Guatemala Trials January 25, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Who Benefits if the Guatemalan Congress Passes a Blanket Amnesty? …official of the former military base in Cobán that is the site of the exhumations at the center of the CREOMPAZ case, and declassified documents link him with military commands…
Guatemala Trials November 20, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Trial Against Ex Kaibil in Massacre of 200 Villagers Nears Conclusion …massacre site as well as official documents and ballistic reports. Among the expert witnesses who have testified are Guatemalan sociologist Manolo Vela Castañeda and social psychologist Nieves Dubois. (For details…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) August 30, 2018May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Les Procureurs de la CPI concluent en exposant des preuves contre Ntaganda …D’autres éléments de preuve ont montré que les forces de M. Ntaganda asservissaient sexuellement la population. Décrivant les corps retrouvés sur un site du massacre de l’UPC, l’Accusation a déclaré…
Bosco Ntaganda August 30, 2018April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi In Closing Arguments, ICC Prosecution Outlines Evidence Against Ntaganda …troops to shoot or execute detained persons. Furthermore, Ntaganda was also heard ordering his troops to kill women. “A senior commander heard Ntaganda order his bodyguards to kill three nuns…
Bosco Ntaganda August 27, 2018April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Overview of Ntaganda’s Testimony at the ICC …claimed that he was a peacemaker and a disciplinarian, who fought against armed groups that perpetuated discrimination and attacks on members of the Tutsi and Hema ethnic groups in parts…
Dominic Ongwen July 5, 2018May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Odongo: We Have Not Taken a Definitive Position on Filing a ‘No Case to Answer’ Motion …[Ongwen] at all. So, these are fair trial issues that must be addressed I think. And then, the administrative ones… Obhof: I mean you have dating all the way back…
Dominic Ongwen June 19, 2018May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Community Members in Northern Uganda Elated by Visit of ICC Judges …of leading attacks on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Ongwen’s trial started on December 6, 2016, and the prosecution’s presentation of evidence concluded in April this year. The trial is…
Guatemala Trials May 9, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Expert testimony in the Molina Theissen trial: “Enforced Disappearance was a Weapon of War, Just Like a Rifle or a Bullet” …of action and for creating traps.” And: “it is necessary to eliminate the members of the local political-administrative organization quickly and definitively.” Drouin stated that the Manual of Counterinsurgency Warfare…
Guatemala Trials May 2, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Appeals Court to Hear Recusal Motion for Judge in Molina Theissen Case on Wednesday …from the website of the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG), which lists the name of Judge Xitumul’s father, Mateo Xitumul Alvarado, as forcibly disappeared after having entered the military…
Guatemala Trials April 10, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Witness Testimony Resumes after Defense Lawyers Unsuccessfully Try to Remove Judge from Molina Theissen Case …claimed that, according to information obtained from the online FAFG database, Judge Xitumul’s father was forcibly disappeared on April 1, 1981. The same database states that 74 bodies were exhumed…
