/AHSI partner

Discussion

16:30-16:45

Closing Remarks: WANEP/AHSI partner
Murtala Touray

 

Venue: Court Classique Suite Hotel

 

Time: 8:30 am to 16:45pm.

 

RSVP
Lucia Motloung, Email [email protected]
Pretoria Office/Siege de Pretoria
Institute for Security Studies/ Institut d`Études de Sécurité
P.O. Box 1787 Pretoria, South Africa 0075
Tel: +2712 346 9500 Direct Fax: 086 636 8725 Fax: +2712 460 0998/7

Seminar Documentation