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Documentary films: a means for reconciliation and justice? The case of Kenya

http://www.peacebuilding.no/
28 April 2011, 10.00-22.00
Litteraturhuset (Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo)

The 2007 presidential election in Kenya resulted in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that has not yet been resolved. International, regional, bilateral and national initiatives have failed. Recently, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, arrived in Kenya to request an investigation into suspected crimes against humanity. So far, Kenya has failed to conduct its own effective investigation into the matter.

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The 2007 presidential election in Kenya resulted in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that has not yet been resolved. International, regional, bilateral and national initiatives have failed. Recently, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, arrived in Kenya to request an investigation into suspected crimes against humanity. So far, Kenya has failed to conduct its own effective investigation into the matter.


 
Maina Kiai
Maina Kiai is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and the former, and founding, Chairman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Currently Maina is making documentary films on issues of social justice as an empowerment tool where ordinary - and traditionally voiceless - people get opportunities to speak out and think thro... more  
 
Lucy Hannan
Lucy Hannan is a political scientist and reporter and contributor to Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom. She is based in Kenya where she reports on issues such as migration of internally displaced people (IDPs ) and the post-election conflict situation in 2008-9. She is the producer of the film Getting Justice - Kenya's Deadly Game o... more  

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