June 10, 2015March 15, 2018 by Scott Edwards Three Impediments to Technology for Truth …if the evidence in question is a video of — for instance — a military commander inspecting a group of child soldiers, the video must be validated as genuine, regardless…
Guatemala Trials June 9, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin More Pushback against Prosecutors in Human Rights Cases …Sepur Zarco military installation between 1982 and 1988 was again delayed last week. A preliminary hearing scheduled for June 4 was rescheduled for June 10 because attorneys for one of…
Khmer Rouge Trials June 3, 2015September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan Potential Hazard: ECCC Trial Chamber Considers Expanded Use of Evidence Tainted by Torture …committed. It argues, for instance, that names of persons provided under torture as part of a prisoner’s network of colleagues, the prisoner’s rank or reasons given for arrest, and descriptions…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) June 2, 2015May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi La décision sur la conduite du procès Ntaganda au Congo devrait être rendue la semaine prochaine …août, après que la Cour soit revenue de ses vacances judiciaires d’été. En mars dernier, les juges de première instance ont recommandé à la présidence de la Cour que les…
June 1, 2015March 15, 2018 by Jay Aronson Challenging Impunity with User Generated Content …certain instances, even when the information emerges from a biased and unrepresentative sample. These situations revolve primarily around determining what happened at a particular time and place, identifying who was…
May 26, 2015March 15, 2018 by Sucharita S.K. Varanasi Using Technology to End Impunity for Mass Atrocities, Including Rape …technologies meets the necessary criteria for legal processes. There also are substantive legal challenges of using digital evidence obtained during a mass atrocity. In developing MediCapt, for instance, a major…
Guatemala Trials May 11, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Guatemalan Vice President Resigns Amidst Widening Scandal …jointly define areas for investigation and associated work plans; and that a government instance be created that would be authorized to review CICIG’s decisions and hold it accountable. …
Bosco Ntaganda May 6, 2015April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Lawyers Seek to Appeal Trial Opening Date …the expeditious conduct of the proceedings would significantly be affected in many ways. For instance, “defense cross-examinations will necessarily be less focussed and longer” and “in some cases, requests for…
Guatemala Trials May 4, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Impeachment Request Filed against Judge Carol Patricia Flores …to a first-instance court for criminal, drug-trafficking, and environmental offenses. In the coming days, a judge will have to decide whether the prosecutor and CICIG have presented reasonable evidence to…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) April 22, 2015May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi L'ouverture du procès est repoussée au mois de juillet …Le 19 mars 2015, les juges de première instance Robert Fremr (juge président), Kuniko Ozaki et Chang-ho Chung ont recommandé à la présidence de la Cour que les exposés introductifs,…
