Public Information and Outreach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Calendar of activities – June 2009 General Objectives: • Publicise judicial activities before the Court, in particular the Lubanga trial, the challenge to admissibility raised in the Katanga case and the confirmation of charges against Bemba. • Screen video recording of the trial and broadcast radio programmes. Activities Date Place Summary Evaluation Tools Outreach session 9 June Bunia, Ituri Outreach session organised in Attendance list, on the Lubanga conjunction with associations for the media coverage trial with demobilised child soldiers. demobilised child Screening of video summaries of the soldiers Lubanga trial followed by a debate on the organisation of the trial, the credibility of witnesses, the role of victims and their level of involvement in the trial. Number of participants: 64 Screening of video 12 June Bunia, Ituri Screening of two “The ICC at a Attendance list, of the Lubanga glance” video programmes from 1 report produced trial for local to 5 June and from 9 to 11 June by the PIDS team authorities Number of participants: 24 in Bunia (Quarterheads of Quarterheads Bunia) Open discussion 15 June Kinshasa / Provide information on the Attendance list with human rights Ngaba proceedings before the Court. activists within Debate and screening of “ICC at a faith groups glance” video programmes. Number of participants : 124 Open discussion 19 June Kinshasa / Provide information on the Attendance list with human rights Kisenso proceedings before the Court. activists within Debate and screening of “The ICC at faith groups a glance” video programmes. Number of participants : 156 Open discussion 22 June Kinshasa / Provide information on the Attendance list with human rights Mont‐Ngafula proceedings before the Court. activists within Debate and screening of “ICC at a faith groups glance” video programmes. Number of participants : 135 Participation in a 24 June Kinshasa Debate on the contribution of Africa Attendance list round‐table to the development of the ICC. The conference entitled aim of the debate was to explain “Africa’s that the ICC is not a Court against contribution to the Africa or Africans. development of the ICC” organised by the National Number of participants: 56 Coalition for the journalists, lawyers and diplomats. ICC. Open discussion 25 June Kinshasa / Provide information on the Attendance list with human rights Masina proceedings before the Court. activists within Debate and screening of “The ICC at faith groups a glance” video programmes. Number of participants: 89 Open discussion 29 June Kinshasa / Provide information on the Attendance list with human rights Kimbanseke proceedings before the Court. activists within Debate and screening of “ICC at a faith groups glance” video programmes. Number of participants : 139 Daily coverage by From 1 to Bunia, Ituri ‐ Coverage in 84 news items by the Media coverage local media (local 29 June following radio stations: Okapi, radio stations and Colombe, Candip, RTNC, Amkeni, newspapers Tempête du lac, Radio Umoja de published in the Tchomia, Canal révélation and Digital. East) ‐ 8 special programmes on the latest developments in the case of The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and in the Bemba case on the aforementioned radio stations. ‐ 3 interviews granted to the following newspapers: le Miroir, le Millénaire and le Pacificateur, a supplement of Le Millénaire on the Prosecutor’s visit to Ituri, the Lubanga trial and latest developments in the Katanga case. Distribution of From 1 to Bunia, Ituri Two press releases were distributed Acknowledgeme press releases 29 June to partners, namely Radhit member nt of receipt book NGOs (réseau des associations de with signatures of défense des droits de lʹHomme en Ituri different [Network of human rights advocacy recipients associations in Ituri]), local radio stations, posting on the 15 notice boards put up in the neighbourhoods and courts of Bunia. These two press releases were in connection with the challenge to admissibility raised by the Defence for Mr Katanga. Open discussions 13 June Bunia, Ituri These open discussions included a Activity report, with members of briefing on the latest developments attendance list the Muanga in the various cases before the and pictures listening club Court, an accelerated training on taken during the how to convey information to the session grassroots, how to lead a listening club and, above all, on the design of programmes having regard to their interests in the community. Number of participants : 30 Weekly briefing of 5, 12, 16 Kinshasa Brief journalists on ICC news Radio and TV journalists and 26 coverage, June Number of participants : 20 newspaper journalists at each meeting articles Ad hoc interviews 12, 15, 16, Kinshasa radio Provide details on news of the ICC Radio and TV 17, 18, 24, and television to the media coverage, 25, 26, 27 stations newspaper and 29 articles June .