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During the Launch of AFLA. From left to Right: Dr. Ibrahim Ali Badawi El Sheik, former Chair of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Prof. S.B.O Gutto, Acting Chair of the Governing Council of Africa Legal Aid, and Dr. Michele Van Hulten, former Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Special Envoy for Africa, Maastricht, 1995.

 

Gender Justice Forum, 7-8 July 2008

From Left to right: Ms. Brigid Inder, Judge Pilley, H.E. Adama Dieng, Ms. Evelyn Ankumah at Gender Justice Forum, 7-8 July 2008

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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PRESS RELEASE

GENDER JUSTICE FORUM

Accra, 30 June 2008

Accra, 30 June 2008--From 7-8 July, Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) will convene a forum on Gender Justice, in partnership with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, featuring the release of a recently published Special Edition of AFLA's Quarterly, "The Interface between Peace and International Justice in Africa," and the screening of the music video “Speak for Ourselves", produced by the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice. The conference will be held in The Hague, the Netherlands.

H. E. Adama Dieng, U.N Assistant Secretary-General and Registrar of the ICTR, highlights the importance of the gender justice jurisprudence of the ICTR:

"Rape was widely used to humiliate and eliminate the Tutsi during the Rwandan genocide.
The ordeal of those victims could not have gone unnoticed during the genocide trials. The
Akayesu judgment held that rape was a crime through which genocide was committed.
This ruling was a landmark in international criminal law…”

Evelyn Ankumah, Executive Director of Africa Legal Aid, remarks that;

“The Gender Justice Forum will be the beginning of a year long effort to
explore the impact of landmark cases like Akayesu—and marshal our resources in
order to make a difference in gender justice jurisprudence worldwide.”

The galaxy of participants include Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC); Navanethem Pillay, Judge of the ICC and former President of the ICTR; Adama Dieng, U.N Assistant Secretary-General and Registrar, ICTR; Judge Dunstan Mlambo, Chairperson, South Africa Legal Aid Board, Florence Mumba, Judge of the Supreme Court of Zambia and former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; and Patricia Viseur-Sellers, Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford University. The participants will explore topics such as Accountability for Gender Based Crimes, Gender Justice in a Socio-Economic Context, African Perspectives on Gender Justice, and the Future of Gender Justice.

The Forum’s goal is to explore ICTR's impact on gender justice, and develop strategies that can be carried forward by the ICC and other bodies in order to advance international jurisprudence on gender based crimes.

For additional information on the upcoming Gender Justice Forum and/or to order a copy of the Quarterly, please contact Africa Legal Aid at info@africalegalaid.org.