Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 23, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Adama Dieng, UN Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, Calls for Rios Montt Trial to be Completed …peace accord, described what happened as “acts of genocide.” A decision by a first-instance judge on 18 April called for annulment of the trial, which is taking place at the…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 23, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Legal challenges and public debates mount in Guatemala while the Constitutional Court deliberates …attended the trial as international observers. Various newspapers reported their accounts of the proceedings. El Periodico, for instance, recorded an interview with Avelino Guillén, the Peruvian former prosecutor responsible for…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 22, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Rights Groups Urge Completion of Guatemala Genocide Trial …Mayan Ixil population under his rule. The four groups note with particular concern the decision on Thursday, April 18, by a first-instance judge, Carol Patricia Flores, to annul the trial…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 20, 2013September 14, 2020 by Kate Doyle Tribunal Says Annulment Order is Illegal, Suspends Trial Pending Review by Constitutional Court …that violates our jurisdiction. We obey the Constitution, and the Constitutional Court is the only instance that can decide to annul a trial. This is content of our resolution.” Barrios…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 19, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Rights Groups Urge Completion of Rios Montt Trial …country’s Mayan Ixil population under his rule. The four groups note with particular concern the decision on Thursday, April 18, by a first-instance judge, Carol Patricia Flores, to annul the…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 19, 2013September 14, 2020 by Kate Doyle Day 20: Defense Attorneys Walk Out of Trial in Protest; Preliminary Court Judge Annuls Trial as Attorney General Calls Action Illegal and Promises Legal Challenge …Judge Carol Patricia Flores of a court of First Instance declared the proceedings null and invalid. Stunned prosecutors denounced the verdict and immediately began preparing to file several motions to…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo April 10, 2013September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Witness: Bemba Formed Commission to Probe Soldiers’ Conduct …was enjoying good relations with the civilian population. Secondly, there were abuses committed in Sibut, and the population attributed them to François Bozizé’s rebels.” The team also reported “some instances…
International Criminal Court April 9, 2013May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Ugandan President attacks ICC during Kenyatta inauguration …nations that had also been the subject of criticism by Kenyatta during his campaigns. “They are now using it [the ICC] to install leaders of their choice in Africa and…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 5, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Day 10: Witness Implicates President Perez Molina in Massacres …child at the Visan military installation, in Nebaj. Velasco lived at the installation for six or seven years, beginning when he was eight years old, after he was captured by…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 4, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Prosecution witnesses describe forced adoptions and assimilation, and forced conscription …after forcible displacement in Quiche, either on military installations or through forced conscription into PACs. Elena Brito, for instance, testified that after her 14-year-old daughter was killed, and her husband…
