Camera Justitia sheds light on the many angles of the human rights and justice theme, using films and debates on transitional justice, careful administration of national and international justice and the fight against impunity. Hence, a program that is closely connected to the field in which the International Criminal Court and several other tribunals in The Hague operate.　
Camera Justitia features films screenings followed by in-depth programmes, the Camera Justitia Award en the Camera Justitia Masterclass.
The programme is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Justice.
War Don Don
main programme camera justitia
The Films
This year the Camera Justitia programme will include seven documentaries. Petition follows badly treated Chinese citizens that face the authorities, Mugabe and the White African deals with the resistance against land expropriation in Zimbabwe, War Don Don is concerned with the trial of a Sierra Leonean war criminal, in The Trial we follow the process against the Prime Minister of Kosovo, My Neighbour, My Killer focuses on gacaca in Rwanda, Crude and finally Getting Justice sheds light on the impunity that followed the abuses during the 2008 elections in Kenya.
The programme
The Camera Justitia's kick off is on Friday 26 March with the Dutch premiere of the documentary War Don Don, followed by a daily programme of selected films and debates with international guests, until 31 March. In a special masterclass on Wednesday 31 March, from 15.00-17.00pm, Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin will discuss the thorny issues surrounding migration, refugees, borders and national and international responsibilities with students of law, social sciences and migration studies. Anyone can attend the masterclass. To participate, students can email their name, email address, university and specific expertise or interest in the field of migration to Suzanne Hoeksema, s.hoeksema@moviesthatmatter.nl.
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo at the opening of Camera Justitia 2009
The jury and award
The Camera Justitia Award 2010, also known as the Silver Butterfly, worth € 3,000, will be awarded to the best film in this programme. This year's jury will be presided by Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin, and is further composed of Willem van Genugten (professor of European and International Law) and Ally Derks (IDFA director). The minister will present the Camera Justitia Award on the closing night of the Movies that Matter Festival, i.e. Wednesday 31 March 2010.
