The Open Society Institute offered its summary of the Lubanga defense on its Lubangatrial.org website, boiling down the arguments to “witnesses lied, Lubanga not guilty.” The website’s summary, and unofficial transcript of the opening argument of Catherine Mabille, defense counsel for Thomas Lubanga is available here. Catherine Mabille is a Paris-based lawyer and argued...
Lubanga defense witness Claude Nyeki Django testified for the third day that Thomas Lubanga’s Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) did not draft child soldiers. The proceeding stopped for a time because Django broke down on the stand for a second time. After meeting with a psychologist from the Victims and Witness Unit (VWU) of...
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...
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