Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé November 16, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh The Prosecution Takes an Interest in How the Liberian Fighters Were Funded …and the 2010 presidential election. Without hiding his exhaustion, Jérôme Tarlue Junior promised to “do his best” to answer the prosecution’s questions on Wednesday in The Hague. After a lengthy…
Dominic Ongwen November 9, 2016May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Why Reparations Will Be Central in Determining the Success of Ongwen’s Trial …and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s trial, due to commence on December 6, 2016, presents the best opportunity yet for victims of conflict in northern Uganda to receive reparations but only…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé November 1, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh The Witness’s Past Behavior Thoroughly Scrutinized …smoke cannabis” and sometimes stole money from his parents to buy the drug. However, he denied any “addiction.” As proof of this, he said he put an end to this…
Thomas Lubanga October 27, 2016September 2, 2020 by Sharon Nakandha ICC Makes Progress on Reparations for Victims in Lubanga Case …because everybody has their own problems. KJ, also in her early 20s and unemployed, wants to use any money she is given to buy a sewing machine, so she can…
Thomas Kwoyelo October 18, 2016May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora and Beini Ye To Participate or Not? Getting Victim Participation Right in the Kwoyelo Case …judge’s reasoning for rejecting victims’ counsels’ request is unsatisfactory. According to Rule 35(1) of the Rules of Procedure, all organs of the ICD must take into account the best interest,…
Guatemala Trials October 11, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Molina Theissen Case: Former Guatemalan Army Chief Testifies …I tried my best; there were five military zones and 35,000 troops,” he stated. “I did not have knowledge of what happened over in Quetzaltengo,” he said, noting that the…
Dominic Ongwen October 7, 2016May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Why the ICC Should Reconsider its Decision on In Situ Proceedings in Uganda …also said that a decision on a judicial site visit to northern Uganda could best be made “at a later stage of the proceedings, after having heard, at least in…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé October 4, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh The Defense Questions the Witness’s "Credibility" …countered, accusing the appellant of regularly wanting to “hide the authors of the videos.” Another volley of questions about the origin of the phone used to film followed. This was…
October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by International Justice Monitor From Camera to Courtroom: Using Video Evidence for International Prosecutions …hard to imagine that this prosecution would be taking place. As the camera phone becomes commonplace, committed human rights advocates and gutsy residents who live in the zone where international…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé October 3, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh Witness Says CECOS Fired on Unarmed Demonstrators …Gbagbo’s lawyers, then questioned the witness at length about the process he followed to post them online and why he had not protected them. “Is there any doubt that [the…