Recommendations East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) Second Training Workshop: Responding to Terrorism, International and Transnational Crime

This briefing outlines the recommendations resulting from the second training workshop of the East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP), held from 18 to 22 November 2013 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The workshop, organized by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the EAAP, focused on responding to terrorism, piracy, cybercrimes, and international crimes such as genocide and war crimes.

• The workshop identified a need to operationalize the East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) by establishing administrative and management structures to improve coordination and cooperation among regional prosecutors.
• Recommendations for capacity building include holding annual training events, providing incremental and specific crime training to promote national-level specialization, and conducting joint training for police, prosecutors, and judges. Other suggestions include training investigators in evidence collection and interrogation, training judicial officers in financial investigations, and creating a regional network and database of complex cases to share expertise and precedence.
• The document recommends adopting a prosecution-guided or prosecution-led investigation model, which would require developing Standard Operating Procedures and formal agreements between police and prosecution services.
• To improve international cooperation, the workshop recommended enhancing or enacting extradition and mutual legal assistance laws, harmonizing regional laws, and enacting witness protection legislation and institutions where they are currently missing.
• Specific recommendations for piracy include sensitizing the navy on evidence preservation, conducting joint training between the Navy, Police, and Prosecutors, and developing a regional checklist for investigation and prosecution.
• The briefing suggests advancing forensic capacity at both national and regional levels to secure evidence and providing psychosocial support and protection for officers handling these crimes through legislation.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (2013). Recommendations East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) Second Training Workshop: Responding to Terrorism, International and Transnational Crime. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Recommendations-EAAP-Training-2013.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Recommendations East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) Second Training Workshop: Responding to Terrorism, International and Transnational Crime. 2013. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Recommendations-EAAP-Training-2013.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudies2013recommendations, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Recommendations East African Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) Second Training Workshop: Responding to Terrorism, International and Transnational Crime}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Recommendations-EAAP-Training-2013.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }