28 August 2000

The first part of this video is footage of Women's Caucus staff setting up and testing the camera equipment in the office, and chatting with each other. The second part of the video is an interview with Medard Rwelamira, head of the policy unit in the South African Ministry of Justice, head of the South African delegation to the ICC, and vice-chair of UN Preparatory Commission of the ICC. He speaks on the topic of South Africa's involvement with the ICC and its current progress of implementing legislation on the national level that meets the international statute. Rwelamira summarizes the importance of the ICC, stating that when the statute comes into existence, it will help Africa cope with the atrocities that occurred in recent decades - such as Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia. The ratification and implementation of the statute would provide a basis for states to deal with problems. He continues with an explanation about the process of transforming international standards to domestic laws, mentioning that in South Africa, they have created and submitted legislation to the government for ratification. He continues to discuss what requirements were taken into consideration in the creation of the legislation. The legislation will include offenses as defined in the statute. It will also include other provisions that reflect the essence of the statute and even go beyond it. The third portion consists of night b-roll of the ocean and a hotel.