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A Look Back as the Justice Initiative’s Trial Monitoring Ends

Fourteen years ago, the Open Society Justice Initiative launched its first website dedicated to monitoring grave crimes trials.

 

APRIL 8, 2021 by TAEGIN REISMAN

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International/Hybrid

Dominic Ongwen & Thomas Kwoyelo

at the International Criminal Court & Uganda International Crimes Division

Former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen is the first person being tried at the International Criminal Court for crimes relating to the decades-long conflict between the government of Uganda and the LRA rebel group. This page also follows developments in grave crimes proceedings relating to the conflict that are taking place at the International Crimes Division in the domestic courts of Uganda. As of March 2021, we are no longer providing updates on this trial, but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: March 31st, 2021
International/Hybrid

Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé

at the International Criminal Court

Laurent Gbagbo is the former president of Côte d’Ivoire, and Charles Blé Goudé is the country’s former Youth Minister. A trial chamber at the International Criminal Court acquitted both of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire in 2010 and 2011. As of February 2020, we are no longer providing updates on this trial, but all content on this page will be available for future reference. Reports in French can be found on Observateur Citoyen.

End of monitoring: April 9th, 2021
International/Hybrid

Bosco Ntaganda

at the International Criminal Court

Bosco Ntaganda is a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was subject of two International Criminal Court arrest warrants before he turned himself in to authorities. Ntaganda is facing 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in eastern DRC between 2002 and 2003. As of March 2021, we are no longer providing updates on this trial, but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: March 31st, 2021
International/Hybrid

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo

at the International Criminal Court

Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice president in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was acquitted of war crimes and crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court. Those charges related to a conflict in the Central African Republic. This page contains information on Bemba’s main trial and subsequent acquittal as well as the arrest and second trial of Bemba and members of his defense team for witness interference. As of July 2020, we are no longer providing updates relating to this case but all content will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: July 29th, 2020
Domestic

Guatemala Trials

before the National Courts of Guatemala

This page provides information on several grave crimes trials that have taken place in the domestic courts of Guatemala in the aftermath of the country’s 36-year civil war. Our monitoring of these trials ended in December 2020, but the content of this page will be available for future reference. Resources on accountability efforts in Guatemala and other relevant materials are also located on the Open Society Justice Initiative.

End of monitoring: December 14th, 2020
International/Hybrid

Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez

before the National Courts of Guatemala

The 2013 crimes against humanity and genocide trial against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt and his chief of military intelligence officer led to a historic conviction, which was later overturned on a technicality. As of September 2018, we are no longer providing updates relating this case, but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: September 28th, 2018
International/Hybrid

Kenya Cases

at the International Criminal Court & National Courts of Kenya

The post-election violence that occurred in Kenya in 2007 and 2008 has been the subject of investigation before the International Criminal Court and litigation against Kenyan officials before domestic courts. This page contains information on court proceedings that have been ongoing since 2011. As of January 2021, we are no longer providing updates on these cases, but all content will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: March 31st, 2021
International/Hybrid

Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

at the International Criminal Court

Two former Congolese militia leaders faced a joint trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a 2003 attack on the village of Bogoro in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. While Mathieu Ngudjolo was acquitted, the court convicted Germain Katanga of one crime against humanity and four war crimes. As of July 2020, we are no longer providing updates relating to this case but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: July 29th, 2020
International/Hybrid

Thomas Lubanga

at the International Criminal Court

Thomas Lubanga was first person arrested and put on trial at the International Criminal Court. The court convicted the Congolese militia leader of the war crimes of enlisting, conscripting, and using child soldiers during the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As of July 2020, we are no longer providing updates relating to this case but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: July 29th, 2020
Domestic

Khmer Rouge Trials

at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia was established to prosecute senior Khmer Rouge leaders and those most responsible for the crimes committed by the regime between April 17, 1975 and January 6, 1979. Our monitoring of the tribunal ended in August 2020. The content on this page will be available for future reference, and past reports are also located on the Open Society Justice Initiative website.

End of monitoring: September 2nd, 2020
International/Hybrid

Charles Taylor

at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Charles Taylor was the former president of Liberia. The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Taylor of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone. As of March 2015, we are no longer providing updates on this trial, but all content on this page will be available for future reference.

End of monitoring: March 26th, 2015

Pages en FranÇais

Bosco Ntaganda

À LA COUR PÉNALE INTERNATIONALE

Bosco Ntaganda est un ancien chef de milice en République démocratique du Congo, qui a fait l’objet de deux mandats d’arrêt de la Cour pénale internationale avant de se rendre aux autorités. Ntaganda fait face à 18 chefs d’accusation de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre l’humanité qui auraient été commis dans l’est de la RDC entre 2002 et 2003.

End of monitoring: 6 April 2021

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo

À LA COUR PÉNALE INTERNATIONALE

L’ouverture du procès de Jean-Pierre Bemba, homme politique, homme d’affaires et ancien chef de milice en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), est prévue pour le 22 novembre 2010 à la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI). M. Bemba est visé par deux chefs d’accusation de crimes contre l’humanité (meurtre et viol) et trois chefs d’accusation de crimes de guerre (meurtre, viol, et pillage) au cours du conflit en République Centrafricaine (RCA). C’est la première affaire de la CPI touchant au conflit en RCA, et le troisième procès qui s’est jamais tenu à la CPI.

https://french.bembatrial.org/

Germain Katanga et Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

À LA COUR PÉNALE INTERNATIONALE

Germain Katanga et Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui sont des chefs de milice congolais jugés à la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) pour sept chefs d’accusation de crimes de guerre et trois de crimes contre l’humanité, qui auraient été commis au cours d’une attaque conjointe contre un village de la Province de l’Ituri à l’est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), de janvier à mars 2003. Les charges comprennent l’utilisation d’enfants soldats, le meurtre, le pillage, le viol, l’esclavage sexuel.

https://fr.katangatrial.org/

Thomas Lubanga

À LA COUR PÉNALE INTERNATIONALE

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo est le premier inculpé à comparaître devant la Cour pénale internationale. Ancien chef rebelle de la République démocratique du Congo, Lubanga est accusé de conscription, d’enrôlement et d’utilisation d’enfants soldats.

https://french.lubangatrial.org/
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