Our goal was to create a dynamic and interactive communication between those who are targeted by investigations and those who are responsible for bringing justice to these communities.

This website will remain open for at least one year so that it can be used for research purposes by anyone who is interested – all radio programming produced by IRfJ is accessible via MP3 format in French, and is accompanied with English language transcripts and photographs.

There are three videos produced by IRfJ on the website, as well as numerous photos and essays on our activities. The three Music for Justice CD’s produced (two in Ituri, DRC and one in Bangui, CAR) are also available and can be downloaded from this website.

IRfJ programs produced during January are described below and are now posted in French with English transcripts:

Co-Production between IRfJ in Central African Republic and IRfJ in Democratic Republic of Congo: As mentioned last month, Abdon Manengu from our team in Goma, DRC and Richard Goutia, from our team in Bangui, CAR, covered the first week of the trial for Jean Pierre Bemba at the International Criminal Court. Pprograms 4 through 6 in this series are now available here !

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 4: www.irfj.org/2011/02/4-abdon-manengu-and-richard-goutia-with-icc-prosecutor/ IRfJ interviews Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo who answers questions about the Jean Pierre Bemba trial, his current investigations and other questions posed by our listeners from Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo.

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 5: www.irfj.org/2011/02/5-abdon-manengu-with-icc-senior-trial-attorney-prosecution-petra-kneuer/ Senior Trial Lawyer for the Jean Pierre Bemba trial, Petra Kneur, speaks with IRfJ about what brought her to the ICC, how this trial compares with other trials she’s lead during her career as a prosecutor, and what her average day at the office at the ICC usually entails.

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 6: www.irfj.org/2011/02/6-richard-goutia-avec-maitre-marie-edith-douzima/ Maitre Marie Edith Douzima, Legal Counsel for Victims in the trial for Jean Pierre Bemba, speaks with IRfJ about the role of victims in ICC trials, her experience as a lawyer and how her work at the ICC compares with her work in the Central African Republic.

IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:

Program 15 for IRfJ-Goma www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/ features questions from citizens in Goma including: Is the Children’s Parliament entitled to have legal counsel to represent the children?, How does the Neighborhood Office function? Is it mandated to conduct patrols or is that the role of the state?, In the case that the ICC issues an acquittal, will there be sanctions against the plaintiffs? and Can the ICC be held accountable for the death of a person in pre-trial detention? ICC Registrar Silvana Arbia speaks on this program.

Justice Magazine-Goma program 3: www.irfj.org/2011/02/3-children-selling-in-the-street/ This series seeks to analyze local justice questions through a vox-pop format and offer advice and information from relevant authorities. This third program in the series addresses the economic exploitation of children. When children work in small businesses, mines or juvenile prostitution is this a necessity in our reality of poverty or is it a crime that we are committing against our youth? Joris Kajibwami, Adviser to the Provincial Minister for Gender, Children and Human Rights speaks on this program.

IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:

Justice Magazine 14 www.irfj.org/category/drc/justice-magazine/ In this series we explore a popular concern with our listeners, with a theater skit, direct commentary from listeners and responses from appropriate justice authorities. This 14th program talks about the law with respect to the rise in criminality and insecurity, including an alarming rise in armed robberies, in Ituri despite military and police patrols. Ndudana Kavarios, Chief for the City of Bunia, is our studio guest.

In the News:

Audience Escapes has published an article on the IRfJ project in which can be found on http://audiencescapes.org/radio-promotes-dialogue-and-accountability-Congo-Central-African-Republic-International-Criminal-Court as well as on the Press Page of our website.

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Sincerely,
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice

HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we enter 2011 with the project we are grateful for all of the support we’ve received from so many of you. Thank you for your interest, your encouragement and your collaboration!

IRfJ programs produced during December are described below and are now posted on www.irfj.org in French with English transcripts:

Co-Production between IRfJ in Central African Republic and IRfJ in Democratic Repbulic of Congo: Between 20-28 November I was at the International Criminal Court with Abdon Manengu, from our team in Goma, DRC and Richard Goutia, from our team in Bangui, CAR, to cover the first week of the trial for Jean Pierre Bemba.  We produced eight programs, from recording live-feed from the trial and from interviews which we held with key personalities in the trial. These programs represent a joint Goma/Bangui On theTrack of Justice series, and are now being broadcast over our partner radios in CAR (in French and Sango) and in DRC (in French and Swahili).  We have started to post the programs on www.irfj.org with English transcripts, and the first three are on the website:

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 1: www.irfj.org/2011/01/opening-statement-for-the-case-against-jean-pierre-bemba/ The Prosecection makes its opening statements in their case against Jean Pierre Bemba.  This program features Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Senior Trial Attorney Petra Kneur.

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 2: www.irfj.org/2011/01/2-statements-by-the-legal-reprasentatives-for-the-victims-of-jp-bemba/ The legal representatives for participating victims in the trial for Jean Pierre Bemba, lawyers Marie-Edith Douzima-Lawson and Assingambi Zarambaud, make their opening statements.

On the Track of Justice CAR/DRC program 3: www.irfj.org/2011/01/3-jp-bembas-defense-counsel-opening-address/ This program features the opening statements made by Jean Pierre Bemba’s lead defense counsel, Maitre Nkwebe Liriss.

IRfJ intern Katharina Neureiter spent the week in The Hague with us as well and she’s posted a blog on her experience on www.irfj.org with photos.

IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:

Program 14 for IRfJ-Goma www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/ features questions from citizens in Goma including: When street-childrens’ rights are abused, who can they go to?, What is the difference between the Land Title Office and the Land Register?, What judicial body is mandated to resolve problems that the ICC cannot resolve? And Can demonstrations in the street influence the decisions of the ICC judges?

Justice Magazine-Goma program 2: www.irfj.org/2011/01/2-the-project-team-in-goma/ This series seeks to analyze local justice questions through a vox-pop format and offer advice and information from relevant authorities. This second program in the series addresses land and property law in North Kivus – what are the concerns and what is the law?

IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:

IRfJ-Ituri program 70 www.irfj.org/category/drc/irfj-base-drc/ features questions from Bunia and Bambi, 45 km north-west of Bunia, and Aveba, 80 km south of Bunia: Why are people escaping from our prisons?, In Aveba the military live with our sisters and daughters, but do not pay anything to their families. Shouldn’t they pay a dowry?, and When the militia enter our homes and loot our property under the noses of the FARDC [DRC military], can we bring the FARDC to court?

Justice Magazine 13 www.irfj.org/category/drc/justice-magazine/ In this series we explore a popular concern with our listeners, with a theater skit, direct commentary from listeners and responses from appropriate justice authorities. This 13^th program talks about the law with respect to military and police abuse of civilians.  Our studio guest for the program is Commander Juvenal Biteko, Inspector in Command of the Ituri District.

IRfJ in Central African Republic:

IRfJ-CAR program 12 www.irfj.org/category/car/irjf-car-base/ Questions posed on this program from CAR include: What does ‘Search and Seize’ mean?, Does a woman who committed adultery have any rights after a divorce?, I don’t understand how the ICC issues a warrant against Sudanese President Al Bashir and then lets him travel [to Tchad] freely?, and Mr. JP Bemba was arrested over three years ago, is the case not settled because of the ICC or is it because of negligence on the part of the Central African government?

In the News:

During our week in The Hague both Richard Goutia and Abdon Manengu were interviewed by Radio France Internationale journalist Ghislaine Dupont for a radio program on their impressions on coming to Europe for the first time and their experience and impressions on covering the opening of the trial at the ICC. The program was broadcast on Radio France International (RFI) in December, and is featured on the Press Page of www.irfj.org.

Medias & Humanitaire Revue en Ligne has published an article I’ve written on the importance of public support and involvement for the International Criminal Court, called  Appel a l’Humanité Tout Entier pour Faire de la CPI un Succès which can be found (in French) in their January 2011 edition at http://www.grotius.fr/appel-a-l%E2%80%99humanite-toute-entiere-pour-faire-de-la-cpi-un-succes/ as well as on the Press Page of www.irfj.org.

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Sincerely,
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice
www.irfj.org

La Radio Interactive pour la Justice vient de publier son premier bilan sur l’impact de notre projet vis a vis nos auditeurs cibles sur le terrain. Mlle Sarah Katz-Lavigne travaille depuis l’année dernière avec nos clubs d’écoute et avec ses assistantes sur le terrain pour collecter des données, par le biais de sondages et d’interviews, pour évaluer aussi notre impact avec notre « audience secondaire », celle de praticiens du droit, y compris la Cour Pénale Internationale, les ONG et dans les facultés académiques du droit et de droits d’homme.

Read the report : Impact Assessment Report – IRFJ – August 2010 (pdf)

View the pictures on the Impact Assessment page

Interactive Radio for Justice activity during June is outlined below:

A colorful 15-minute film, produced by Lewis Mudge, IRfJ’s Field Manager, introduces our teams and the work they do for the project in Bunia, Goma and Kasugho, Democratic Republic of Congo. The film is in French with English subtitles:

http://www.irfj.org/the-project/project-in-ituri/

IRfJ programs produced during June are described below :

IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:

IRfJ-Ituri program 64 www.irfj.org/category/drc/irfj-base-drc/ Questions posed come from Bunia, Jiba, Mbokolo, Mandro, Tchomia and Bahema-Banyuagi, in Ituri; Is there an official tariff scale for fines? If so, why don’t the police offer official receipts?; Since the arrest of Chief Kawa and his transfer to Kinshasa we have not heard anything. What are the conclusions of the court?; and The Sudanese told the ICC that prosecutions will not help peace in their country, what does the ICC say in response?

Justice Magazine program 9 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 9th^th program in the series discusses land-dispute law. This is an important issue in the daily lives of many Iturian’s as they struggle to rebuild after the war. Our invited guests for this program are Fedil Romain Mkul, President of the Land Commission in Ituri; Augustin Kangamine, Head of the Ituri office of Reseau Citoyen Network (RCN), an international NGO working on land-dispute law; and Emile Ndele Arugapotana, Coordinator for Akina Amam Network, a local NGO which investigates land disputes.

IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:

Program 7 for IRfJ-Goma. http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/ Citizens in Goma ask: Our home was burnt, and the mayor told us that he’d give us a new place to live, but we’re still living in the bush…what can we do?; What do the special police for women and children do? Can they arrest people? If yes, do they have a prison?; and If Jean Pierre Bemba loses his case at the ICC, what will happen to him?

IRfJ in Central African Republic (CAR):

IRfJ-CAR program 7 http://www.irfj.org/2010/06/7-irfj-listening-club-at-the-blind-association-in-bangui-car/ Questions include: When her husband dies a wife and mother loses her property to the husband’s family. Does she have rights under the law to this property, in order to provide for her children?; Why do the police ask for a summons-fee when they summon someone to the courthouse, before even saying what the charges are?; and Why doesn’t the ICC investigate offenses committed by the military on populations they are supposed to protect?

IRfJ-CAR program 8 http://www.irfj.org/2010/06/8-questions-concerning-the-upcoming-trial-for-jean-pierre-bemba/ Questions include: A man adopted three orphans but he refuses to put them in school because he wants them to work in his business. What does the law say on this?; Can the law punish poor people if they don’t have the means to take care of their children?; and Jean Pierre Bemba’s lawyers invoked ‘Non bis in Idem’ because the Prosecutor’s Office in Bangui had previously conducted their own investigations against Bemba, is this correct?

IRfJ in the News:

The IRfJ project is featured in the Spring-Summer 2010 edition of the Monterey Institute for International Studies Communiqué, and we’ve posted the article our Press page;http://www.irfj.org/press/

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Sincerely,
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice

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 8^th 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:

1. Do you know what crimes fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?
2. 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 1^st of June; http://www.franceculture.com/emission-le-bien-commun.html and will also be posted on the Press Page of www.irfj.org.

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Sincerely,
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice

Les programmes de Radio interactive pour la Justice produits en avril sont décrits ci-dessous.

RIJ en Ituri, RDC :

Dans l’émission 62 du programme RIJ en Ituri http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/irfj-base-drc/, les questions suivantes ont été posées : Quelle est la relation entre le Tribunal de première instance et le « Tribunal de paix », ou les tribunaux régionaux ? Que dit la CPI à propos des crimes commis en 2002 à Nayankunde où plus de 2000 personnes ont été massacrées et où un hôpital a été détruit ? Le conseil de la Défense pour Katanga et Ngudjolo a demandé au Procureur de la CPI de poursuivre des Ougandais et des Rwandais pour leur responsabilité – le Procureur a-t-il pris cela en compte ?

L’émission 7 du programme Justice Magazine http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/justice-magazine/. Cette série se concentre sur des questions liée aux droits de l’homme ou à l’état de droit et y répond à travers du théâtre, des commentaires de nos auditeurs et des réponses d’experts invités dans notre studio pendant la production. L’épisode 7 de la série s’intéresse aux violences de Genre : que sont-elles ? Pourquoi les considère-t-on comme un crime ? Quelles ressources sont-elles disponibles en RDC pour les empêcher ? Louise Tadjeke, Coordinatrice du Réseau Femmes et Développement (REFEDG) et Jean-Marc Mazio, Conseil technique sur la protection pour le Bureau du Genre, de la Famille et des Enfants de l’UNICEF, sont nos invités.

RIJ aux Kivus, RDC :

L’émission 5 du programme RIJ-Goma http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/. Pour réaliser ce programme, nous avons visité la prison Munzeze à Goma, où les prisonniers ont posé des questions variées sur le droit national et le droit international, en particulier sur la condition et les droits des prisonniers en RDC et à la CPI : Au bout de combien de temps un détenu comparaît-il pour la première fois ? Nous ne mangeons presque pas dans cette prison. Pourquoi les militaires harcèlent-ils nos visiteurs, leur demandant de l’argent avant de les autoriser à nous apporter de la nourriture ? Quels types de crimes sont-ils passibles de la peine capitale ? Quel mode de vie les personnes détenues à la CPI ont-elles ?

La série « Vox-Pop-for-Justice » est conçue pour évaluer les connaissances qu’ont les communautés ciblées sur la Cour pénale internationale et éduquer nos auditeurs. Nos équipes posent, dans la rue, des questions faciles sur la CPI et les bonnes réponses sont données à la fin du programme par de hauts fonctionnaires de la CPI.

L’émission 2 du programme RIJ-Vox-Pop à Goma http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma-voxpop/ s’est concentrée sur les questions suivantes :
1. Savez-vous ce qu’est la Cour pénale internationale ?
2. Savez-vous qui a été arrêté par la CPI et contre qui la CPI a émis des mandats d’arrêt ?

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Procureur de la CPI, et Sang-Hyun Song, Président de la CPI, répondent aux deux questions après qu’un échantillon de citoyens a répondu. Nous avons interrogé des personnes près de l’université, près du marché central et à des carrefours encombrés de Goma.

L’émission 2 du programme RIJ-Vox-Pop à Kasugho http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-kasugho-voxpop/ a abordé les mêmes questions que celles précitées et ce sont également le Procureur et le Président de la CPI qui ont répondu aux deux questions. À Kasugho, les auditeurs ont été interrogés près de l’université, dans le marché central de Kasugho et dans un village voisin, Vosegha, à 8 km au nord-est de Kasugho.

Nous vous remercions pour l’intérêt que vous portez à RIJ. Vos commentaires et idées sont les bienvenus !

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW

IRfJ programs produced during April are described below :

IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:

IRfJ-Ituri program 62 www.irfj.org/category/drc/irfj-base-drc/ Questions posed in this program include; What is the relationship between the High First Instance Court and the ‘Tribunal du Paix’, or regional courts?; What does the ICC say about crimes committed in Nayankunde in 2002, where over 2000 people were massacred and a hospital was destroyed?; and The defense counsel for Katanga and Ngudjolo requested that the ICC Prosecutor prosecute Ugandans and Rwandans for their responsibility – did the Prosecutor take that into consideration?

Justice Magazine program 7 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 7^th program in the series discusses gender violence: what it is, why it is considered a crime and what resources are available in the DRC to address it.  Louise Tadjeke, Coordinator for the Women’s Development and Gender Network (REFEDG) and Jean Marc Mazio, Technical Protection Advisor for the Office of Gender, Family and Children with UNICEF, are our invited guests.

IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:

Program 5 in the IRfJ-GOMA. http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma/ For this program we visited the Munzeze Prison in Goma, where prisoners asked a variety of questions on national and international law, in particular on the conditions and rights of prisoners in the DRC and at the ICC: How long does it take for a detainee to receive his first hearing?; We barely eat here in prison. Why does the military harass our visitors, demanding money before they allow them to bring us food?; What types of crimes are punished by capital punishment?; and What sort of life do ICC detainees have?

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 2, http://www.irfj.org/category/drc/kivus-goma-voxpop/ The questions posed for this program are:

1. Do you know what the International Criminal Court (ICC) is?
2. Do you know who has been arrested, and who has been issued arrest warrants, by the ICC?

ICC  President Sang-Hyun Song  and Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo respond to these questions after a diverse range of citizens are questioned.  We targeted people near the university, near the central market and at crowded intersections in Goma.

IRfJ-Vox-Pop-KASUGHO program 2, 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 and Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo respond as well to both questions. In Kasugho the listeners were approached near the university, in the center market of Kasugho and in a neighboring village called Vosegha, which is 8 km north-east of Kasugho.

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Cordialement,
Wanda E Hall
Directrice et Fondatrice
Radio Interactive pour la Justice

IRfJ programs produced during February and March are described below and are now posted on this website with english transcripts.

IRfJ in Ituri, DRC:

IRfJ-Ituri program 61 Questions posed in this program come from Bunia and Mahagi, 180 km north of Bunia and include; When a mama who carries a baby is arrested what does the law provide for concerning the child, who also ends up in jail?; How must we refer to those groups who continue to operate in the bush? For example the FPJC, are they militiamen or rebels? The Minister for Human Rights for DRC, Mr. Upiyo Kakurawa, speaks on this program.

Débâtons pour la Justice program 11 The Subject of this program is the protection of civilians during an armed conflict. Invited guests are: The District Commissioner for Ituri; Field Officer for the High Commissioner for Refugees for the Oriental Province; Head of Protection for UNICEF in Ituri and the Antenna Chief for CNR, the National Commission for Refugees in the Oriental Province. Our program begins with the true story of a 17-year old girl who last year fled the LRA, walking over 1000 km over 10 months until she arrived in Bunia. She fled LRA controlled territory in northern Ituri after her parents were killed and her brothers had disappeared.

Justice Magazine program 6 This program outlines the rules and procedures of making a plaint with a prosecutor, and what mechanisms are in place to combat corruption in a judicial process – does it cost anything to make a plaint to the Prosecutor? What legal recourse is available if justice officials ask for bribes during a process?

IRfJ in Kivus, DRC:

IRfJ-Kasugho, program 2. Questions addressed in this program include; Does Congolese law consider witchcraft to be an offense? If so, which authorities have jurisdiction over these issues?; Which court has jurisdiction over land-conflict issues?; Why does Human Rights Watch focus on Bosco Ntaganda and does not want Nkunda extradited? Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher for the DRC Anneke Van Woudenberg speaks on this program.

Program 4 in the IRfJ-GOMA. Questions posed in this program include: Is it possible for someone to refuse to be a witness in a trial?; How does the ICC proceed to issue an international arrest warrant?; and How does the ICC act when someone commits a crime and is not a citizen of a state-party, but the crime is committed on the territory of a state-party?

IRfJ launched a new ‘Vox-Pop-for-Justice’ series in north Kivus in February which is being produced by our teams in Kasugho and Goma. The series is designed to gauge the general knowledge in target communities on the International Criminal Court and educates our audience at the same time. Citizens are asked randomly on the street 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 1,  The Questions posed for this program are:
Have you heard of Thomas Lubanga, Matthieu Ngudjolo, Germaine Katanga, Jean-Pierre Bemba or Omar El-Bashir?
Do you know what these men have in common?
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo responds to both questions after a diverse range of citizens are questioned. We targeted people near the university, near the central market and at crowded intersections in Goma.

IRfJ-Vox-Pop-KASUGHO program 1,  The Questions posed for this program are the same as noted above and ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo responds as well to both questions. In Kasugho the listeners were approached near the university, in the center market of Kasugho and in a neighboring village called Kaheri.

IRfJ in Central African Republic:

IRfJ-CAR program 5 This program features questions from Bosangoa and Boaur, including: Some parents physically abuse and/or treat their children like slaves, what are children’s rights in these instances? and Can a father sell his daughter in order to settle his debts?

IRfJ-CAR program 6 This program features questions from Berberati and Bangui, including: Many husbands beat their wives, what does the law say about this? And What can the government do to protect the rights of minors, what are the rights of minors?

IRfJ in the News:

Radio Survivor on-line magazine published an article about IRfJ on March 22, which can be found on our Press Page as well as their link:
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/03/22/radios-critical-role-in-war-torn-regions-interactive-radio-for-justices-work-to-empower-citizens-in-central-africa/

IRfJ-Ituri journalist Jean Pierre Kabulabo published an article for Grotius on-line magazine about his experience covering the first week of the ICC trial against Germaine Katanga and Matthieu Ngudjolo in The Hague. The article can be found at http://www.grotius.fr/node/610 as well as on the Press Page of www.irfj.org.

Thank you for your interest in IRfJ, your comments and ideas are welcome!

Sincerely, 
Wanda E Hall
Director and Founder
Interactive Radio for Justice

Chers amis et collègues, les programmes de Radio interactive pour la Justice produits en janvier sont décrits ci-dessous et disponibles en ligne.