JULY 7

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE:

FROM WITHDRAWAL TO CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME,

7-8 JULY 2017 - DAKAR, SENEGAL
DAY 1 (JULY 7)
Bringing together key stakeholders, renowned
experts, and leading practitioners, the Wayamo
Foundation and the Africa Group for Justice
and Accountability (AGJA) are convening a
public symposium in Dakar, Senegal, from 7-8 9:00 - 9:30 Opening remarks
July, entitled Changing the Narrative - From Bettina Ambach, Director, Wayamo
Withdrawal to Constructive Engagement. Foundation
Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Justice
The symposium will cover the current state of of The Gambia, Former Prosecutor at
affairs in the relationship between African states
the International Criminal Tribunal for
and the International Criminal Court, possible
Rwanda and International Residual
reforms to improve the ICC, the re-emergence of
Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and
hybrid mechanisms to prosecute international
Chair of the AGJA
crimes, regional efforts to combat impunity, the
coming into force of the crime of aggression, Aminata Tour, Special Envoy of the
the relationship between conflict resolution and President and former Prime Minister
justice, and other pressing topics. of Senegal

With the financial support of the Ford Foundation


9:30 - 11:00
PANEL 1
Moving the Ball Forward From
Withdrawal to Constructive
engagement
Addressing root causes:
The ICC-UN Security Council relationship
The question of Head of State Immunity
Questions of selective justice,
Prosecutorial Discretion: Case
selection and case prioritization
strategies
AU-ICC engagement - challenges and
opportunities: Human Rights as a non-
negotiable principle
The Rome Statute and regional courts
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
PANEL 2
Change from Within Building a
Better ICC
Performance indicators for
international(ised) criminal courts
- increase in the institutions legitimacy
or just a means for budgetary control?
Articles 119, 121 and working groups
on amendments
New prosecutorial strategies,
new forms of communication and
outreach
Progress and obstacles in the
investigation and prosecution of
sexual violence crimes
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
With the financial support of the Ford Foundation
JULY 7
MODERATOR:
Mark Kersten, Munk School of Global A airs,
University of Toronto; Research Director,
Wayamo Foundation
SPEAKERS:
Representative of the African Union
Bill Pace, Convenor, Coalition for the ICC
(CICC), New York
Francis Dako, International Justice
Consultant, Human Rights Watch, Benin
Richard Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor
of the United Nations International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda and the former
Yugoslavia and AGJA member
Tiyanjana Maluwa, H. Laddie Montague
Chair in Law, Pennsylvania State University
School of Law and AGJA member
MODERATOR:
Angela Mudukuti, International Criminal Justice
Lawyer, Wayamo Foundation
SPEAKERS:
Didier Preira, Former Deputy Registrar at
the International Criminal Court
Navi Pillay, Former UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights and AGJA member
Philipp Ambach, Chief of theVictims
Participationand Reparations Section in the
Registry of the International Criminal Court
(ICC)
Sofia Candeias, United Nations Team of
Experts on the Rule of Law/Sexual Violence
in Conflict
Stephen Lamony, Senior Advocate for Africa
with Amnesty International, New York
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14:00 - 15:30
PANEL 3 MODERATOR:

Complementarity: a holistic Patryk Labuda, Ph.D. Candidatein International

approach to international Law at the Graduate Institute of International
criminal justice and Development Studies, Geneva Academy of
International Humanitarian Law and Human
Rights, Wayamo Foundation

National capacity to tackle core

SPEAKERS:
international crimes
Catherine Samba-Panza, Former
Hybrid Courts and Tribunals
Transitional President of the Central African
Alternative accountability Republic and AGJA member
mechanisms:The
Elena Baylis, Associate Professor at the
International, Impartial and
IndependentMechanismon University of Pittsburgh School of Law
international crimes committed Kirsten Ainley, Department of International
in theSyrianArab Republic Relations, London School of Economics
Stephen Rapp, formerUnited States
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes
Issuesin theOffice of Global Criminal Justice

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break

The Road Ahead The activation of ICC

15:45 - 17:00
jurisdiction over the crime of aggression

A CONVERSATION WITH:

Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent

Representative of Liechtenstein to theUnited
Nations

Defining Aggression- Could the Use of Force

for Atrocity Prevention be considered a Crime
of Aggression?
Who will be subject to ICC jurisdiction on
aggression?
Has the crime of aggression resonated on the
African continent?
Regional commitments in Africa to preventing
aggression

With the financial support of the Ford Foundation

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9:00 - 10:30
PANEL 4
Filling the Gaps International Criminal Justice Beyond the ICC

Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal

Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutors Office

MODERATOR: Mohamed Othman Chande, Former Chief Justice of Tanzania and AGJA member
SPEAKERS:

Alfred Kwende, Former Chief of investigations, UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Fidelma Donlon, Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Gberdao Gustave Kam, Former President of the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal
Mback Fall, Former Prosecutor of the Extraordinary African Chambers
Toussaint Muntazini, Special Prosecutor of the Special Crimes Court in Bangui, Central African
Republic

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30
PANEL 5
Peace and Justice Finding a Balance

Interests of Peace, of Victims andof Justice

Justice in its multifaceted forms: the need for victim engagement

MODERATOR: Fatiha Serour, Director of Serour Associates for Inclusion and Equity and AGJA Member
SPEAKERS:

Allan Ngari, Senior Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division,
Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria
Christopher Mahony, Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law Research and Policy
Femi Falana, Human rights activist and lawyer, Nigeria and AGJA member
Mark Kersten, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Research Director,
Wayamo Foundation
Ato Kwamena Onoma, Head of Research Program, Council for the Development of Social
Science Research in Africa (Codesria), Dakar

12:30 - 13:00 AGJAs Closing Remarks

13:00 Lunch

With the financial support of the Ford Foundation