Reparations Center for Victims of War CrimesInternational Criminal Court Appeals Judge Akua Kuenyehia has removed herself from hearing the appeal of the trial court decision suspending the case against Thomas Lubanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Judge Kuenyehia sat on the pre-trial chamber that approved the warrant and initial indictment against Lubanga. Another judge who has not been involved…
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo spoke with blogger Melanie Gouby and played down the Trial Chamber’s decisions to suspend the case against Thomas Lubanga, and to release him from custody. In the interview, available here, Moreno-Ocampo argued the court’s order was the sign of a strong court and that his office was in…
Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, based on the court’s order last week to stay the proceedings. That order, blogged about here, found that the prosecutions refusal to obey court orders to disclose the identity of witnesses to the defense prevented a fair trial…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pretrial Chamber I has issued another arrest warrant for the President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir. This decision follows an earlier direction from the appeals chamber, detailed here, that determined that the Pre-Trial Chamber had used the wrong standard in failing to indict Bashir for genocide. Bashir is the first sitting…
Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, has suspended proceedings in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. Lubanga was the first accused to appear before the court in 2007. In January 2009, the trial began, in January 2010, the defense began presenting its case. The defense has presented witnesses…
In an interview with the Open Society Institutes blog on the Lubanga Trial, Paolina Massidda of the International Criminal Court’s Office of Public Counsel for Victims has stated that the victims participating in the Lubanga Trial are interested in telling their stories, not in collecting reparations. The interview is available here. The International Criminal Court…
Two new suspects in the International Criminal Court (ICC) situation in Darfur have now voluntarily appeared before the court to answer charges of war crimes involving attacks on U.N. peacekeepers. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain (Banda) and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus (Jerbo) were issued summonses under seal in August of 2009. Banda and Jerbo are scheduled…
Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued a document titled “Decision informing the United Nation’s Security Council about the lack of cooperation by the Republic of Sudan.“ The decision gives notice to the Security Council that the one situation referred to the ICC by the Security Council has…
Two witnesses in the International Criminal Court (ICC) case against Thomas Lubanga testified by video link because they were unable to travel to The Hague. The defense asserts they were unable to travel because prosecution witnesses, who are also participating as victims in the case, had stolen their identities and they could not obtain proper…
The defense team for Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has claimed that a witness testified under a false name. The witness, who testified as Dieudonné Tonyfwa Urochi, and is participating in the case as both a witness for the prosecution and as a victim seeking reparations before the court. The testimony, report…
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