Kenya on 1 and 2 june, the council will visit east africa with a brief passage through nairobi, kenya. Trial of william samoei ruto and joshua arap sang at the international criminal court. Justice philip waki 5 letter from the human rights center, university of california, berkeley school of law 7 index of abbreviations 8 executive summary 9 sexual and genderbased violence in kenya 11 the 2006 sexual offenses act 12 the task force on the implementation of the sexual offences act. Press release justice philip waki elected president of. It gives me great pleasure to submit to you the ninth annual report, my third as president, on the operations and activities of the special court for sierra leone, covering the period 1 june 2011 to 31 may 2012. This report, based on interviews with victims of the postelection violence, police officers. Kenya alternative report to the human rights committee. Knchr is perturbed by twist and turns and the political ping pong by politicians and political parties in an attempt to discredit the waki report and subvert justice. Waki, the tribunal sat and heard evidence virtually continuously from the 9th february,2oo4, to the 2nd august, 2004. Electoral mismanagement and postelection violence in kenya. Of appeal judge philip pdf to word share ware waki, was established to investi gate the facts and. The tribunal heard a total of forty witnesses whose names are listed in appendix c of this report and received in evidence a total of ninety three exhibits which are listed in appendix ud of this report.
Siasa dunis waki list by the way, if you still havent read the waki report, please send me an email. Submitted november 22, 2005 copy of report, with cover letter, in pdf format. Still, it would be wrong to place the waki report alongside the reports of other commissions of inquiry on metaphorical dusty shelves. We present the narrativeof this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the president of the united states, the united states. Report on extrajudicial killings by atty al parreno by. The report however did not publicly disclose the alleged perpetrators in the report handed to the president. Bbi report proposes reduction of number of mps from 349 to. Check against delivery statement by professor philip alston, special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions united nations human rights council, geneva, 3 june 2009. Report of the commission of inquiry into postelection violence cipev waki report october 15, 2008.
Yet he has confounded the sceptics and produced a lengthy and powerful report which could spur on further investigations and prompt the prosecution of several powerful politicians. Check against delivery united nations human rights council. Commission of inquiry into post election violence deepdyve. Cipev presented its report to the president and the prime minister on 15 october, 2008. In this comment, article 19 sets out its concerns about the prohibition of hate speech bill, 2007 of kenya the draft law. They reported that kibaki, after agreeing to an informal memorandum of understanding mou to create the post of. Read commission of inquiry into post election violence, africa research bulletin. Kubatana archive report of the commission of inquiry. Justice philip waki, which was formed in the wake of the. Judicial services commission, report of the committee of the judicial service commission on the establishment of an international crimes division in the high court of kenya jsc report, 30 october 2012 2. Cipev report and international criminal court icc referral on 15 october 2008 cipev also known as the waki commission after commission chairman philip waki published its final report on the postelection violence. Financial minister uhuru kenyatta, minister for agriculture william ruto and najib balala are said to be some of the 200 people mentioned.
The kenya national commission on human rights has over the last two weeks been carefully and closely following the debate on the waki report. Hopkins education foundation our mission to provide resources to enrich education experiences within the hopkins school district. The special tribunal was not its only recommendation and, moreover, the waki commission played a key role in convincing the icc that it needed to investigate kenyas postelection violence. Oct 15, 2008 in the absence of this and after the lapse of six months, it further proposes, the names of those implicated should be handed over to the international crimes court in the hague for desirable prosecution. Justice philip waki elected president of the residual special court for sierra leone.
A report by a kenyan commission of inquiry, the waki commission, contextualises some issues. The report stated that the cycle of government impunity was at. A digital essay by onyango oloo in nairobi the writer is also the secretary general of the social democratic party of kenya 2nd draft uploaded at 9. Waki commission of inquiry into postelection violence.
Commission after the kenyan court of appeals judge philip waki, who chaired the body. Political, social and cultural series on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. As the chair of the commission philip waki, a kenyan national, had two other fellow commissioners one from new zealand and one from the democratic republic of congo. They reported that kibaki, after agreeing to an informal memorandum of understanding mou to create the post of prime minister, reneged on this pact after being elected. The report is not a leak, but is nonetheless an important document in history of kenya. Sep 15, 2010 report on extrajudicial killings by atty al parreno this report is made possible by the generous support of the american people through the united states agency for international development usaid. The report also states that if the tribunal is not set up within six months, information collected by the waki commission will be passed to the icc, including a. In fact, the waki report referred to the knchr report, and the publication of the latter was embargoed until after the publication of the former. Situation in the republic of kenya in the case of the prosecutor v. Jun 01, 2008 read commission of inquiry into post election violence, africa research bulletin. Trial of william samoei ruto and joshua arap sang at. The draft law was prepared in 2007 by members of the kenya human rights commission the khrc, a leading nongovernmental. International criminal court investigation in kenya. A report released on 15 october 2008 by the commission of inquiry into postelection violence cipev, established to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the violence, the conduct of state security agencies in their handling of it, and to make recommendations concerning these and other matters.
Philip waki report, 2008 recommended concrete measures to improve performance and accountability of state security agencies. And find a link to the list of the knchr in the comment. For a detailed examination of human rights violations committed. Introduction this report deals only with the investigation by the tribunal into the conduct of judge of appeal, the hon. Waki report, supra note 1, at 420 there are no official statistics of the number of prosecutions pertaining to the postelection violence, and the reported numbers vary between five and nineteen.
The judges also elected justice jon kamanda of sierra leone as vice president of the court. Can you imagine a report on rwanda that did not name organizers of violence lol very sic this report is. To as the waki report, named after the chair of the commission justice philip. They are charged with crimes against humanity for their alleged involvement in kenyas postelection violence of 20072008. Final report from kenyas commission of inquiry into posttelection violence the waki commission, dated 15 oct 2008 and running to 529 printed pages. Third annual report special court for sierra leone. Report on extrajudicial killings by atty al parreno this report is made possible by the generous support of the american people through the united states agency for international development usaid. Its terms of reference were to investigate the facts and surrounding circumstances related to acts of violence that followed the.
Uhuru muigai kenyatta, government of kenyas submissions. International criminal court investigation in kenya wikipedia. While the main topic for discussion in that part of africa is likely to be somalia, inevitably recent developments in kenya will be in the minds of council members. The postelection violence report by waki commission, commonly known as the waki report, was handed over to president mwai kibaki and prime minister raila odinga on 15 october 2008. As the chair of the commission philip waki, a kenyan national, had two other fellow commissioners one from new zealand and. The waki commission published a report recommending that the government establish a special tribunal of national and international judges to investigate and. Two of the three judges and the prosecutor of the proposed tribunal would be non. Among these measures was the establishment of an independent police complaints authority. As justice philip waki, the commission chairman, sensibly explained in the reports handover ceremony, this recommendation is borne out of. A key recommendation of the commissions report was the establishment of a special tribunal to try those responsible for the worst abuses. For the kps, various official reports, including the john kriegler report 2007, the ransley report 2008, the philip waki report 2008 and the kenya police task force on international journal of liberal arts and social science issn. Ninth annual report special court for sierra leone. Another prisoner made an application for early release which is under consideration. Our appointment as members of the tribunal to investigate the conduct of judge of appeal, the hon.
The kenyan commission of inquiry into postelection violence background the commission of inquiry into postelection violence cipev was the outcome of the kenya national dialogue and reconciliation accord of february 28, 2008, negotiated by kofi annan and the panel of eminent african personalities, and its sister agreement of. In the reporting period, the special court completed the trial in its fourth and final case. One of these was to establish the commission of inquiry into the postelection violence, chaired by kenyan judge philip waki to investigate the violence and particularly the actions of the police. It follows on from earlier commission leaks released by wikileaks. The judges of the residual special court for sierra leone rscsl have elected justice philip nyamu waki of kenya as president of the residual special court. Kenyans feared another whitewash when justice philip waki was appointed to head the commission to investigate the postelection violence. The president of the residual special court shall submit an annual report on the operation and activities of the residual special court to the secretarygeneral and to the government of sierra leone. Aug 09, 2018 a report released on 15 october 2008 by the commission of inquiry into postelection violence cipev, established to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the violence, the conduct of state security agencies in their handling of it, and to make recommendations concerning these and other matters. We have come together with a unity of purpose because our nation demands it. Ransley report 2008, the philip waki report 2008 and the kenya police task force on. The waki report commission of inquiry into postelection. Ten commissionersfive republicans and five democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nations capital at a time of great partisan divisionhave.
International journal of liberal arts and social science issn. A first step has been taken with the formation of a police reform task force headed by retired judge philip ransley. Icc confirmation of charges hearings on kenya situation. The kenyan commission of inquiry into postelection violence. Election violence headed by justice philip waki on 23rd may 2008. Deferral and enforcement powers of the united nations. In focus kenya global first quarter 2011 dr ekuru aukot, who directed the committee of experts that authored the constitution, says that it tackles some of the problems that led to kenyas political crisis. Report of the special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions mr.
The waki report see reverse offers a helpful list of recommendations for police reform. Kubatana archive report of the commission of inquiry into. Oct 25, 2008 a digital essay by onyango oloo in nairobi the writer is also the secretary general of the social democratic party of kenya 2nd draft uploaded at 9. The biggest issues are the system of governance, the distribution of resources to the counties, the judiciary and the creation. We present the narrativeof this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the president of the united states, the united states congress, and the american people for their consideration. As part of the mediation between kibaki and odinga in 2008 the two parties agreed a series of accords. Justice philip waki was set up to investigate the violations2 in october. High stakes political violence and the 20 elections in kenya. See also, related news stories and short video february 2006. A first step has been taken with the formation of a police reform task force headed by retired judge philip. Trial of william samoei ruto and joshua arap sang at the international criminal court september 20 on september 10, 20, the trial of william samoei ruto and joshua arap sang is set to begin in the hague. September 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suffering in the history of the united states. Electoral mismanagement and postelection violence in. Icc confirmation of charges hearings on kenya situation september 2011.
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