On 22 July 2015, JIAS hosted a discussion forum entitled ‘al-Bashir and the crisis in South Africa’s foreign policy: Problems and Prospects’, co-organised with the SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at UJ. Speakers included Prof Chris Landsberg (UJ), Dr Siphamandla Zondi (Institute for Global Dialogue), Siphokazi Magadla (Rhodes University), Nicole Fritz (executive director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre), Prof Jeremy Sarkin (UNISA), Dr Leon Wessels (University of the Free State), Yasmin Sooka (Foundation for Human Rights), Prof Hennie Strydom (UJ), Prof Alexander Mezyaev (Chair, Academy on International Law and Governance, Russia) and Adv Patric Mtshaulana, SC (Duma Nokwe Group). For a proceedings report, click here.