The Interational Criminal Court, pre-trial chamber I today ruled that the Office of the Prosecutor had not provided sufficient evidence to continue the case against Bahar Idriss Abu Garda for trial. Abu Garda was the first case from the Sudan to come before the court. He appeared voluntarily with counsel in May of 2009...
Judge Adrian Fulford, lead judge on the three judge panel sitting at the International Criminal Court to hear the case against Thomas Lubanga inquired of the prosecutors why they were late in disclosing evidence to the defense. The defense complained that the late disclosure of information relating to their witnesses just before the witnesses...
A witness called by the defense testified that his son, who appeared as a prosecution witness lied to the court when he testified about being a child soldier in Thomas Lubanga’s army. Lubanga is the first person to face trial at the International Criminal Court. Lubanga, from the Democratic Republic of Congo is accused...
The defense in the Thomas Lubanga case called two of the witnesses back to testify. The victims had testified last week on their own behalf, as part of the court’s process allowing victims to seek reparations. The victims had previously testified in closed session and were questioned again in closed session so it is...
A third child soldier victim of Thomas Lubanga testified about the treatment of young soldiers at the direction of Lubanga. The victim testified about his abduction and conscription into the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC in French). A detailed report on the day of testimony is available here. The testimony is part of the...
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...
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