International Criminal Law ServicesRealising international criminal justice
MISSION
ICLS provides legal and technical training, advice and support in order to ensure accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Our clients and the beneficiaries of our services include national, regional, hybrid and international courts, judges, prosecutors, defence counsel, court registries, governmental authorities, armed forces, non governmental organisations and businesses.
Recent developments
ICTR-transfer and extradition cases to Rwanda: “Commentary” on Rwanda’s Transfer Law
As part of its Rwanda capacity-enhancement project, ICLS is publishing a “commentary” on Rwanda’s Transfer Law. The law is meant to facilitate the transfer of cases from the ICTR to Rwanda under rule 11bis of the ICTR Rules of Procedure and Evidence and the extradition of suspects accused of genocide and other atrocity crimes to Rwanda from foreign countries. The “Notes on Rwanda’s Transfer Law” are meant to assist practitioners and others in Rwanda and elsewhere working on transfer and extradition cases. See Projects for more information on the Rwanda capacity-enhancement project.
Suggestions for lessons-learned studies to strengthen the ICC: report
Dr Gideon Boas and ICLS’ Executive Director, Mr Gabriël Oosthuizen, completed a study identifying International Criminal Court-relevant gaps in lessons-learned studies in relation to various international and hybrid criminal courts, including the UN international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. See their report “Suggestions for future lessons-learned studies: the experience of other international and hybrid criminal courts of relevance to the International Criminal Court“. It is hoped that the report will spur comprehensive lessons-learned studies in key identified areas, and that such studies would help the ICC meet its key challenges more proficiently and efficiently. See Projects for the disclaimer and more details on the project.
Media workshops on international criminal justice in Kenya and Uganda
ICLS is concluding a collaborating with Ms Bettina Ambach on a project aimed at, among other goals, raising awareness of international criminal justice issues among radio journalists in Kenya and Uganda. The 2-week workshop in Kenya was successfully concluded in mid-December 2009, and the Uganda workshop, in September. See Projects for more details.