Public Information and Outreach in Calendar of activities – May 2009

Overall Objective: Increase understanding of the ICC, its mandate and activities in Uganda amongst diverse constituencies.

Activity Date Place Summary Means of Verification Village meeting 5 May Ciforo sub The activity was held in Ciforo ‐ Standard in Adjumani county, sub county, and the interaction evaluation district Adjumani provided information, updates form. district, Madi sub and clarified misconception on the ‐ Feedback region mandate and activities of the ICC. from the field ‐ Monthly 220 members of the general reports. public attended the sessions

Village meeting 6 May Mijaale village, Outreach provided information on ‐ Standard in Adjumani Adropi sub the mandate of the Court and this evaluation district county, Adjunani was followed by a question and form. district, Madi sub answer session. ‐ Feedback region 104 Members of the general from the field public attended the session. ‐ Monthly reports. Village meeting 7 May Ataboo central, 320 members of the general ‐ Standard in Adjumani Pakele sub public from the sub county evaluation district county, attended the session. form. Adjumani ‐ Feedback district, Madi sub from the field region ‐ Monthly reports. Village meeting 12 May Lalira gem, Lira The interactive meeting provided ‐ Standard in Palwo sub information, updates and evaluation county, Pader responded to several questions form. district, Acholi relating to the activities of the ‐ Feedback sub region ICC from the field ‐ Monthly 102 people were in attendance reports. Village meeting 13 May Omulum village, The outreach team provided ‐ Standard in Pader District Kilak sub county, updates on the operations of the evaluation Pader district, Court and the community asked a form. Acholi sub region lot of questions. ‐ Feedback from the field 121 people in the community ‐ Monthly attended reports Youth meeting 14 May Lira Palwo sub In partnership with Pader NGO ‐ Standard in Pader district county, Pader forum, the meeting targeted evaluation district, youths to provide them form. Acholi sub region information about the activities of ‐ Feedback the ICC. from the field ‐ Monthly The meeting was attended by 76 reports persons. Distribution of 14 May Mukono In collaboration with the NGO ‐Monthly legal texts to the municipality, Advocacy for Public International report law library of , Law in Uganda (APILU), Mukono Central Uganda Outreach handed over ICC legal University texts to the Dean staff and students of the Mukono Law Faculty. 55 law students attended the handing over ceremony. Youth meeting 19 May Palabek Kal, The session provided information ‐ Standard in Kitgum Palabek sub and updates about the mandate evaluation county, Kitgum and activities of the Court. form. district, Acholi ‐ Feedback

sub region 37 representatives from youth from the field associations attended the ‐ Monthly meeting reports.

Bilateral 19 May Kitgum town 4 staff from ‐ Monthly meeting with council, Kitgum attended the meeting reports. Kitgum district district, Acholi authorities sub region Village meeting 20 May Lagoro sub Outreach staff explained the ‐ Standard in Kitgum county, Kitgum mandate and activities of the ICC evaluation district district, Acholi to the participants; the form. sub region participants raised a lot of ‐ Feedback questions and concerns that were from the field directly responded to by the ‐ Monthly outreach team. reports

89 people from the village were in attendance. Bilateral 20 May Kitgum NGO The meeting was organized by the ‐ Monthly meeting with forum, Kitgum outreach team to establish reports Kitgum NGO town council, networks. The meeting discussed forum Kitgum district, cooperation mechanisms between Acholi sub region the Kitgum NGO Forum and the Outreach unit for the purpose of reaching to affected communities in remote villages.

2 staff of Kitgum NGO forum attended the meeting Face‐to‐face 20 May , Central Provide updates about situations ‐Monthly meeting with Uganda under investigation and clarify the report journalists Court’s mandate.

10 journalists from The New Vision, Bukedde FM, Ddembe FM, Daily Monitor, KFM, Bilal FM and Ddembe FM.

Face‐to‐face 21 May Kampala, Central Provided updates about situations ‐Monthly meeting with Uganda under investigation and clarify the report journalists Court’s mandate

6 journalists from The Observer, Capital FM, Simba FM, Vision Voice and Super FM. Village meeting 21 May Paluga sub The interactive session provided ‐ Standard in Kitgum county, Kitgum updates on the mandate and evaluation district district, Acholi activities of the ICC to the form. sub region community. ‐ Monthly 48 people attended reports Bilateral 21 May Kampala Field Outreach staff met with the head meeting with a office of Constitutional and ‐ Monthly Researcher from International Law Department reports the Open from the Open University of University of Tanzania. Outreach provided an Tanzania overview of its programmes over the years and further discussed its 2009 plan. Meeting with 28 May Royal Danish At the request of the diplomatic ‐Monthly members of the Embassy, corps, the session provided report diplomatic corps Kampala, Central updates on the activities of the Uganda ICC as relating to the situations under investigation.

17 members of the diplomatic corps