Capacity Building Workshop

FIRST RESPONDERS AT SCENES

OF MASS CRIMES
21 - 22 OCTOBER 2016
ARUSHA, TANZANIA
With the financial support of:

AFRI CA GROUP F OR J USTIC E AND ACC OUNTA B IL ITY

FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2016

9:00 10:30

Opening remarks
Bettina Ambach Director, Wayamo Foundation
Introduction: From information to evidence: Building a stronger foundation for accountability
Stephen Rapp Distinguished Fellow at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, former Ambassador-at-Large
for War Crimes Issues, Office of Global Criminal Justice, Department of State, United States of America

10:30 10:45
Coffee break

10:45 12:45

Forensic awareness for human rights field investigators and introduction to ground-sign
interpretation skills
Grant Thomson Forensic & Biometric Consultant for Torchlight Solutions, London

12:45 14:00
Lunch

14:00 15:00

Non-destructive evidence recording techniques

Grant Thomson Forensic & Biometric Consultant for Torchlight Solutions, London

15:00 15:15
Coffee break

15:15 17:00

Practical learning outdoor exercise in sketch-plan drawing and ground-sign

interpretation
Grant Thomson Forensic & Biometric Consultant for Torchlight Solutions, London

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P ROG RAMME
SATURDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2016
9:00 10:45

Psychosocial support in assisting NGOs on how to take witness statements professionally

without retraumatising a victim of human rights abuses
Jacqui Leigh Chowles Psychosocial Trauma Professional, Centre for the Study of Violence and
Reconciliation, Johannesburg

10:45 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 12:00

Experiences as a prosecutor working with civil society

Hassan Bubacar Jallow Former Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International
Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and member of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability

12:00 13:00

How to prove an international crime; how to build a case under International Criminal Law; how
to compile information relating to modes of liability
Philipp Ambach Special Assistant of the President, International Criminal Court

13:00 14:00
Lunch

14:00 15:00

The 3 Cs - communication, co-operation and co-ordination

Brenda J. Hollis Prosecutor, Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone and former Prosecutor of the
Special Court for Sierra Leone

15:00 15:15
Coffee break

15:15 17:00

Needs assessment and formulation of guidelines for first responders

Abdul Tejan-Cole Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and member of the
Africa Group for Justice and Accountability

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CONTACT
BETTINA AMBACH
Director, Wayamo Foundation
Prinzregentenstr.82, 10717 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 30 81032821
info@wayamo.com | info@theafricagroup.org
www.wayamo.com | www.theafricagroup.org

With the financial support of: