Effective, transparent and corruption-resistant public institutions boost confidence and form the core of good governance. The Judicial Integrity initiative assisted judiciaries in strengthening judicial integrity and preventing corruption in the justice sector.
I undertook various missions in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East under this initiative, organized and covered conferences, conducted interviews and other media activities.
Interviews with UN Special Rapporteurs: Geneva, Switzerland | Mar 2017
On this mission, I conducted three interviews in coordination with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva:
the former UN Special Rapporteur on Education, Kishore Singh at Palais des Nations; Chief of Rule of Law Branch, Mona Rishmawi, OHCHR at Human Rights Council; and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayan, at Palais Wilson.
Regional conference with Francophone African judges: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Oct 2017
On this mission in West Africa, I covered the two-day conference on my own with full multimedia and bilingual support, including: Press Release in both English and French; web story; photographing and filming; social media live tweets in both English and French reporting the event onsite; and conducted eight interviews in two days with:
the Minister of Justice of Burkina Faso (H.E. Bessolé René BAGARO),
the UN Resident Coordinator in Burkina Faso ( Ms. Metsi MAKHETHA)
the First President of Court of Cassation of Burkina Faso (Ms. Thérèse TRAORE-SANOU)
the President of Supreme Court of Benin (M. Ousmane BATOKO)
the President of Supreme Court of Mauritania (M. El Houssein Ould NAGI)
the President of Supreme Court of Togo (M. Akakpovi GAMATHO)
the First President of Court of Cassation of Tunisia (M. Hedi GUEDIRI)
the Counselor of Court of Cassation of France (Ms. Christine CHANET)
JPRI International conference: Seoul, Korea | Dec 2018
At the international conference of the Judicial Policy Research Institute of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea, UNODC brought together 40 judges and judicial experts to debate ways to improve the recognition of gender issues in the first place, and to identify how gaps or biases, as well as sextortion, sexual harassment, discrimination and stereotyping, could be remedied. I covered the conference on-site with multimedia support, including live social media, video, photography and news story.
Global Judicial Integrity Network High-Level Event: Past, Present, Future: Doha, Qatar | Feb 2020 | Event info
The high-level event was held under the patronage of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, bringing Chief Justices and senior judges from around the world to discuss important judicial integrity-related topics. Counting over 700 participants from 118 countries and 50 judicial associations and organizations, the conference was at the time the largest gathering of judges ever assembled under the auspices of the United Nations. My team and I covered this event from Doha with full multimedia support.
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