Signing of a joint Work Programme with the Senegalese Judiciary

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Published: March 5, 2020
The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Christian Lange, MdB, and the State Secretary of the Senegalese Ministry of Justice, Aïssé Tall, during the signing of the joint work programme at the Senegalese Ministry of Justice (photo: BMJV)
The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Christian Lange, MdB, and the State Secretary of the Senegalese Ministry of Justice, Aïssé Tall, during the signing of the joint work programme at the Senegalese Ministry of Justice (photo: BMJV)
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On 18 February 2020 the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV), Christian Lange, MdB, and the State Secretary of the Senegalese Ministry of Justice, Aïssé Tall, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the legal cooperation between Germany and Senegal.
The work programme provides for an increased cooperation in criminal law, the penal system and basic and further training for judges, public prosecutors and other members of the justice system.

IRZ has been active in Senegal as its first partner state in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2019. The Memorandum of Understanding will further strengthen the cooperation of IRZ with its Senegalese partners.

IRZ carried out the seminar “Supporting reforms in the Senegalese criminal law and combatting organised crime“ in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of Justice as part of the signing of the work programme.

The event focussed on the following topics, amongst others:

  • criminal reforms and challenges in combatting organised crime
  • national and international legal framework conditions for the fight against organised crime in Germany and the cooperation between the competent authorities
  • combatting money laundering and drug and human trafficking

Stefan Schlotter from the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Frankfurt and Thomas Junge from the Office of the Public Prosecutor General in Berlin facilitated the seminar on the part of IRZ.

IRZ will intensify its work in Senegal this year. Further seminars are planned, for instance, to support reforms in criminal law and the penal system as well as with regard to the independence of the judiciary.