Public Information and Outreach in Activity report – April 2009

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

Activity Date Place Summary Means of Verification School Outreach 2 April Lira Palwo Outreach provided updates about ‐ Standard secondary school, the activities of the Court in Uganda evaluation Agago sub and other situations under form. county, Pader investigation. ‐ Feedback district, Acholi from the field sub region Students and teachers raised ‐ Monthly questions and concerns that were reports. directly responded to by the outreach team.

642 students and teachers attended the sessions School Outreach 2 April Pader Central This session lasted for two hours ‐ Standard program High school, and outreach provided information, evaluation Pader town updates and clarified misconception form. council, Pader on the work mandate and activities ‐ Feedback district, Acholi of the ICC to the school community from the field sub region ‐ Monthly 150 Students and teachers were in reports. attendance Women’s 3 April Pader Kilak Organized in partnership with ‐ Standard Meeting in Village, Pader Pader NGO forum, the session evaluation town council, provided accurate information and form. Pader district, update about the mandate and ‐ Feedback Acholi sub region activities of the Court. from the field ‐ Monthly 70 women attended the session reports. Bilateral 3 April Field The outreach team met with a local ‐ Monthly meeting with a Office, Kampala cartoonist from the Faculty of Fine reports. local cartoonist Arts, Makerere University, to finalize discussions about drawing sketches to be included in the revised ICC booklet “Understanding the ICC’’ tailored to the Ugandan situation. Village meeting 4 April Pader Kinene The interactive meeting provided ‐ Standard in Pader District village, Pader information, updates and clarified evaluation town council, misconception on the work mandate form. Pader district, and activities of the ICC to general ‐ Feedback Acholi sub region community. from the field ‐ Monthly 86 persons attended the session reports Village meeting 6 April Ngomorom In partnership with ‐ Standard in Kitgum Village, Lukung Community Development office, the evaluation District sub county, meeting was organized to provide form. Kitgum District, updates on the activities of the ICC. ‐ Feedback Acholi sub region The meeting was attended by 350 from the field members of the village community ‐ Monthly reports Women’s 7 April Omiya‐anyima The session provided information ‐ Standard meeting in central village, and update about the mandate and evaluation Kitgum District Omiya‐anyima activities of the ICC. form. sub county, ‐ Feedback Kitgum district, from the field Acholi sub region 43 Women attended the meeting ‐ Monthly reports.

School Outreach 8 April Kitgum town Students and teachers raised ‐ Standard with students college, Kitgum questions and concerns that were evaluation and teachers town council, responded to by the outreach team. form. Kitgum district, ‐ Feedback Acholi sub region 742 students and teachers attended from the field the session. ‐ Monthly reports School Outreach 8 April Kitgum Students and teachers raised ‐ Standard with students Comprehensive questions and concerns that were evaluation and teachers school, Kitgum responded to by the outreach team. form. town council, ‐ Feedback Kitgum district, 1,630 students, including teachers from the field Acholi sub region attended the activity. ‐ Monthly reports Village meeting 21 April Laroo Quarry Update was provided about the ‐ Standard works, Bungatira mandate and activities of the ICC in evaluation sub county, the Ugandan situation. form district, Acholi sub region 84 people, mostly women, ‐ Monthly attended. reports Meeting with 21 April UN OHCHR The outreach team paid a courtesy ‐ Monthly officials of the offices in Gulu call to the OHCHR offices in Gulu. reports United Nations town, Gulu Outreach provided a briefing on the Office of the district, Acholi activities it has conducted over the High sub region years and also discussed its planned Commissioner activities. The meeting also explored for Human possibilities of cooperation in Rights relation to keeping OHCHR (OHCHR) updated about developments in the Court. Outreach agreed to included them. Bilateral 21 April Gulu town, The meeting discussed mechanisms meeting with Acholi Sub region of improving the Outreach funded Outreach radio radio programme in the Acholi sub partner for region. Acholi sub region,

Workshop for 22 April Gulu town, Gulu This activity was organized in Standard Acholi district, Acholi partnership with the Acholi evaluation Religious sub region Religious Leaders Peace Initiative form. leaders (ARLPI). Representation was drawn ‐ Feedback from different faith‐based groups from the field within . ‐ Monthly Outreach gave a general overview reports of the establishment, mandate and current activities of the ICC, followed by presentations from representatives of the Trust Fund for Victims and VPRS.

19 Acholi Religious leaders attended the workshop Village meeting 23 April Palaro sub Activity was attended by going ‐ Standard county, Gulu children, women, vendors and the evaluation district, Acholi general community of Palaro sub form. sub region county. ‐ Monthly reports 423 people attended the session

Outreach 24 April Traditional Outreach explained the mandate workshop for Leaders Palace, and activities of the ICC; the local Acholi Gulu town, Gulu leaders raised a lot of questions Traditional district, Acholi which were responded to by the Leaders sub region Outreach team.

The workshop was attended by 31 Acholi Traditional leaders from the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Amuru. Outreach radio 1 – 30 April Gulu (Acholi sub The outreach radio programmes programmes region); Lira which are implemented by outreach (Lango sub partners commenced in April. region); Soroti (Teso sub region A total of 12 one hour radio programmes have been completed.