Thomas Lubanga January 7, 2010September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd What's The Buzz About The Trial's First Day Back? …which last more than a decade) is having an impact on decisions made by armed groups about releasing child soldiers from their grasp out of fear of prosecution themselves: http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1103ap_eu_war_crimes_congo.html…
Thomas Lubanga January 7, 2010September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd And now, over to Thomas Lubanga..... …former child soldiers, who told of life as a child soldier in the UPC militia camps – the rapes by camp commanders; children abducted on their way to school and…
Thomas Lubanga January 7, 2010September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd What Can We Expect To Hear From The UN Expert On Children and Armed Conflict Today? …to punishing the crime. As background, here is an overview of her 10-page brief (which is available in full here: http://www.un.org/children/conflict/_documents/AmicuscuriaeICCLubanga.pdf): Ms. Coomaraswamy’s brief covers two questions: the definition of…
Thomas Lubanga January 6, 2010September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd Remind Me: What Did Thomas Lubanga's Defense Team Say In Its Opening Statement? …whom you collaborate, Madam Prosecutor, President Joseph Kabila. Troops formed, armed, supported by the Kinshasa government. And here there is no doubt about it. All of the observers agree that…
Charles Taylor January 4, 2010March 15, 2018 by Tracey Gurd Welcome back: One Week to Go Before Charles Taylor's Trial Restarts …and U.C> Berkeley will kindly provide another report for us covering Mr. Taylor’s cross-examination once that is complete too. Meanwhile, the site has been quiet, but we have not forgotten…
Charles Taylor January 4, 2010March 5, 2014 by U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center Charles Taylor on the Stand: An Overview of His Examination-In-Chief (by U.C. Berkeley monitors) …thereby alluding that the NPFL is comparable to those rebel groups. This line of questioning can help legitimize the Libyan training and paint Taylor as a legitimate revolutionary who sought…
Charles Taylor December 14, 2009March 5, 2014 by Tracey Gurd Why Does the Special Court For Sierra Leone Have Judges, Prosecutors and Staff Who Are Not From Sierra Leone? …staff – you can see it here: http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=CLk1rMQtCHg%3d&tabid=176. Article 2(2) sets out how the judges should be chosen. So for example, under Article 2(2)(a), the agreement says that a trial…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui November 25, 2009September 2, 2020 by Sheila Vélez Katanga and Ngudjolo Chronicle # 2: Head of the OTP Investigation Team: “The Victims in this case who eventually have decided to speak to us and to testify in this trial, they clearly need to be commended in their courage to do so.'' Please find Katanga and Ngudjolo Chronicle #2, which was originally published on the Aegis Trust website. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions…
Charles Taylor October 29, 2009March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Charles Taylor and Sam Bockarie Did Not Have A "Master-Servant" Relationship, He Tells Special Court For Sierra Leone Judges …Leone, he sought advice from Mr. Taylor. Witnesses have also testified that Mr. Bockarie made regular trips to Liberia, taking diamonds for Mr. Taylor with him. When he returned to…
Charles Taylor October 29, 2009March 5, 2014 by Tracey Gurd Welcome back, readers …testimony. I’m just taking this opportunity, now that we have all come back fresh from the court’s break, to remind everyone of our policy on this site: to focus on…
