The first panel, entitled “Witnesses Speak” was held on July 27, 1999. The participants included two women from Rwanda who wished to remain anonymous and will be referred to as Witness A and Witness B; Mary Balikungeri, of the Rwandan Women’s Community Network; Annette Lyth, who has worked with victims and survivors on the ground in Rwanda and Kosovo as part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and later Kvinna till Kvinna in Sweden; and Agwu Okali, registrar at the ICTR. Betty Murungi, a human rights lawyer from Kenya, moderated. Pam Spees, of the Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, served as rapporteur. The discussion also benefitted from the insights of Ms. Francoise Ngendahayo, Advisor on Gender Issues and Assistance to Victims at the ICTR, who spoke when the discussion was opened for general questions and comments.

The second panel, “Perspectives from the Tribunals,” was held on August 4, 1999. There, the participants included, Wendy Lobwein, a support officer in the victim-witness unit at the ICTY; Francoise Ngendahayo, advisor on gender issues and assistance to victims in the ICTR; the Hon. Elizabeth Odio-Benito, a former judge at the ICTY; and Dr. Sara Sharrat, a former NGO Observer at the ICTY. Dr. Yael Danieli, of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children, moderated. Annette Lyth served as rapporteur.