The MPs workshop on the other hand was aimed at empowering members of parliament to ensure accelerated domestication of the Rome Statute on International Criminal Court in Tanzania. We were privileged to have the Chief Justice of the United Republic of Tanzania, who is also a top contender for the position of ICC prosecutor, officially open the parliamentarians workshop.

Both workshops were well attended and achieved the various objectives judging from the feedback we got from the participants. The parliamentarians felt that the one and a half  days dedicated to them was not enough as they had so many questions that they needed answered. They even invited us back to deepen their understanding on the ICC.

During the stay, the team also met select members of the Tanzanian judiciary with an aim of establishing a network for the members of the judiciary in Tanzania. It was agreed that there was need for such a network as its benefits were already evident in other East African countries such as Uganda which ICJ-Kenya had helped establish. More deliberations will therefore be taking place with an aim of establishing the Judges and Magistrates Association of Tanzania.