JFK EXCELS IN GERMANY

Attorney General And Minister of Justice Excels In Germany

By Ranger

Erudite internationally respected Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, last week was honored to deliver the keynote speech in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the closing of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany that tried Nazi officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Present at the commemoration were Serge Brammertz, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; David Crane, Special Court Prosecutor, Sierra Leone; Hassan Jallow, International Tribunal, Rwanda; Nicholas koumjian, Extraordinary Chamber for the Courts of Cambodia, Ambassador J. Stevens Rapp, Special Court, Sierra Leone; James Stewart, ICC and other distinguished international speakers and panelists.

Joseph Kamara spoke together with Fatou Bensuda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Both African jurists have excelled in the field of International Criminal Law. Joseph Kamara worked as the Deputy Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He was part of the United Nation’s backed court’s successful prosecution of Revolutionary United Front and ‘Kamajor’ warlords accused of war crimes and gross human rights violations committed during Sierra Leones eleven years civil war.

As Deputy Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecutor, Joseph Kamara advocated for the inclusion of forced marriage and enlistment of child soldiers in international criminal law. Today, based on their advocacy, the jurisprudence of other international criminal tribunals recognize and apply principles of law advocated by Joseph Kamara and team. He also lectured Criminal Law at the Sierra Leone Law School until 2015.

Joseph Kamara is the recipient of many international accolades in the field of Law and Leadership. The most recent and most prestigious being the African Achievers Award for Excellence in Leadership and the World Bank Integrity Award. He is so far the only Sierra Leonean to win both awards.

Sierra Leoneans should be proud for the good works and deserved international public profile that Joseph Kamara has attracted to our country and should be a role model worth emulating.

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