6 June 2017
Public Symposium - Programme
Fighting Impunity in East Africa Ensuring accountability
for international and transnational organised crimes
6 June 2017, Mount Meru
Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania
The goal of the Public
Symposium is to explore the
current state of international
criminal justice, its links with
transnational organised
crime in East Africa and the
development of possible
networks to enhance
judicial co-operation and
exchange of information.
The Symposium will be
followed by a special
media component, during
which journalists will be
able to further develop
their reporting skills, and
interview the guest speakers.
With the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office.
9:00 - 10:00 Welcoming remarks
Bettina Ambach, Director, Wayamo Foundation
Mohamed Chande Othman, former Chief Justice of Tanzania,
Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) member
Justice Isaac Lenaola, Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya
and Deputy Principal Judge at the East African Court of Justice
Fritz Schuchmann, Legal Counsel of the Embassy of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Justice Sauda Mjasiri, Court of Appeal of Tanzania
10:00 - 11:00 Chair
Mohamed Chande Othman, former Chief Justice of Tanzania,
member of the AGJA
National and regional efforts to prosecute
international and transnational crime
Samuel Akorimo, Head of Registry, Mechanism for International
Criminal Tribunals, Arusha Branch
Selemani Kinyunyu, African Governance Architecture (AGA)
Focal Point at the African Courton Human andPeoples Rights
Directorates of Public Prosecution of Tanzania, Kenya,
Uganda and Rwanda
11:00 -11:30 Coffee break and group picture
11:30 -13:00 Moderator
Mark Kersten, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Research Director, Wayamo Foundation

Panel 1: Is international criminal law of importance in Africa?

Allan Ngari, Senior Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, Institute
for Security Studies, Pretoria
Angela Mudukuti, International Criminal Justice Lawyer, Wayamo Foundation
Anton Steynberg, Senior Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Brenda Hollis, Prosecutor, Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone
Ermias Kassaye, Legal Researcher for the African Court Research Initiative working in support of
the Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union

13:00 -14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:15 Moderator

Mark Kersten, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Research Director, Wayamo
Foundation

Panel 2: Crime beyond borders - tackling transnational organised crime

Candice Welsch, Chief, Implementation Support Section, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Shirani de Fontgalland, International Law Expert and former Prosecutor

15:15 -15:45 Coffee break

15:45 - 17:00 Moderator

Bettina Ambach, Director, Wayamo Foundation Foundation

Panel 3: The potential and promise of linking the investigation and prosecution
of transnational organised crime to that of international crimes
Cristina Ribeiro, Investigations Co-ordinator, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Emmanuelle Marchand, Legal Counsel, Civitas Maxima

With the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office.