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The International Criminal Court and Kenya – Frequently Asked Questions

The International Criminal Court and Kenya – Frequently Asked Questions

What is the International Court? The ICC is an international permanent court of justice established to try perpetrators of the…

The International Criminal Court and Kenya

The International Criminal Court and Kenya

On 31 March 2010, Pre- Trial Chamber II authorised investigations into the 2007-2008 Post-Election  violence in Kenya. It is KPTJ’s…

KPTJ – The Post-Election Violence in Kenya: Seeking Justice for Victims

KPTJ – The Post-Election Violence in Kenya: Seeking Justice for Victims

Kenya’s flawed December 2007 presidential election provoked a two month orgy of violence, which has been described as the country’s…

Thematic Analysis of the Draft Constitution of Kenya

Thematic Analysis of the Draft Constitution of Kenya

The Draft Constitution- termed the Harmonized Draft Constitution- has many things that could be  improved; the unevenness of the language,…

Submission to the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Team, March 25, 2010

Submission to the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Team, March 25, 2010

There have been numerous instances of extra-judicial killings and torture of suspects, in most cases; no tangible action has been…

KPTJ Press Statement on the implementation of the waki report

KPTJ Press Statement on the implementation of the waki report

Nairobi, October 30: We note the rare unity of the political class in dismissing the report of the Commission of…

Empowering the youth to tackle negative ethnicity

Empowering the youth to tackle negative ethnicity

Kenya’s politics has hinged on negative ethnicity since the early years of independence. It is clear that ethnic blocks have…

KPTJ Statement on Human Rights Council Meeting – Durban 2009

KPTJ Statement on Human Rights Council Meeting – Durban 2009

We take great exception to the flippant tone and guileful dishonesty the Government of Kenya has initially adopted in its…

Statement by Philip Alston, on extrajudicial executions (UNHCR Geneva)

Statement by Philip Alston, on extrajudicial executions (UNHCR Geneva)

Mr President, I want to begin by acknowledging that the Kenyan Government deserves full credit for  having invited me to…

Statement on Hon Ms Martha Karua’s Resignation as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs

Statement on Hon Ms Martha Karua’s Resignation as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs

Nairobi April 6, 2009: Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) would like to state as follows:The resignation of…