GIMPA – ICC renew cooperation agreement for 5 years at ceremony in The Hague
The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Law School of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew their existing cooperation agreement for another 5 years. The signing ceremony took place at the World Forum Convention Center ICC in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Wednesday, … The post GIMPA – ICC renew cooperation agreement for 5 years at ceremony in The Hague appeared first on Asaase Radio.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Law School of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew their existing cooperation agreement for another 5 years.
The signing ceremony took place at the World Forum Convention Center ICC in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, on the sidelines of the annual Assembly of States Parties of the ICC conference, which was held in the Netherlands from 2 to 7 December 2024.
Osvaldo Zavala Giler, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), signed the MoU on behalf of the Court with the able support of the ICC’s Deputy Prosecutor, Mame Mandiaye Niang. Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Budu, the Dean of the GIMPA Law School, also signed on behalf of GIMPA.
Present at the signing ceremony were Mr Francis Kotia, Ambassador of Ghana to The Netherlands, Ambassador Jane Aheto, Director, Legal and Treaties Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghana, Ambassador Senalor Yawlui, PhD, Deputy Head of Mission/Embassy of Ghana, The Hague and Miss Naa Lamiokor Mills, First Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana, The Hague.
ICC-ACICJ agreement
The International Criminal Court and the African Centre of International Criminal Justice, one of the centres led by Kwaku Agyeman-Budu at GIMPA Law School, signed a memorandum of understanding which will allow the two institutions to co-operate closely in the fight against impunity on the African continent.
The aim is to deepen understanding and appreciation of the role and work of the ICC within the international criminal law and justice architecture.
The original agreement was signed by representatives of the two institutions on 6 December 2019 in The Hague on the sidelines of the Assembly of State Parties of the ICC, which took place that month.
The relationship between the ICC and the ACICJ, which was formalised, has led to the development of courses focusing on international criminal law (in particular the Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) programme in International Criminal Law and Justice, the first course of its kind in Ghana), participation in the ICC internship programme by ACICJ students, and participation in the ICC visiting professionals programme by ACICJ students and faculty.
It also promotes the exchange of speakers and collaborative initiatives such as lectures, seminars, events, research, and scholarships in the area of international criminal law.
The ACICJ
The African Centre of International Criminal Justice (ACICJ) is dedicated to growing the body of knowledge on international criminal justice, its necessity and the place of Africa within that paradigm.
The centre was conceived out of the success of the conference “International Criminal Court and Africa: A Discussion of Legitimacy, Impunity, Selectivity, Fairness and Accountability”, held at GIMPA in March 2016.
The ACICJ aims to fight impunity on the global, regional, and national levels through education and the dissemination of accurate information regarding the international criminal law and justice regime generally and the ICC in particular.
The centre is now a focal point for research, scholarship, and training on the ICC and broader issues of international justice across the continent.
Reporting by Wilberforce Asare in Accra, Ghana
Asaase Broadcasting Company airs on Asaase 99.5 Accra, Asaase 98.5 Kumasi, Asaase 99.7Tamale, Asaase 100.3 Cape Coast, AsaasePa 107.3 (Accra).
Affiliates: Bawku FM 101.5, Bead FM 99.9 (Bimbilla), Mining City Radio 89.5 (Tarkwa), Nandom FM 101.9, Nyatefe Radio 94.5 (Dzodze), Sissala Radio 96.3 (Tumu), Somuaa FM 89.9 (Gushegu), Stone City 90.7 (Ho) and Wale FM 106.9 (Walewale).
Listen online: asaaseradio.com, Sound Garden and TuneIn.
Follow us:
X: @asaaseradio995, @Asaase985ksi, @Asaase997tamale, @asaase1003, asaasepa1073
Instagram: asaaseradio99.5, asaase985ksi, asaase100.3, asaase99.7tamale, asaasepa107.3
LinkedIn: company/asaaseradio995. TikTok: @asaaseradio99.5
Facebook: asaase99.5, asaase985ksi, Asaase100.3, asaase99.7, AsaasePa107.3.
YouTube: AsaaseRadioXtra.
Join the conversation. Accra: call 020 000 9951/054 888 8995, WhatsApp 020 000 0995. Kumasi: call 059 415 7985 or call/WhatsApp 020 631 5260. Tamale: call/WhatsApp/SMS 053 554 6468. Cape Coast: call/WhatsApp 059 388 2652.
#AsaaseRadio
#AsaasePa
#TheVoiceofOurLand
The post GIMPA – ICC renew cooperation agreement for 5 years at ceremony in The Hague appeared first on Asaase Radio.
