Review of the International Criminal Court January 15, 2021May 11, 2021 by Mariana Pena ICC Judicial Elections Reform: Some Progress but Still a Long Way to Go …creative ways to promote their candidates, ranging from online meeting requests to Twitter campaigns and having candidates featured extensively in virtual events. In some cases, those candidates who campaigned most…
Guatemala Trials December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Future of War Crimes Prosecutions in Guatemala …disappeared, its online archive no longer accessible to the public or to victims of human rights violations. Efforts to derail criminal prosecutions for wartime atrocities (such as the campaign to…
Dominic Ongwen November 24, 2020May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Community Members and Civil Society Welcome Judgment Date for Ongwen Case …in the case The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen will be delivered on January 12, 2021 at 10:00am (The Hague local time). Community members and civil society representatives in Uganda have…
Guatemala Trials November 24, 2020December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Judge Orders Trial of Ex-Kaibil for his role in Dos Erres Massacre …culminates in 2021 and it’s expected that he will be deported to Guatemala in the coming months. Jo-Marie Burt is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at…
International Criminal Court November 12, 2020May 6, 2021 by Tom Maliti ICC Prosecutor Says She Had No Role in Kenyan Lawyer’s Surrender …5, 2021. Then prosecution would have up to March 22, 2021 to file any response to the defense’s submissions and up to March 29, 2021 to file any response to…
Review of the International Criminal Court November 3, 2020May 6, 2021 by Jânia Saldanha and Fauzi Hassan Choukr A Place for a Brazilian National at the ICC: Seeking Publicity and Transparency …references to the nomination in the online media (here, here, here, and here). We also found notices of the nomination in the website of the Regional Court of the First…
Review of the International Criminal Court September 17, 2020May 6, 2021 by Mariana Pena ICC Elections: Civil Society Questionnaires Released …fill them in. Their responses will be posted online in the coming weeks. The questionnaires take forward a tradition put in place in 2003 under the umbrella of the Coalition…
Review of the International Criminal Court September 15, 2020May 6, 2021 by Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Bangladesh Withdraws Problematic ICC Judicial Nominee Following Civil Society Engagement …the ICC specifying Mr. Haque’s disqualifications for the post of an ICC Judge. The Asian Human Rights Commission issued a public statement while other groups and individuals engaged in online…
Bosco Ntaganda August 28, 2020April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Appeals Hearing Rescheduled for October …and fair trial considerations that would arise if they were to consider holding a virtual hearing. They cited inability of defense teams to install and run robust systems to handle…
Dominic Ongwen June 17, 2020May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora COVID-19 Pandemic Raises Concerns of Delay in Delivering Ongwen Trial Judgment from Ugandan Civil Society …has all the systems and technology required to ensure a ruling is delivered without delay.” The judgement in Ongwen’s trial is expected to be delivered in early 2021. Lino Owor…
