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Parliamentary Meeting on Challenges for Domestic Prosecutions and Programs to fulfill the Rights of Victims; Kampala, Uganda

The "Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecutions and programmes for victims’ access to justice and reparations,” which took place on 26 September, 2013.
The "Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecutions and programmes for victims’ access to justice and reparations,” which took place on 26 September, 2013.

September 26-27, 2013 | Parliament of Uganda and Makerere University Law School - Kampala

PGA Member Honorable Stephen Tashobya, Chair of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Uganda and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) hosted a “Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecutions and programmes for victims’ access to justice and reparations,” which took place on the 26 September, 2013, at 9:00am in Kampala, at the Conference room of the Parliament of Uganda.

The Speaker of Parliament, Honorable Rebecca Kadaga, delivered her welcoming remarks to the participants.

The Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the parliament of Uganda currently has the item of the full “implementation” of the ICC Act 2010 on its agenda, along with the Transitional Justice package prepared by the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOs) of the Ugandan Government. Therefore, this Seminar was essentially designed for a high-level Ugandan audience.

The Minister in charge of Political Mobilisation, the Senior Principal State Attorney, representatives of the International Crimes Division, The High Court of Uganda, the International Criminal Court, the Government’s Justice Law and Order Sector and Transitional Justice Advisors were speaking and interacting with parliamentarians to establish the way forward for international criminal justice and the Rule of Law in the region.

Judge David Daniel Ntanda Nsereko, Judge at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and former Judge at the ICC, will give his keynote remarks at the Seminar for Legislators.

Moreover, PGA organized a Public Lecture by Judge Nsereko, hosted by Makerere University Law School on Friday the 27th on the “The Legal Principles Concerning the Fight Against Impunity for International Crimes”.

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States that have ratified the Rome Statute [124]
 
States that have signed the Rome Statute but have not ratified it yet [30]
 
States that have withdrawn from the Rome Statute [2]
 
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124 countries are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Of these, 33 are African States, 19 are Asia-Pacific States, 19 are from Eastern Europe, 28 are from Latin American and Caribbean States, and 25 are from Western European and other States.