Africa Legal Aid
In cooperation with
The Attorney General's Chambersand
Ministry of Justice of The Gambia
Presents a WestAfrican Stakeholders' Meeting on
EMERGING TRENDS ON COMPLEMENTARITY
25-26 April 2018
Banjul, The Gambia
Program
Day 1, 25th April9:00 Hours: Registration
Opening Ceremony, 9:30 – 11:00Justice Hassan Jallow
Chief Justice of The Gambia; Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); First Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT)
ChairKeynote
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director, Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Emerging Trends on Complementarity in Africa
Justice FatoumataDembeleDiarra
Supreme Court of Mali; Former First Vice President of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
The Road thus far: International Criminal Justice in Africa
Morten Kjaerum
Director, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Statement
Justice Hassan Jallow
Chief Justice of The Gambia; Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); First Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT)
Keynote: Complementarity in the Pursuit of International Criminal Justice in Africa
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee/Tea
Panel 1, 11:30 – 13:30Victims as the Driving Force in Prosecution of International Crimes
H.E. Judge Geoffrey Henderson, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Chair
Reed Brody Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists; Consultant, Human Rights Watch; Advocate for HissèneHabré’s Victims The Exercise of Complementarity by ad hoc Tribunals, Habréand Other Examples
William Nyarko
Executive Director, African Centre for International Law and Accountability Massacre of 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia
Henri Thulliez
Attorney atlaw, Paris Bar; ExecutiveDirector, La Fondation pour l'Egalité des Chances en Afrique, Belgium
A Victim Centred Approach to Justice: Lessons Learned, Synergies Ahead
FatoumattaSandeng
President, Solo Sandeng Foundation
Personal Account of the Solo Sandeng Case
FLOOR DISCUSSION
13:30 – 14:30 Hours: Lunch
Panel 2, 14:30 – 16:30 HoursCountry Situations- Part 1
Mama KoiteDoumbia, Board Member,Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC
Chair
SegunJegede Founder, Legal Watch and Human Rights Initiative, Special Prosecutor of the Government of Nigeria The Boko Haram Situation in Nigeria
Eric AiméSemien
President, Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l'Homme
The Situation in Cote d’Ivoire
Florentine Kima
Head of Division, Appeals Court of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Views from Burkina Faso
Augustine C. Fayiah
Former Member of Parliament of Liberia; Former Assistant Minister of Justice; Legal Practitioner
Perspectives from Liberia
FLOOR DISCUSSION
17:00 -18:30:Networking Reception
Day 2, 26th AprilPanel 3, 09:00 –11:00
Country Situations- Part 2
Morten Kjaerum, Director, Raoul WallenbergInstitute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Chair
Justice FatoumataDembeleDiarra
Supreme Court of Mali; Former First Vice President of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
The Exercise of Complementarity in Mali
AhmedouTidjaneBal
Legal and Judicial Affairs Counsel, Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, Office of The Special Representative of The Secretary-General Of The United Nations
The Guinean Experience
AsmaouDiallo President, Association of Victims, Relatives and Friends, Guinea
Justice for the Guinea Massacre: A Civil Society Perspective
Ibrahim Tommy
Executive Director, Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law, Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Experience
FLOOR DISCUSSION
11:00 – 11:30Coffee/Tea
Panel 4, 11.30 - 13.30The Gambian Victim in Focus
Rachel Mendy
President, Gambia Bar Association
Chair
Dr.AmaduScattredJanneh
Advisor, Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Abuse
Exploring Complementary Forms of Justice to Fill the Impunity Gap
Baba Hydara
Co-Publisher, The Point Newspaper
Using the Media as a Tool to Pursue Accountability for Grave Crimes
AyeeshaJammeh
Secretary, Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Abuse
Personal Reflections
Dr.Baba GallehJallow
Executive Secretary, Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparation Commission of theGambia The Mandate of the TRRC
FLOOR DISCUSSION
13:30 – 14:30 Hours: Lunch
Panel 5, 14.30 - 16.30The Future of Complementarity Initiatives in Africa
Evelyn A. Ankumah, Executive Director, Africa Legal Aid
Chair
Hon. Mbacké Fall
Supreme Court of Senegal, Former Chief Prosecutor of The Extraordinary African Chambers for the Prosecution of HissèneHabré
Lessons from the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Court of Senegal
Elise Keppler Associate Director of International Justice Programme, Human Rights WatchSeizing Opportunities forJustice at Home: LessonsLearned from Sierra Leone to Guinea.
MB Abubakar
Director of Public Prosecutions, Attorney General's Chambers and Ministry of Justice of the Gambia
Prospects from the Gambia
AdewaleIyanda
Senior Legal Officer, African Union Commission Perspectives of the African Union
FLOOR DISCUSSION
18:00 – 21:00Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the ICC
Statute
Guests of Honour: H.E. Adama Barrow
President of the Gambia (Name of representative to be confirmed)
H.E. Judge Geoffrey Henderson
International Criminal Court
Mama KoiteDoumbia
Board Member, Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC