IJR: Invitation - Public Dialogue: After Al-Bashir?

According to the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), the recent presence and non-arrest of Omar Al-Bashir, the President of Sudan, in South Africa, while he was attending the African Union (AU) summit, is, in many ways, a turning point in the way South Africa engages with the international justice architecture. This will have future implications for the International Criminal Court (ICC). It has also raised issues relating to constitutionalism, the rule of law and domestic politics in South Africa. What are the political and legal complexities precipitated by this situation? The Public Dialogue will ask difficult questions about South Africa’s legal obligations under the Rome Statute, and the fraught politics that defines international justice in a world of global inequality. The Dialogue will further interrogate the implications of the Al-Bashir non-arrest for the rule of law in South Africa. It will also look forward and ask: what should be expected in terms of South Africa’s relationship with the International Criminal Court?

When: Thursday, 2 July 2015, 13h00 to 15h00

Speakers:

• Prof Dire Tladi, Special Advisor to the South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and Professor of International Law, University of Pretoria
• Prof Jeremy Sarkin, Extraordinary Professor of Law, University of South Africa
• Ms Kelly-Jo Bluen, Project Leader, International Justice, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
• Chair: Dr Tim Murithi, Head, Justice and Reconciliation in Africa Programme, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

For catering purposes please RSVP to: Anthea Flink, at aflink@ijr.org.za; Tel: 021-202-4071

Free Parking is available at the Cape Town Holocaust Museum parking on Hatfield Street, opposite IJR. A light lunch will be served. All are welcome!