The International Criminal Court launches its first radio outreach programme in Sango in the Central African Republic
On Monday, 6 July 2009, the first radio outreach programme of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be launched in the Central African Republic. The series of radio programmes is part of a broad outreach campaign started in January 2009. It is designed to inform the Central African population about the role, mandate, operation and activities of the International Criminal Court.
The series, which is being broadcast only in Sango, is called “Understanding the International Criminal Court”. It is divided into 13 episodes and uses a questions and answers format. Mr Gervais Bodagay, ICC Outreach Assistant in Bangui, responds to the most frequently asked questions put to the Court’s staff.
During the 50 outreach sessions organised in the Central African capital between January and June 2009, staff of the Public Information and Documentation Section answered some 1000 questions put to it by the people of Bangui. The proposed series of radio programmes was designed and produced to respond to these questions.
The series will be broadcast in partnership with the following Central African radio stations: radio Centrafrique, radio Ndeke Luka, radio ICDI, radio Tropique, radio Néhémie, radio Voix de la Paix, radio ESCA, radio Linga and radio Notre-Dame. Radio Notre-Dame will also rely on its network of community radio stations within the country (radio Maria, radio Mambéré Kadeï, radio Maïgaro, radio Siriri and radio Bé Oko) to broadcast the series of outreach programmes.
Each partner radio station will broadcast the 13 episodes as follows:
• Episode 1 – Brief introduction to the International Criminal Court
Week of 6 July to 12 July 2009
• Episode 2 – Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
Week of 13 July to 19 July
• Episode 3 – How does the ICC operate?
Week of 20 July to 26 July
• Episode 4 – Structure of the Court
Week of 27 July to 2 August
• Episode 5 – Referrals, analyses and investigations
Week of 3 August to 9 August
• Episode 6 – Issuance of an arrest warrant or summons to appear,
and arrests
Week of 10 August to 16 August
• Episode 7 – Confirmation of charges before trial
Week of 17 August to 23 August
• Episode 8 – The trial
Week of 24 August to 30 August
• Episode 9 – Judgment and sentencing
Week of 31 August to 6 September
• Episode 10 – The rights of suspects
Week of 7 September to 13 September
• Episode 11 – Victims before the ICC
Week of 14 September to 20 September
• Episode 12 – Witnesses before the ICC
Week of 21 September to 27 September
• Episode 13 – Current situations
Week of 28 September to 4 October
The Public Information and Documentation Section of the International Criminal Court and its partners invite their listeners to tune in every week for three months to follow this first radio outreach campaign in Sango.
For additional information, please contact Fabienne Chassagneux, Field Outreach Co-ordinator, in Bangui, at + 236 75 76 36 09 or by emailing: [email protected].