Gambia’s
chief justice Hassan Bubacarr Jallow, Saturday launched a book title:
Prosecuting International Crimes: Recollections and Reflections.
The
book is a product of the challenges of his journey in delivering justice for
everyone. He said he dedicates the work to the former UN secretary general Kofi
Anan for his selfless service to humanity.
The
book is Mr Jallow’s personal account and recollection of his experience as the
chief prosecutor of the UN criminal tribunal for Rwanda in the aftermath of what
has been described as the darkest episode of Africa’s recent history; to Rwanda
in 1994, where thousands were killed.
He
said Gambia has tremendous experience in working on international justice
issues that they shall make the right choices that will promote and maintain
peace, justice and accountability in the country.
Among
the reviewers of the book, Professor Henry Alisigwe, the dean at the Faculty of
Law at the University of The Gambia said the book would serve as a great source
of guidance to international criminal justice administrators.
“The
book is a piece of treasure for the acts of justice and international criminal
justice administration and promotion of international justice and holding
perpetrators to account. The real punishers to avoid such humanitarian
catastrophe remain recognition that we owe ourselves and individual
responsibility to advance the cause of humanity,” he said.
Muhammed
Jah, chairman of QGroup and chief launcher of the book said international human
rights and humanitarian law is very limited and the law is not only for lawyers
but an instrument to regulate society and create advancement.
He
said Justice Jallow is a towering intellectual figure within and outside his
profession. “He possesses values and virtues of honesty, integrity and humility
and has always conducted himself with dignity and decorum in all his
undertakings and in his relations with his peers and his subordinates.”
Other
reviewers of the book were; the chief legal counsel of African Development
Bank, Ousman Jammeh, Dr Alhaji Marong, the chief of legal affairs at the UN
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and Dr George Mugwanya who works at the
International Criminal Court.