The Lubanga trial entered an unprecedented phase last week as the victims who are seeking reparations from Lubanga and the court testified about the harm they suffered because of Lubanga. The victims tesitfied about their experiences being abducted as child soldiers and of others being held in sexual slavery. A summary of the testimony...
On January 7th, the Defense will begin to put in its case in the Thomas Lubange Trial at the International Criminal Court. The trial started on January 26, 2009. Lubanga is accused of using child soldiers and other war crimes. The prosecution case lasted for 22 weeks and presented 28 witnesses. The case has...
The Appeals Chamber of the ICC has reversed the trial chamber in the Lubanga case. The decision, available here, reverses the trial chamber’s determination allowing the addition of charges. The chamber determined that court could amend charges, but was limited to the facts found at the confirmation of charges hearing. The decision was interesting...
The ICC has posted a video of at least part of the opening statement of the Office of the Prosecutor in the Katanga and Chui case from November 26. The opening statement was delivered by chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Chile, his official bio is available here. Germain Katanga and Matthieu Ngdolo Chui are...
The second trial of accused before the International Criminal Court is scheduled to open on Tuesday, November 24. The case of Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngdolo Chui is the result of an investigation which began with a referral by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Katanga and Chui are...
In preparation for the assembly of state’s party gathering in The Hague, Netherlands, this week, Human Rights Watch has issued its report on the court and its position on how to improve it. The report is available here. Human Rights Watch identifies some key areas of concern, complementarity, for instance. Complementarity means the court...
In anticipation of the meeting of the states parties who are the 110 signatories to the treaty authorizing the International Criminal Court, the court has issued its report on the treatment of victims. The court laid out five objectives in dealing with victims: Objective 1:Ensure that the role of the Court and its judicial...
The 110 nations who have signed on to the Rome Treaty which established the International Criminal Court have begun meeting in The Hague, Netherlands this week to review operation and functioning of the court. The various parts of the court, the Registry (Court Administration) the Presidency (the chief judge) and the Office of the...
This week, the Office of the Prosecutor submitted a request to the court to open an investigation into the post-election violence in Kenya. This action has been undertaken with the apparent support of the Kenyan government. The ICC acts only when the government responsible cannot or will not act, and only when the actions...
The first Sudan case has reached the confirmation of charges stage at the International Criminal Court(ICC). This is a preliminary hearing where the judges decide whether there is enough evidence to head for a trial. Read my article about this in the African News Journal, here. Bashir Idriss Abu Garda is one of four...
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