International Criminal Court April 5, 2016May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti ICC Terminates the Case against Ruto and Sang …defense case.” The public redacted decision is available on the court’s website, and a YouTube video has been posted with a statement from Spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah. The text of that…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo March 31, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Reactions to Bemba’s Conviction The conviction of Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba has received wide coverage online, with numerous media outlets highlighting the significance of the verdict for the responsibility of commanders to discipline their…
March 30, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Tells Chamber He Intends to Plead Guilty to War Crime Charge …it on Thursday last week. The redacted English version of the transcript of the March 1 hearing, however, was only posted on the ICC’s website this week. In it, Presiding…
Guatemala Trials March 23, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jonathan Birchall Against the Odds: New Podcast Tells the Story of CICIG in Guatemala …commission from from its controversial, convoluted founding, through its struggles, to its success, alongside local prosecutors, in exposing La Línea. In addition to reading the report on our website, you…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo March 15, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Defense Lawyers’ Payments to Witnesses in Focus at ICC Trial …lawyers coached witnesses and maintained improper contacts with them – including making phone calls to the witnesses while they testified for Bemba in his trial for war crimes and crimes…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé March 11, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté According to Sam-the-African, Simone Gbagbo Prevented her Husband from Resigning in March 2011 …then went home and hid for a week before taking refuge with neighbors. He finally called an acquaintance from the Ouattara camp then after a number of phone calls, men…
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…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé March 8, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Sam-the-African: “I am not a Bribed Witness” …added that for leaders’ meetings, communication was by phone via SMS signed “COJEP.” Finally, the lead prosecutor asked the witness what he knew of the situation at the Golf Hotel,…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo March 3, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Bemba and Associates Start Their Defense in Witness Tampering Trial …but would speak to Bemba’s friends to see if they could assist. The witness subsequently received a telephone call from the Congolese capital Kinshasa. An unnamed individual informed him that…
March 1, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Declines to Make Submissions in Northern Mali Case …covering individual criminal responsibility applied to Al Faqi. Black said that the prosecution believed the provision describing who a direct co-perpetrator was best suited this case. Black’s presentation ended the…