In a first-time collaboration, the Geneva Platform of Empowerment for Peace and Humanity co-organised on Wednesday, the 6th of April 2016, an expert panel on Burundi with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights entitled: "Burundi - No Peace without Justice?", at the Geneva Academy HQ in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The Panel was Volume II of the Insights Series Project implemented by the Geneva Platform. On behalf of the Geneva Platform was Dr. Ghislain Lessène who is an expert on the African Human Rights System and the Burundian situation, and on behalf of the Geneva Academy was Dr. Thomas Unger, Co-Director of the Transitional Justice Program at the Geneva Academy and had worked with the Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice in Burundi.
The idea of the topic came after we were following closely the developments of the issue in Burundi since April 2015, and came to realise the magnitude of the continuing deterioration in the human rights situation in this country, especially in light of the recent international and regional awareness and response.
The idea of the topic came after we were following closely the developments of the issue in Burundi since April 2015, and came to realise the magnitude of the continuing deterioration in the human rights situation in this country, especially in light of the recent international and regional awareness and response.