Public Information and Outreach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Calendar of activities – March 2009

General Objectives: • Publicise judicial activities before the Court, in particular the Lubanga trial • Ensure the broadcasting of video and audio programmes about the Court, in particular about the trial • Ensure the success of the Registrar’s mission to and Ituri

Activity Date Place Summary Evaluation Tools

Broadcast of 1, 7, 8, 9, Kinshasa Distribution of “The ICC at a glance” Audience hearing summaries 13, 14 videos for television broadcast; the ratings by RTNC and and 15 video summarises judicial Digital TV March developments in the Lubanga trial. Presentation of 2 March Cepas Centre, Show efforts made in outreach, goals Media 2008 report on Kinshasa attained and remaining challenges. coverage outreach activities The PIDS team also presented the and activities activities planned for 2009, in planned for this particular to focus attention on the year trial. Participants: 32 media outlets and partner NGOs, diplomatic missions. Issuance of press 4 March Kinshasa and Distribution of press release entitled Media release on the , Ituri “ICC issues a warrant of arrest for coverage issuance of an Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan” arrest warrant for to journalists and partners to ensure Al Bashir that the information reaches the general public. Issuance of press 5 and 6 Kinshasa and Distribution of press release entitled Media release following March Bunia, Ituri “Bemba case: The judges ask the coverage the judges’ Prosecutor to submit an amended decision in the document containing the charges” to Bemba case journalists and partners to ensure that the information reaches the general public. Interviews on and 5, 6, 7, 9 Kinshasa Explain the judges’ decision on the Media participation in TV and 10 Bemba case on TV stations: coverage and radio March Tropicana TV, Raga TV, RTGA, Télé newscasts 7, Digital TV, RTNC, Congo web TV, RTKM, Couleur TV, Canal Kinshasa, Cana Kin TV and Canal Congo TV, and on radio stations: , Raga FM, Congo web FM, Radio 7 FM, Top Congo FM, RTGA FM and Digital Congo FM. Press conference 6 March Bunia, Ituri Explain recent Court decisions to Media journalists – especially the coverage adjournment of the confirmation hearing and the arrest warrant for Bashir. 12 journalists in Bunia 40 broadcasts of From 4 to Kinshasa Broadcast of audio programmes Media recent audio 8 March relating to the issuance of an arrest coverage programmes warrant for Al Bashir and the produced by the decision in the Bemba case to 10 Court on 10 radio radio stations (i.e. 4 broadcasts per stations station): Radio Okapi, Raga FM, Congo web FM, Radio 7 FM, Top Congo FM, RTGA FM, Digital Congo FM as well as to 2 new partner radio stations – the Catholic radio station and the Islamic radio station of Kinshasa. Burning of CD and From 2 to Bunia, Ituri Local radio stations, radio DVD of the week 6 March stations, heads of NGOs, MONUC from 2 to 6 March human rights and the press conference on the arrest warrant for Al Bashir Information 9 March Kinshasa Organised at the initiative of Evaluation meetings for Womenʹs Initiatives for Gender Justice,, forms representatives of the meeting gave the Outreach team women’s groups an opportunity to provide (with video information about the ICC, explain screening) the ongoing cases and to show how the trial of is proceeding. Public: 40 representatives of women’s associations of the DRC

and the CAR.

Outreach with 10 March Bunia, Ituri. Show what is going on in the trial to Evaluation video screening for demobilised child soldiers whom the forms demobilised child Outreach team has already met on soldiers several occasions. Participants: 46 demobilised youths Information 17 March Kinshasa Inform the Kinshasa diplomatic meeting for the corps about the judicial activities of diplomatic corps in the Court and sensitize them about Kinshasa the need to take into account (chaired by the international criminal justice in inter‐ Registrar) state relations, especially with the DRC “There can be no lasting and durable peace without justice” and respond to their questions and concerns. Public: 10 members of the diplomatic corps Information 17 March Kinshasa Inform the media and NGOs about Media meeting for NGO the cases before the Court and coverage and media partners respond to their questions and (chaired by the concerns. Registrar) Participants: 65 media outlets and NGOs Open discussion 19 March Kasenyi, Ituri Inform the most affected Evaluation between the communities about the conduct of forms Registrar and the the cases before the Court, especially affected the Lubanga trial, and respond to communities of their questions and concerns. Kasenyi (with screening of video Number of participants: 612 summaries of the hearings) Open discussion 19 March Bogoro, Ituri Inform the most affected Evaluation between the communities about the conduct of forms Registrar and the the cases before the Court, especially people of Bogoro the Lubanga trial, and respond to (with screening of their questions and concerns. video summaries of the hearings) Number of participants: 346 Briefing for 20 March Bunia, Ituri Inform local journalists and main Media journalists and partners about the conduct of the coverage NGOs in Bunia cases before the Court, especially in the Lubanga trial, and respond to their questions and concerns.

Number of participants: 52

Open discussion 24 March Kinshasa This session was organised in Evaluation with the people of cooperation with RECIC, Réseau forms Kingabwa, a d’éducation civique au Congo [Civic popular Education Network in Congo], with neighbourhood in the aim of providing information Kinshasa about the ICC as well as the cases before the Court, and to reach a wider audience Number of participants: 452 Information and 27 and 28 Kinshasa: Foster greater awareness of the ICC Evaluation discussion seminar March among parliamentarians. Provide forms for Congolese explanations to parliamentarians and parliamentarians respond to their questions and on the concerns. implementation of the Rome Statute Number of participants: 100

At the initiative of “Parliamentarians for Global Action” Distribution of 28 and 29 Bunia, Ituri. Wide dissemination of information Media press release March about the decision of Trial Chamber coverage setting the date for II setting the commencement of the the commencement Katanga and Chui trial for 24 of the Katanga and September 2009, to partner NGOs of Chui trial Radhit, radio stations, judicial authorities, the 12 quarter heads of Bunia for posting, and a copy to the District commissioner. 10 special 28 and 29 Bunia, Ituri Participation in radio programmes to Media programmes on March ensure wide dissemination of the coverage Ituri community decision of Trial Chamber II setting radio stations in the commencement of the Katanga order to publicise and Chui for 24 September 2009. the commencement date of the Katanga and Chui trial Participation in 66 From 1 to Bunia, Ituri General public. Media programmes 30 March Daily participation in radio coverage focusing on the programmes in French and Lubanga trial on on the following radio stations: local radio stations Colombe, Tempête du lac, Océan and in Ituri Amkeni.

Weekly press Every Kinshasa Field Inform journalists about the conduct Media conference with Friday Office of the trial and recent judicial coverage journalists in developments in the Court. Kinshasa