Guatemala Trials July 13, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Guatemala Grave Crimes Cases Delayed While a Guatemalan court has found sufficient evidence to bring the CREOMPAZ case to trial, aspects of its decision have been challenged by plaintiffs. The proceedings are on stand-by until…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé July 12, 2016September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Altit Points to the Rebellion to Defend Gbagbo at the ICC At the July 12 hearing in the Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé case at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a protected witness, whose name is not known, testified at…
Guatemala Trials June 7, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt CREOMPAZ Hearings Conclude; Tribunal to Determine if Case Goes to Trial …work agreements between FAFG, the AG’s Office, and the National institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF), dating to 2009. In the remaining sessions, which stretched out over the course of three…
Thomas Kwoyelo May 5, 2016May 11, 2021 by Sharon Nakandha The Kwoyelo Case at the ICD: The Realities of Complementarity in Practice …best practices due to numerous challenges. Turning to victim participation, the Registrar mentioned that the process that will be applied at the ICD will differ from the one at the…
Dominic Ongwen April 7, 2016May 11, 2021 by Sharon Nakandha A View from Lukodi in the Aftermath of the Ongwen Confirmation of Charges Decision …generate general questions on the ICC’s work, in a number of cases, technical questions on victims’ rights may come up, and these are best addressed by VPRS staff. The Kampala-based…
International Criminal Court April 6, 2016May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti Why ICC Judges Did Not Acquit Ruto and Sang …and political intimidation?” the judge continued. “Or was it weak because the Prosecution did the best they could with the only evidence they could eke out amidst difficult circumstances of…
Guatemala Trials March 30, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Progress and Controversy in Guatemala Grave Crimes Cases The January arrest of 18 former senior military officers in two high-profile cases, followed by the landmark trial and conviction in the Sepur Zarco sexual violence and domestic and sexual…
March 10, 2016March 15, 2018 by Alison Cole Join the Guidelines on Fact-Finding …survived rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Communities are the first to take care of its members and, as a result, are the best placed to provide potential evidence…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo March 3, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Bemba and Associates Start Their Defense in Witness Tampering Trial …prosecution investigators in 2014, Witness D213 said during those interviews, the investigators harassed and intimidated him, and “I thought it was best to say the truth they were looking for…
March 1, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Declines to Make Submissions in Northern Mali Case …a history of the men for whom the mausoleums were built, in some cases dating back to the 15th century. She gave this history quoting in part experts whom she…