Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession
13 Sep - 15 Sep 2023
Session information
Breakout session 5: Is the future of international criminal law domestic?
Friday 15 September (1130 - 1300)
Description
20 years on from the signing of the Rome Statute, with the winding down of the UN International Criminal Tribunals and the emergence of calls for new hybrid or special criminal tribunals (eg, for ISIS, for Syria) and the proliferation of attempts to bring war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide cases before domestic courts, this panel will analyse the challenges and obstacles that criminal justice currently faces at the international level, and whether the future of international justice lies on an international, hybrid or domestic trajectory.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Florida Kabasinga | Certa Law, Kigali, Rwanda |
Speakers
| Peace Malleni | UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Sternford Moyo | Scanlen & Holderness, Harare, Zimbabwe; Chair, Nominations Committee |
| Takeh Sendze | UN Mechanism for International Tribunals, Arusha, Tanzania |
| Abdoulaye Seye | International Criminal Court ICC, Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Dr Charity Wibabara | Rwanda National Public Prosecution Authority, Kigali, Rwanda |