Appendix B Elite Interview List by Case
Note: Individuals are listed with their title at the time of interview, unless otherwise specified. Individuals who asked for the information to not be attributed are listed only by a general title. Classifications are my own. On many occasions respondents could easily be classified in more than one category.
Rwanda
Government (RPF)
[Name withheld], Retired Senator
Abdul Karim Harelimana, Former Minister of Internal Affairs
Jean de Dieu Mucyo, Minister for Justice
Antoine Mugesera, Former Senator, Editor of La Dialogue
Laurent Nkusi, Senator
Joseph Desire Nyandwi, Former Prefect of Gitarama, Minister of Local Governance and Social Welfare, Member of Parliament
Tito Rutaremara, Senator
Civil Society and Legal Scholars
Diogene Bideri, Principal Legal Adviser, National Commission for the fight Against Genocide (CNLG)
Philbert Kagabo, Anthropologist on the original academic team to investigate the gacaca option
Bernadette Kanzayire, Lawyer on the original Gacaca Planning Committee, IBUKA member
Laurent Nkongoli, Lawyer on the original Gacaca Planning Committee, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly following the genocide
Paul Rutayisire, PhD, Director Center for Conflict Management, National University of Rwanda
William Schabas, Middlesex University
Joyni Wakerege, Former National University of Rwanda Dean of Arts and Human Science
Uganda
Government
Margaret Ajok, Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS)
Betty Bigombe, Lead Negotiator
Musa Ecweru, MP for Amuria County, Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Office of the Prime Minister
Benon Kegenyi, Principal Assistant Secretary, Pacification and Development Northern Uganda, Office of the Prime Minister
John Naganda
Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, Former Prime Minister
Lazarus Ocira, Office of the Prime Minster
Justice James Ogoola, Judicial Service Commission
Justice P. K. K. Onega, Chairman of the Amnesty Commission
Ofwono Opondo, Uganda Media Center, Office of the President
Jacob Oulanyah, Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Justice Alfonse Owney-Dollo
Dr. Rukhakana Ruguda, Minister of Health, lead government negotiator at the Juba peace talks
Richard Todwong, Minister without Portfolio
Nathan Twinomugisha, Principal Legal Office, Amnesty Commission
Military (Uganda Armed Forces and LRA)
Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, UPDF Spokesperson
Four amnesty reporters, former LRA soldiers (names withheld)
Sam Kolo, Former LRA Brigadier Commander
Stella Lanam, Founder and Director, Victims and Children’s Network, former LRA abductee
Gen. Katumba Wamala, Chief Defense Forces, UPDF
Opposition Politicians
Alice Alaso, MP Serere District, Secretary General for FDC Party
Prof. Morris Latigo
Norbert Mao, President, Democratic Party
Kenneth Oketta, PM Acholi Kingdom
Regan Okumu, MP, Human Rights Committee
Olara Otunnu
Civil Society and Legal Scholars
Richard Businge, International Alert
Xavier Ejoyi, USAID
Robert Esuruku, International Alert
Bill Kadameria, Journalist
Sheik Musa Khalil, Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
Lyandro Komakech, Refugee Law Project
Dr. Tenyaw Malagala, Gulu University
Severine Moisy, Avocats Sans Frontières
Ester Majambere Musoke, Uganda Law Reform Commission
Florence Ochago, Uganda Law Reform Commission
Bishop Ochola, Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
Agnes Ocitti, Irish Embassy
Bishop Odama, Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
Francis Odongyoo, Human Rights Focus
Lino Ogora, Justice and Reconciliation Project
Dr. Pius Ojara, DFID
Louis Okello, International Alert
Moses Okello, Former Refugee Law Project
Charles Nelson Okumu, Dean, Faculty of Education and Humanities, Gulu University
Stephen Oola, Refugee Law Project
Fr. Julius Orach, Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
James Otto, Former director Human Rights Focus
Rosalba Oywa, People’s Voice for Peace
International Community
Katja Kerschbaumer, Senior Advisor Good Governance, DANIDA
Judith Maas, Senior Legal Sector Advisor, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Maaike van Breevoort, Legal Sector Advisor, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Annelieki Van De Weil, Refugee Law Project
Nicole Zarifis, Justice Law and Order Sector
Northern Ireland
Civil Society and Legal Scholars
Coordinator, Healing Through Remembering
Coordinator, S.A.V.E.R/N.A.V.E.R.
Willie Frazer, Founder, FAIR (Families Acting for Innocent Relatives)
Brandon Hamber, Ulster University
Kieran McEvoy, Queens University Belfast
Andrée Murphy, Deputy Director, Relatives for Justice
Paul O’Connor, Derry Office Coordinator, Pat Finucane Center
Jim Potts, Director, Upper Ardoyne Youth Program
Mark Thompson, Director, Relatives for Justice
Government (Northern Ireland)
Two council members from Sinn Féin