Truth and Justice: The Search for Peace and Stability in Modern Kenya
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Politics and International Studies
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| Gabrielle Lynch (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bosire L
(2014)
Kenya's Search for Truth and Justice: The Role of Civil Society
in International Journal of Transitional Justice
Cheeseman N
(2014)
Democracy and its discontents: understanding Kenya's 2013 elections
in Journal of Eastern African Studies
Lynch G
(2013)
Electing the 'alliance of the accused': the success of the Jubilee Alliance in Kenya's Rift Valley
in Journal of Eastern African Studies
Lynch G
(2015)
The International Criminal Court and the Making of a Kenyan President
in Current History
Lynch G
(2011)
Becoming indigenous in the pursuit of justice: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Endorois
in African Affairs
Lynch, G, N. Cheeseman, And J. Willis
(2013)
Commonwealth Governance Handbook 2013/14: Democracy, Development and Public Administration
Lynch, G.
(2015)
Uhuru speech great but action must follow
Lynch, G.
(2014)
The Grammar of Politics and Performance
Lynch, G.
(2017)
Inter-ethnic mistrust ahead of poll worrying (newspaper column)
| Description | Popular scepticism about the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) results from a history of non-implementation of commission of inquiry recommendations; a credibility crisis surrounding the TJRC's chairman; inadequate funding and civic education; limited media engagement; evidence of questionable political motivations; and demands for punitive justice and entry of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Like other post-South African truth commissions, the TJRC dedicated much of its time to public hearings. These forums were meant to be cathartic for witnesses, and contribute to national healing through an interactive process of speaking and listening that enjoined performers and audiences in an articulation of shared memories and performance of a new nation. However, low expectations and media coverage meant that the TJRC lacked an engaged audience, and thus failed to initiate significant public debate. Much of the final report was written by consultants who made little use of statements and public testimony or archival documents. As a result, the TJRC offers little in the way of new 'truths', which - together with its credibility crisis - will help those with vested interests ignore recommendations. Some politicians tried to use the TJRC to avoid punitive justice, while many Kenyans viewed it as a way to assert claims and seek reparations. The opportunity to observe such efforts provided an excellent window onto Kenyan history and politics. For example, the fact that witnesses at public hearings tended to present narratives through an ethnic lens helps us better understand the political salience of such identities as a way to lay claims and assert rights. Due to limited dissemination and public discussion, the majority of Kenyans know little about the Commission's work, key findings or recommendations. Participants welcomed the opportunity to speak and be heard, but most insist that such awareness should prompt action. The TJRC process was upstaged by the ICC's intervention and 2013 elections, which required the PI to extend the research project. Two of those charged at the ICC effectively presented the court's intervention as a performance of injustice and neo-colonialism. The Jubilee Alliance then prioritised the need for peace over demands for justice in their successful 2013 election campaign and first years in office. The Commission's contribution to reconciliation is limited, although the report may have some impact in the longer-term. Simultaneously, the discourse of reconciliation has been used to delegitimise demands for justice in the interests of a negative peace. More attention needs to be given to what truth commissions can achieve, how, and why, and to the role of other actors, the relationship with parallel processes, and added value of public hearings. Truth commissions are not always timely - they may offer poor value for money and be appropriated and undermined by vested interests. Findings add to a growing literature that views truth commissions as political processes rather than as curative tools. The project concludes that more attention needs to be given to when such processes promote transformative justice and lasting peace, and when they are reinterpreted and delegitimised as examples of injustice and interference. |
| Exploitation Route | Interactions with TJRC staff informed discussions about the relative importance of the Commission's final report and public hearings, and difficulties associated with opening amnesty applications. Ongoing discussions with civil society organisations and victims groups - as well as contributions in the Saturday Nation - will facilitate the dissemination of the TJRC's findings, and help inform implementation strategies. An analysis of the insights that the TJRC provides onto Kenyan history and politics will inform ongoing work with the UK government, which has moved from ad hoc meetings to an election monitoring project to a post-election evaluation of democracy support initiatives and challenges to democratisation and institutional reform. Reports are shared with embassies, development agencies, and democracy support organisations with the aim of enhancing the impact of their programmes. A critique of the TJRC as a post-South African truth commission that paid insufficient attention to what the South African example achieved and why, will offer lessons on 'best practice' for future truth commissions. The PI's work on the ICC - and specifically an analysis of how the process has been politicised and reinterpreted as a performance of injustice - adds to popular and academic understandings of contemporary Kenyan politics and impact of international justice mechanisms. An analysis of how truth-telling, justice, and reconciliation mechanisms can be appropriated and used for vested political interests could encourage people to pay more attention to the unintended negative consequences of transitional justice interventions. |
| Sectors | Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy |
| Description | Research findings were discussed with Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), which began work in 2009 and submitted its final report in 2013. Findings were shared through informal conversations with commission staff and through a presentation at a TJRC strategy meeting in September 2011. From 2011 to 2018, research findings were shared with Kenyan civil society organisations through regular interactions with the Joint Advisory Technical Committee on Transitional Justice (JATCO) and the Kenya Transitional Justice Network (KTJN). As a result, I participated in numerous meetings on the extent to which, and how, Kenyan civil society should engage with the TJRC and its final report, and regularly commented on key documents produced for civic education and lobbying purposes. Through these interactions I helped to inform and shape civil society's strategy and to write key documents. This included direct input into the development of a strategic prioritisation on reparations and, more specifically, the need for this to be politically sensitive to perceptions of ethnic, regional, and gender bias, and for any reparations programme to be attended by extensive civic education to explain why only some people and groups will receive reparations. From April 2011 to March 2018, I wrote a twice-monthly column in the Saturday Nation (the Saturday edition of Kenya's leading daily newspaper) and published numerous articles that drew directly from this research. These articles were published in print and online, and I received numerous emails from readers noting the influence that these articles had on their own understandings and local debates. Through ongoing discussions with civil society actors and donors in Kenya it is also evident that these articles contributed to their own thinking and debates. From 2011 to date, research findings have contributed to numerous policy briefings with representatives from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Department for International Development (DfID), and Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London and Nairobi, as well as to briefings presented to representatives of other diplomatic and donor missions in Nairobi, Bonn, and The Hague. These briefings and presentations helped members of the international community plan for Kenya's 2013 and 2017 elections and continue to inform discussions about international support for transitional justice and reconciliation efforts, as well as preparations for Kenya's next general election in 2022. From 2011 to 2018 these discussions focused in large part on the dangers and opportunities provided by a reparations agenda through, for example, assistance given to the International Centre for Transitional Justice (Kenya office). From 2018 - and the publication of a monograph entitled "Performances of Injustice: The politics of truth, justice and reconciliation in Kenya" (Cambridge University Press) - the discussion moved to more general lessons about what transitional justice can (and cannot) achieve, and how to strengthen future efforts. This included book talks at the British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi, PAWA254 in Nairobi (a local civil society organisation), Chatham House in London, the FCO in London, and at the universities of Birmingham Bristol, Edinburgh, Oxford, and SOAS. It also includes a number of opinion pieces published in highly respected media outlets including The Conversation, The Mail & Guardian, and ROAPE.net. There is a clear potential for the research to have an impact beyond Kenya. To this end, in December 2014, I gave the Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation's Annual Democracy Lecture in Lagos, Nigeria. The lecture was attended by academics, civil society activists, politicians, youth groups, and local journalists and focused on the potential dangers of emphasising 'peace' to the neglect of 'justice'. It also includes lessons that can be learnt by other countries that are implementing, or might implement, transitional justice efforts, such as Ethiopia and Zimbabwe - with impact in these areas achieved through well-read opinion pieces and presentations to broad audiences at Chatham House and the FCO. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Africa Conflict Prevention Pool |
| Amount | £57,648 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Africa Conflict Prevention Pool |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2012 |
| End | 08/2013 |
| Description | ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant |
| Amount | £57,648 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/L002108/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | ESRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £658,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/L002345/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | Book presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 staff from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) attended a presentation of my book and its main implications for transitional justice policy. The presentation was organised by the Africa Directorate, FCO, and was held at the FCO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Briefing for new UK High Commissioner to Kenya |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | At the request of the new British High Commissioner to Kenya, Nic Hailey, the project team (Lynch, Cheeseman and Willis) met with him, his political officers and representatives from the UKs Department for International Development (DfID) in January 2016 to provide a briefing on Kenyan politics and the prospects for the 2017 election. We were asked to continue to provide such briefings in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing on Kenya's 2017 election for EU Heads of Mission, Nairobi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The team (Lynch, Cheeseman and Willis) presented a briefing to the EU heads of mission on Kenya's electoral politics and preparations for the 2017 election. The meeting was attended by 22 people (either heads of mission or political officers) and took the form of a short presentation based around a precirculated document on lessons learned from the 2013 elections, followed by questions and discussion. We were asked if we would continue meeting with the heads of missions over the forthcoming months, and agreed to do so. The first of these meetings is scheduled to take place at the Hungarian Ambassador's residence on Friday 18 March. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing on Kenya's 2017 election for the Donor Election Group, Nairobi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The team (Lynch, Cheeseman and Willis) presented a briefing to the Donor Election Group on Kenya's electoral politics and preparations for the 2017 election. The meeting was attended by around 20 people (mainly political officers from different embassies) and took the form of a short presentation based around a precirculated document on lessons learned from the 2013 elections, followed by questions and discussion. We were asked if we would continue meeting with the heads of missions over the forthcoming months, and agreed to do so. In a letter "warmly" thanking us for our "excellent engagement", the co-chairs of the Group note how our "presentation on lessons learned from the 2013 elections and recommendations for the upcoming elections in 2017 was outstanding, succinctly covering topics of great importance and providing valuable insight in to our international support efforts. Both your extensive expertise on the Kenyan elections and your comparative analysis of electoral processes in the wider region are most helpful for us as international partners as we tailor our support for free, fair and credible elections in Kenya. We are therefore truly grateful for the lively and fruitful exchange we had with you and hope to be able to engage again soon". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing on contemporary Kenya for the new British High Commissioner to Kenya with Dr Cheeseman (University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch gave a briefing on contemporary Kenya for the new British High Commissioner to Kenya with Dr Cheeseman (University of Oxford). Lynch was asked to focus on the politics of transitional justice including the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and International Criminal Court intervention. This briefing contributed to an ongoing discussion with officers from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As a result of a series of activities of this kind, I was asked to submit an application to, and was later awarded funding by the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool to run an academic election monitoring for the UK government for Kenya's 2013 election. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Briefing on the Kenyan elections (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch's briefing on the Kenyan elections and impact of transitional justice mechanisms was attended by around 50 people from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The organisers warmly thanked Lynch and said that her contribution had helped inform the ministry's thinking on Kenyan politics, and thus helped shape their policy interventions. After the presentation, I was thanked by representatives from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for my insights, which they said had helped further their understanding of contemporary Kenyan politics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Briefing with first political officer for the British High Commissioner, Nairobi (African Studies Centre, University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch participated in a one-to-one meeting with the new first political officer for the British High Commissioner, Nairobi, to brief him on the current political situation in Kenya and politics surrounding the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and International Criminal Court. This discussion was part of an ongoing dialogue with officers from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As a result of a series of activities of this kind, I was asked to submit an application to, and was later awarded funding by the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool to run an academic election monitoring for the UK government for Kenya's 2013 election. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Co-organisation of civil society retreat (Mombasa, Kenya) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lynch helped to organise a civil society strategy retreat with the Kenya Human Rights Commission to discuss the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission report with members of the Kenya Transitional Justice Network in November 2013. Funding from the ESRC first grant was used to support the attendance and participation of Chris Gitari (International Centre for Transitional Justice) and Sarah Muthiga (International Commission of Jurists-Kenya). The rest of the workshop was funded by the German development agency, GiZ. The retreat was part of ongoing discussions about the extent to which, and how, Kenyan civil society organisers should respond to the TJRC's final report, which helped shape civil society strategy and lobbying and advocacy efforts. At the meeting, participants discussed key findings and recommendations, and the best ways forward with discussions culminating in the formulation of a strategic prioritisation (for example, of the Commission's reparations framework) and advocacy plan. This retreat led to a decision to lobby for the implementation of the TJRC's final report by prioritising recommendations that are of primary importance to victims and politically feasible. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Co-organisation of one-day workshop on Kenya's 2013 elections (Nairobi, Kenya) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This one-day workshop on Kenya's 2013 elections was co-organised by Dr Lynch (University of Warwick), Dr Cheeseman (University of Oxford), Prof. Willis (University of Durham), and Prof. Kanyinga (University of Nairobi), and brought together scholars from Kenya, Europe, and North America to discuss the recently concluded Kenyan elections including the impact of transitional justice mechanisms. The workshop was funded by an Africa Conflict Prevention Pool election monitoring grant with additional support from the British Institute in Eastern Africa. The workshop was attended by over 100 people including academics, journalists, civil society activists, and diplomats, and presentations sparked a range of questions and ongoing discussions. The workshop fed into a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies (2014) on Kenya's 2013 election, which was edited by Cheeseman, Lynch and Willis, which has been widely ready by academics, but also by policy-makers and practitioners. This workshop resulted in the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies on Kenya's 2013 elections, which was published in January 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Media Interview (International Business Times) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview with Lynch by Jacey Fortin was cited in an International Business Times article published on 4 March 2013 entitled 'Kenya election: Lines were long, violence was low, and now ballot counting begins'. Lynch was asked to conduct a further interview with Fortin on a related topic. After this interview, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from March 2013, I had to decline these opportunities due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ibtimes.com/kenya-election-lines-were-long-violence-was-low-now-ballot-counting-begins-11... |
| Description | Media Interview (International Business Times) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview with Lynch by Jacey Fortin was cited in a 13 February 2013 International Business Times article entitled 'Kenya seeks progress, dreads violence as presidential election nears'. After this interview, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from March 2013, I had to decline these opportunities due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ibtimes.com/kenya-seeks-progress-dreads-violence-presidential-election-nears-1081154 |
| Description | Media interview (Financial Times) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview with Lynch by Financial Times correspondent Katrina Manson was cited in her 17 December 2012 article entitled Kenya election race hots up over Kenyatta. This led to several further off the record conversation with Manson over the following year. After this interview, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from March 2013, I had to decline these opportunities due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/aec2ec1c-43b8-11e2-844c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz30HcnClA1 |
| Description | Media interview (France24 evening news) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lynch interviewed by France24 for the evening news of 5 March 2013 on the topic of Kenya's 2013 elections. After this interview, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from 6 March 2013, I had to decline these opportunities due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Media interview (Newsweek) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed by Nairobi-based reporter and writer Laura Heaton for a story published in Newsweek on 5 March 2013 entitled 'Kenya's killer election: A tight race with ominous consequences'. After this interview, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from March 2013, I had to decline these opportunities due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.newsweek.com/kenyas-killer-election-tight-race-ominous-consequences-62855 |
| Description | Panel discussion of Lynch's book |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chatham House organised a book launch for "Performances of Injustice: The politics of truth, justice and reconciliation in Kenya". Dr Muthoni Wanyeki acted as a discussant and Muluki-Miti Drummond chaired. The launch was attended by a mix of policy-makers, business people, students and former diplomats, and prompted a lively discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/transitional-justice-kenya |
| Description | Political analysis (Oxford Analytica) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was a participant in a number of morning meetings at Oxford Analytica. I was invited to update the team of consultants - who then give advice to businesses, governments and third sector organisations - on political developments in Kenya including those related to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and International Criminal Court. This engagement led to Lynch being asked to write several briefings and reports for Oxford Analytical on Kenya ranging from political figures to the implementation of the country's new constitution and implications of devolution. Discussions fed into Oxford Analytica's daily briefs and occasional briefing papers, which were shared with a client base that largely consists of international companies and government departments. As a result of this participation I was also asked to write a number of briefings for Oxford Analytica, for example, on the Deputy President William Ruto, devolution, and political/economic prospects in 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation (Conflict and Security Donor Group, Nairobi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a briefing on Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission to a Conflict & Security Donor Group Meeting at The Netherlands Embassy in Nairobi in September 2011. This presentation formed part of ongoing discussions with members of the donor community in Kenya around issues of transitional justice, democratisation, and Kenyan politics. After the meeting I was told that several donors had decided to continue with their policy of non-engagement with the TJRC on the basis of an ongoing credibility crisis and limited civil society engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Presentation and discussion of first set of knowledge exchange project reports (British High Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch, Cheeseman and Willis presented reports to representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DfID) at the British High Commission in Nairobi. The presentations sparked questions and discussion, which helped inform UK policies, but also fed into ongoing discussions in the approach of Kenya's 2017 election. Reports presented were entitled: 1) The Kenyatta election: Final report of the early warning and long-term monitoring project on Kenya's 2013 general elections; 2) The 2013 elections and their aftermath; 3) LAPPSET; 4) Turkana; and 5) Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. Representatives from the FCO and DfID reported that the reports and presentation had improved their understanding of political developments and challenges in Kenya, and that recommendations would help inform and shape their programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation and discussion of first set of knowledge exchange project reports (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, January 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch, Cheeseman and Willis presented reports to representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DfID) at the British High Commission in Nairobi sparked questions and discussion. These discussions helped inform UK policy but also fed into ongoing discussions between the project team and the UK government in the lead up to Kenya's 2017 election. Reports presented were entitled: 1) The Kenyatta election: Final report of the early warning and long-term monitoring project on Kenya's 2013 general elections; 2) The 2013 elections and their aftermath; 3) LAPPSET; 4) Turkana; and 5) Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. Representatives from the FCO and DfID reported that the reports and presentation had improved their understanding of political developments and challenges in Kenya, and that recommendations would help inform and shape their programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation at Victim Centred Workshop on Transitional Justice (Naivasha, Kenya) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Lynch prepsented a paper on 'Truth telling, reconciliation and documentation' at a Victim Centred Workshop organised by the Joint Advisory Technical Committee on Transitional Justice (JATCO), which brings together a number of Kenyan civil society organisations. The workshop was attended by representatives from various civil society organisations, victim groups, the International Criminal Court, and the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. The presentation sparked a number of questions and discussion, and fed into a series of engagements between Lynch and members of JATCO and the closely related Kenya Transitional Justice Network (KTJN). At the end of this workshop, JATCO decided to re-engage with the TJRC reversing an earlier decision by prominent civil society organisations to disengage from the process due to a credibility crisis sparked by allegations involving the TJRC chairman. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Presentation at a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission workshop (Nairobi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper on 'Amnesty and implications for the forthcoming elections and ongoing ICC proceedings' at a closed workshop held by the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. Lynch's presentation contributed to discussions within the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission on best practice and the formulation of the Commission's policies and strategies. After my talk, I fostered closer relations with the Kenya Transitional Justice Network (KTJN), which brings together various Kenyan civil society organisations. Through such activities, I am now directly involved in KTJN's strategy meetings and production of civic education and lobbying documents. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference ( Institute of Social Anthropology and Centre for African Studies, Basel) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'From Truth and Reconciliation to Truth, Justice and Reconciliation? A Critical Analysis of Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission' at a conference on 'Trust and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies', which sparked questions and discussion. Lynch was subsequently asked to contribute to a special issue on trust and reconciliation by the conveners, however, Lynch decided that the arguments were integral to the book manuscript and to not publish them as a separate journal article. After my talk, I was contacted by several scholars with questions relating to their own research agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | https://zasb.unibas.ch/news/newsdetails/article/call-for-papers-trust-and-reconciliation-in-post-con... |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference (4th European Conference on African Studies, Uppsala) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper on 'Local Memories and the Search for Truth and Justice in Contemporary Kenya', which sparked questions and discussion, and prompted several attendees to request copies of related papers. As a result of ongoing discussions with Lotte Hughes (Open University) that were sparked by this presenation, I have been asked to participate in a panel organised by Dr Hughes at the 6th European Conference on African Studies in Paris in 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.nai.uu.se/ecas-4/ |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference (African Studies Association of the UK, University of Leeds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a conference paper entitled 'Truth-telling and the International Criminal Court in contemporary Kenya: The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission upstaged' as part of a two panel stream on 'transitional justice in Africa'. The presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards, and also helped inform the work of some postgraduate students - as was later reflected when Lynch acted as the external examiner for one of the participant's PhD dissertation in 2015. After this presentation, I was responded to several queries from PhD students and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.asauk.net/conferences/asauk12.shtml |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference (John Hopkins University, Washington DC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch's presentation at a 'Kenya at Fifty Conference' entitled 'Ethnic voting and narratives of (in)justice: The case of the Kalenjin' sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The conference was attended by about 30 people including academics and postgraduate students, several of whom requested copies of the paper. After my presentation, I was contacted by a number of PhD students with questions that directly related to the development of their own research questions, methodology and analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/41651510/kenyaat50v2.pdf |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference (Mellon Sawyer Conference on Ethnicity, Conflict, and Cooperation, University of Michigan) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'The search for 'truth and justice' and understandings of ethnic identity and ethnic conflict in contemporary Kenya' at an academic conference at the University of Michigan, which was attended by about 30 people (including both academics and postgraduate students). The presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards. As a result of discussions that followed this talk, I have been invited to present a paper at a workshop in Brussels in December 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.lsa.umich.edu/daas/ci.africaworkshopsawyerseminarworkshopfri11nov2011_ci.detail |
| Description | Presentation at academic conference (University of Warwick) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'Electing the 'alliance of the accused': The significance of the International Criminal Court's intervention for Kenya's 2013 election' at a conference entitled 'Is there a future for democracy?'. Lynch's presentation sparked questions and discussion, and also led to a request for Lynch to act as an external examiner for a PhD thesis in Bergen in 2016. After my talk, I responded to several participants who contacted me with questions about their own research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/csd/news/events/?calendarItem=094d43d53e1cf0b3013e3d... |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presentation a paper on 'Gender as women: Kenya's Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission and the role of women's forums' at a workshop on the relationship between quota policies and democratisation in Africa. Lynch's paper sparked questions and discussion. After my talk, I was asked to present at a joint University of Warwick and University of Bergen conference on "Is there a future for democracy?" in April 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (German Historical Institute, London ) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 10 postgraduate students attended a larger academic workshop at the German Historical Institute in London on '(Post)colonial violence: Silence, suffering and reconciliation' where Lynch gave a paper on 'Bringing the audience back in: Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and the efficacy of public hearings'. The presentation sparked significant discussion, and prompted requests for copies of papers and policy briefings from a number of attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'Electing the 'alliance of the accused': The significance of the International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya for the 2013 election and beyond' at a workshop on 'Law and Order' held at the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. The talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The following year, Lynch was requested to participate in the same workshop as a discussant. After my talk, I was contacted by several postgraduate students at the University of Oxford with questions related to their own research projects. I was also asked to chair a panel at a the "Law and Order" workshop in 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (University of Warwick) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was one of three invited speakers at a workshop on 'Gender, Power, Representation and Performance', which was organised by the Politics and Performance Network at the University of Warwick. My paper entitled 'Gender as women: Kenya's Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission and the role of women's forums' sparked significant discussion, and also led to several requests for Lynch to share copies of her published work with students in attendance. After my talk, I was asked to contribute a chapter to an edited collection on Politics and Performance by Shirin Rai, which will be published by Routledge in 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415716505/ |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (University of Warwick) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper on 'The International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya and the performance of (in)justice'. The presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards, and - according to the convener - influenced the thinking of many of the students who attended. After my talk, a higher than usual interest in the ICC and Kenyan case was reported amongst law students at the University of Warwick, and I was contacted by several participants for requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Presentation at academic workshop (University of Warwick) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'Kenya's Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission and the Performance of Public Hearings' at an academic workshop entitled 'Performing Violence and Security Workshop'. The workshop was held at the University of Warwick, and was attended by academics and postgraduate students. The presentation sparked questions and discussions, and also led to Lynch contributing a chapter to an edited collection on 'The Grammar of Politics and Performance', which was published by Routledge in 2014. After my talk, I was asked to be involved in a ESRC research grant application that was to be submitted by members of the University of Warwick's Politics and Performance Network. This application was ultimately unsuccessful, but discussions stimulated debate and raised awareness of common research interest across different departments at the University of Warwick. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation at expert workshop (Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisberg) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented on the politics and impact of transitional justice mechanisms in Kenya including the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and International Criminal Court at an 'expert workshop' that was attended by academics and postgraduate students. The presentation sparked questions and discussion, and prompted several requests for Lynch to share copies of draft papers. After my presentation, I was asked to write a briefing paper on the International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya for the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Presentation at launch of Progressio's Somaliland election monitoring report (University College London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was one of three invited speakers at the launch of an election monitoring report on the Somaliland elections. The event was entitled 'Contextualising Somaliland Elections'. Lynch's comparative presentation on Kenya's 2013 election sparked questions and discussion afterwards on key similarities and differences. After my talk, I responded to several inquiries from PhD students about their research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.progressio.org.uk/content/somaliland-supporting-free-and-fair-elections |
| Description | Presentation at nominee's breakfast, Chatham House, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented on 'Post-election implications for Kenya and the ICC' to a group of about 30 policy makers, practitioners and businessman at Chatham House in London. The presentation sparked questions and discussion, and prompted several participants to contact Lynch for copies of draft and published papers. After my presentation, I was contacted by several political analysts for further information on contemporary Kenyan politics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.chathamhouse.org/events/view/190659 |
| Description | Presentation at research seminar (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The paper entitled "Kenyan elections and the ethnic factor" sparked questions and discussion afterwards. As a result of my presentation, I was asked to participate at a joint University of Warwick and University of Bergen conference on "Is there a future for democracy" in 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation at research seminar (University of Bath) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Paper on "Kenya's Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission and the Performance of Public Hearings" presented as an invited speaker for a research seminar at the Department of Politics, Languages, and International Studies, University of Bath. The seminar was attended by students and academic staff, and analysed the performative aspects and impact of the TJRC's public hearings. The talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. After my talk, I was contacted by an undergraduate student at the University of Bath with questions related to her own research project, and I was also asked to present a paper at a workshop in Basel later that year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation at research seminar (University of Nairobi, Kenya) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on 'The efficacy of the TJRC's public hearings: Of audience and its absence' sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Several students present requested copies of the paper, but also of related briefings and writings. After my presentation, I was asked to present a paper at the British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation at research seminar (University of Warwick) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 'Truth-Telling and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Kenya' at a departmental research semianr sparked questions and discussion. After my talk, I was asked to become a member of the University of Warwick's Politics and Performance Network, which saw me contribute papers to subsequent workshops and a chapter to a collection on "The Grammar of Politics and Performance" edited by Shirin Rai and Janelle Reinelt. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Presentation for Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Diplomatic Excellence Away Day (University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented findings on 'African attitudes towards the International Criminal Court' for a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Diplomatic Excellence Away Day on 'Democracy and Development', which was held at the University of Oxford in November 2013. Lynch's presentation sparked questions and discussion; it also fed into ongoing discussions with the UK government in the aftermath of Kenya's 2013 election and in the run up to Kenya's 2017 election. This activity helped further establish me as one of the experts on contemporary Kenyan politics that the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development regularly consults for information and insights. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Research seminar presentation (British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper entitled 'The International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya and the performance of (in)justice' at a research seminar at the British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi. The seminar was attended by about 30 postgraduate students and academics. The presentation sparked significant debate and led to requests for copies of articles and briefing papers from a number of attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Research seminar presentation (University of Cape Town) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 20 postgraduate students and academic staff attended a presentation by Lynch entitled 'Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission and the efficacy of public hearings: Of audience and its absence' at a history research seminar at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. The presentation sparked debate on the comparisons between the South African and Kenyan truth and reconciliation commissions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Research seminar presentation (University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch presented a paper on 'Truth-Telling and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Kenya' as an invited speaker at the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar, University of Oxford. The paper discussed the tendency for participants in the TJRC process to present their narratives of suffering through an ethnic lens and the significance of this for the TJRC's likely efficacy and political salience of ethnic identities. The seminar was attended by students and staff based in different departments at the University of Oxford and sparked questions and discussion afterwards. After my talk, I was contacted by several postgraduate students at the University of Oxford with questions related to their own research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Roundtable discussion (1st Käte Hamburger Dialogue, Bonn) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was one of three invited speakers who participated in the 1st Käte Hamburger Dialogue in Bonn organised by the Centre for Global Cooperation Research and German Development Institute. The dialogue was attended by over 100 people including academics, policy-makers, and civil society activists and my contributions on the International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Lynch was subsequently asked to share copies of several papers with a number of participants. As part of my involvement in this panel I was involved in a discussion about contemporary Kenyan politics with representatives from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.gcr21.org/events/kaete-hamburger-dialogue/more-on-1st-kaete-hamburger-dialogue/ |
| Description | Roundtable discussion (Chatham House, London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was one of three invited speakers at a roundtable on 'Kenya Ahead of the Elections' at Chatham House in London, which was attended by policy-makers, business people, academics, and other interested parties. Lynch's contribution sparked questions and discussion afterwards, and also prompted requests for further information from several people who attended. After this presentation, I was approached by various media houses to give interviews on the Kenyan elections. However, from 6 March 2013, I had to decline these invitations due to a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office that I refrain from giving media interviews whilst heading an election monitoring project for the UK government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.chathamhouse.org/events/view/188705 |
| Description | Roundtable discussion (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lynch contributed to a roundtable discussion at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London, for the British High Commissioner to Kenya designate with representatives from the FCO, Ministry of Defence, and a live conference call connection to the British High Commission (BHC), Nairobi. Lynch was invited to talk about political developments moving towards the next election in the context of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and International Criminal Court intervention. Other speakers were Mr Kahumbura (Political Officer, BHC, Nairobi), Mr Rasmussen (Roskilde), and Prof. Willis (Durham). This presentation constituted part of ongoing discussions between Lynch and the UK government. After my talk, the British High Commissioner designate and other officials in London and Nairobi thanked me for the insights provided, and said that the discussion had helped improve their understanding of political developments in Kenya. As a result of a series of activities of this kind, I was asked to submit an application to, and was later awarded funding by the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool to run an academic election monitoring for the UK government for Kenya's 2013 election. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Roundtable discussion (Overseas Development Institute, London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lynch was one of three invited speakers at a roundtable on 'Ghana and Kenya: What prospects for political and economic governance?' organised by the Overseas Development Institute in London. The roundtable was attended by policy-makers, academics, and other interested parties. Lynch's contribution focused on how a high stakes election and disputed result in 2013 did not prompt violence in Kenya, while a similar context in 2007 sparked a national crisis. The paper sparked questions and discussion afterwards. After the presentation, I responded to several requests for further information including from a political analyst working on security issues in East Africa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.odi.org/events/3130-elections-kenya-ghana-prospects-political-economic-governance |
| Description | Roundtable discussion at academic conference (5th European Conference on African Studies, Lisbon) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch's contribution on the 'Role of the ICC' to a roundtable on Kenya's 2013 election sparked questions and discussion. The roundtable was attended by about 30 people including academics and postgraduate students. After my talk, I was contacted by several PhD students with questions about their research plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://cea.iscte.pt/ecas2013/ |
| Description | Roundtable discussion at research seminar (University of Oxford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lynch's contribution on the politicisation of the International Criminal Court's intervention in Kenya during a roundtable on 'Elections in Kenya: A triumph of democracy?' sparked a number of question. The roundtable was attended by about 40 people including academics and postgraduate students. Another participant on the panel, Muthoni Wanyeki, later came to head the Amnesty International office in Nairobi, and this presentation formed part of an ongoing discussion between Lynch, Wanyeki and other civil society actors in Kenya. After this talk, I was asked to talk at the launch of Progressio's Somaliland election monitoring report at the University of College London in June 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |