African Study Group on International Criminal Law

Over the past few days I had the privilege of taking part in the inaugural meeting of the African Expert Study Group on International Criminal Law, established with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung foundation. The Group is inspired by a similar initiative made up of South American academics, which has been running for a number of years now. The meeting was attended by academics and practitioners from Kenya, Rwanda, DRC, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as Prof Kai Ambos who is involved in the South American Group. Each participant presented a paper under the broad theme of 'The Implementation of the Rome Statute', which will be refined and published in a book. A very big thank you to the organizers and my fellow participants for a rich and engaging few days and I look forward to future meetings of the Group.