Dominic Ongwen March 3, 2017May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Calls for Reparations and a Speedy Trial Prevail as ICC President Visits Northern Uganda …that, but it is going to be a modest compensation given the fact that victims are very many. However, [the] court commits to do its best within the available resources,”…
Bosco Ntaganda February 22, 2017April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Requests Judicial Site Visit to Congo Bosco Ntaganda’s lawyers have requested that International Criminal Court (ICC) judges make a judicial site visit to locations in the Democratic Republic of Congo where Ntaganda and his troops allegedly…
Dominic Ongwen February 22, 2017May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Stocktaking: Reactions to Ongwen’s Trial Thus Far It has been over two months since the trial of Dominic Ongwen started at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands. Once a commander in the Lord’s…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 21, 2017September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Witness Questioned About the Ethnicity of Police Officers …had different geographical and ethnic origins within the country. “The police are not based on religion or ethnic groups, it is a competition, and we take the best,” M’Bia said….
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 10, 2017September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice A Police Officer in the Gbagbo Trial …any requests from the hierarchy,” the witness said. Differences were found between the written testimony of this witness, dating back from March 2015, and his oral testimony at the court….
Guatemala Trials February 10, 2017December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt No Answers on Whether Ríos Montt Will Go to Trial for Dos Erres Massacre …the plaintiff’s motion at this time because after reviewing the case file, she realized that there were a number of other motions from previous years, dating back to 2012, which…
Bosco Ntaganda February 3, 2017April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi UN Investigators ‘Found Widespread Reports of Crimes by Ntaganda’s Forces’ A former United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of Congo has testified how investigations by her team found widespread reports of crimes committed by members of the Union of…
Dominic Ongwen January 9, 2017May 11, 2021 by Brenda Peace Amito We Matter: Putting Victims at the Helm of the Transitional Justice Ship in Uganda …transitional justice process. They are in fact best placed to articulate what their transitional justice expectations before any platform or fora organized by the NGOs, academia, and other civil society…
Dominic Ongwen December 5, 2016May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Ongwen Trial Begins Tomorrow in The Hague …representing victims in his first decision on the conduct of the trial proceedings. However, the two legal teams representing victims have separate approaches on when it is best to present…
Guatemala Trials December 2, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Victims Seek to Revoke Immunity of Congressman Wanted for War Crimes Congressman Edgar Justino Ovalle has spent the better part of 2016 under threat of criminal charges. Though he took his seat as a deputy in the Guatemalan National Congress on…