IRfJ programs produced during May are described below and are now posted in French with English transcripts:
IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:
IRfJ-Ituri program 63 www.irfj.org/category/drc/irfj-base-drc/ Questions posed include; Germaine Katanga was arrested but crimes are still being committed in areas formerly under his control. Is the ICC examining this?; The ICC Prosecutor said he was following the situation in North and South Kivu, is there any progress with their investigations on the FDLR? and The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Joseph Kony for crimes in Uganda but today he is committing crimes in the DRC, can a new arrest warrant be issued against him for these crimes? Pasal Turlan, analyst and advisor in the ICC Office of the Prosecutor, speaks on this program.
Justice Magazine program 8 www.irfj.org/category/drc/justice-magazine/ This series takes a human rights or rule-of-law question and addresses it through theater, commentary from our listeners and responses from experts who are invited to our studio during production. This 8th program in the series discusses the plight of children living on the streets of Bunia; what are their options and rights under the law? Diadre Jaques, Head of the Bunia Street Children’s Center and Serafine Falzo, Commander of the Police for the Protection of Children against Sexual Violence, are our two expert-guests.
IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:
Program 6 for IRfJ-Goma. http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/ Citizens in Goma ask; Why do those convicted of rape end up free and back in our community?; We know that Laurent Nkunda was arrested but we don’t know where he is detained. We know that Jean Pierre Bemba is detained at the ICC, why can’t we know where Nkunda is? and At the ICC, is it the judge or the Prosecutor who decides on acquittals? ICC Registrar Sylvana Arbia speaks on this program.
Program 3 for IRfJ-Kasugho. http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-kasugho/ Questions include; If my child drowns or my hut burns this is beyond my control. Then the justice system asks me to pay a fine instead of helping me, is this legal?, What is the law on children abandoned by the FDLR? In Kasugho women were forced to camp with the FDLR in the bush, when they bring their children back to Kasugho, are these children Congolese or Rwandan?, and If Jean Pierre Bemba is a candidate for the 2011 Presidential Election, would the ICC be ready to release him?
Our ‘Vox-Pop-for-Justice’ series in north Kivus is designed to gauge the general knowledge in target communities on the International Criminal Court and educate our audience at the same time. Citizens are randomly asked basic questions about the ICC and the correct responses to our questions are given at the end of the program by high-ranking ICC officials.
IRfJ-Vox-Pop-GOMA program 3, http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma-voxpop/ The questions posed for this program are:
- Do you know what crimes fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?
- Do you have questions that you would like to pose to the International Criminal Court?
ICC President Sang-Hyun Song responds to the first question and responses to the many questions posed to the ICC on this program will be broadcast in future programs in our Base Series, which broadcasts every week in Goma.
IRfJ-Vox-Pop-KASUGHO program 3, http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-kasugho-voxpop/ The questions posed for this program are the same as noted above and ICC President Sang-Hyun Song responds as well to the first question. In Kasugho the listeners were approached near the university, in the center market of Kasugho and in a neighboring town Lubero which is 45km west of Kasugho.
IRfJ in the News:
The IRfJ project is featured in the next program of Le Bien Commun, which will broadcast on FranceCulture on Tuesday 1 June at 11:00 am. Wanda Hall speaks with Antoin Garapon about the project and several clips of IRfJ programming are played throughout the program as well. The program will be posted on their website, from the 1st of June; http://www.franceculture.com/emission-le-bien-commun.html and will also be posted on the Press Page of www.irfj.org.
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Sincerely,
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice