Guatemala Trials September 20, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt War Crimes Prosecutions Update: The CREOMPAZ Case On September 14, 2016, Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in an attempt to reverse a lower court ruling that would exclude several of the…
Bosco Ntaganda September 6, 2016April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Exhumed Bodies Show Little Conclusive Evidence of Mass Murders by Ntaganda Militia A forensic anthropologist who conducted excavation and exhumation at sites where local residents said victims of mass murders by Bosco Ntaganda’s militia were buried says his team did not find…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) September 6, 2016May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Les corps exhumés montrent peu de preuves concluantes de meurtres de masse commis par la milice de M. Ntaganda Un anthropologue légiste, qui avait mené des fouilles et des exhumations sur des sites sur lesquels, d’après la population locale, des victimes des meurtres de masse de la milice de…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé September 1, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh Obiénéré Narrates the March on the RTI and Counts the Dead Obiénéré Narrates the March on the RTI and Counts the Dead The testimony of the former head of Abobo Commando Camp continued on Thursday, September 1. Barthelemy Obiénéré Ouattara, who…
August 23, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Timbuktu Residents Protested the Destruction of Historic Buildings, Witness Says A witness told the International Criminal Court (ICC) residents of the northern Mali city of Timbuktu protested when Islamic extremists brought down centuries-old mausoleums in 2012. Witness P-431 told the…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé August 18, 2016September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Understanding the Principle of Complementarity in Côte d’Ivoire …at the best approach for national prosecutors dealing with crimes of interest to the ICC. This is particularly true when one considers that, for the Ivorian authorities after the post-election…
August 5, 2016March 15, 2018 by Wairagala Wakabi Q&A With ICC Victims’ Lawyer Paolina Massidda on Challenges and Successes of Victims’ Participation and Delays in Making Reparations …to some extent still discussing how best to implement in practice the reparation order as amended by the Appeals Chamber. WW: What were the issues in the appeal that judges…
July 25, 2016August 15, 2016 by Sharon Nakandha La décision de la CPI sur la réparation des victimes au Kenya : La CPI survend-t-elle son mandat ou les attentes des victimes sont-elles trop élevées ? Le site Justice Hub a publié un commentaire écrit par Maina Chamaka, une activiste des droits humains et avocate au Kenya. Dans son commentaire, Maina critique la décision de la…
July 25, 2016August 2, 2016 by Sharon Nakandha ICC Court Ruling on Reparation for Kenyan Victims: Does the ICC Oversell Its Mandate or Are Victims Simply Expecting Too Much? …partners on the ground. This can best be done through collaborative outreach sessions with national judicial institutions tasked with pursuing accountability in-country. In that way, communities are able to have…
Dominic Ongwen July 22, 2016May 11, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Judges Rule Out Holding Ongwen Trial Opening in Uganda The start of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen’s International Criminal Court (ICC) trial will not take place in Uganda due to security concerns and the judges’ heavy…