Elise Groulx, President of the International Defense Attorney Association and Founder of the International Criminal Bar Association, joins our debate about protection of witnesses and victimes in trials at the ICC.
Anneke Van Woudenburg, Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch, joins our debate on sexual violence in the the DRC.
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Land Conflict is the origin of much of the violence that has plagued Ituri for over a decade. In this program judicial and civil society leaders discuss the complex issues surrounding land conflict law and resolution.
Richard Pituwa moderates between the President of the High First Instance Court in Bunia, Eli Sindani, the Chief Prosecutor for Ituri,Chris Aberi Mwanangabo and Mr. Alpha Fall, head of the Kinshasa office for the International Center for Transitional Justice. The three legal authorities discuss the transition from Customary to State justice in two Ituri towns where new Tribunaux du Paix have been established.
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Judge President Sindani, Chief Prosecutor Aberi, MilitarySpokesman Capitan Mputu and Liasion Officer for the National Police Major Kabana discuss how the new voting cards issued in Congo provided another opportunity for police and military to harrass the population.
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Gianluca Galli, Coordinator for IRC in Ituri, and Jean Pierre Basegere, Professor and Project Manager for the Congolese NGO Friends of the Gospel, join the other partcipants in these two debates addressing the crime of child soldiers from our studio in Bunia.
Special Representative for the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict, Rakhia Coomaraswamy, joins us from New York for our debate on » Child Soldiers; Why is it a War Crime ? » Also joining us by telephone are ICC Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and ASF lawyer Flora Mbuyu.
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Captain O. Mputu, Spokesperson for the FARDC; Major I. Mayembe, Judge-President for the Military Tribunal for Ituri; Maître J. Bosco-Lalu, President of the Civil Society for Ituri; and Mr. L-M. Bouaka, Chief of the Human Rights Section of MONUC in Ituri meet again to discuss the problem of military abuse on the civilian population.
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