August 22, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Pleads Guilty to War Crime Charge, Apologizes to Malians …testifying under protective measures that include his face and voice being distorted so the public streaming the court proceedings online cannot identify him. Also the witness is identified in public…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé June 16, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté For Security Reasons, There are Fewer Public Debates at the Gbagbo and Blé Goudé Trial …of online speculation, and the Presiding Judge considered that attempts to discover the names of witnesses speaking with their faces hidden have been going on and are “significantly disrupting proceedings.”…
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…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 5, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Unveiled Witnesses and Laughing Defendants …posted online. He also spoke of the social networks that the Office of the Prosecutor regularly reviews for security reasons. He pointed to “improvised bloggers and journalists” who were trying…
Guatemala Trials December 1, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Prosecutorial Will Not Enough to Achieve Accountability for Grave Crimes in Guatemala …before being sworn into office on January 14, 2016. However, Morales has expressed support for the continuation of CICIG’s mandate until 2021. During the election campaign, he promised government transparency…
November 18, 2015July 15, 2019 by Alison Cole Civil Society and the International Criminal Court: Local Perspectives on Fact-Finding …technology as a means of fact-finding. During the global consultations, NGOs requested guidance regarding their role in online and open source information gathering, particularly with respect to basic minimum standards…
Guatemala Trials November 10, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Impunity Still the Rule for Grave Crimes Committed during Guatemala’s Civil War …August 25, 2015, the first instance high-risk court, after finding that Rios Montt no longer has sufficient mental capacities to face justice, ordered special procedures under which a new trial…
November 4, 2015March 16, 2018 by Anne-Marie Verwiel and Karlijn van der Voort Corporation Acquitted of Contempt at the Lebanon Tribunal …in August 2012 and subsequently put online. The two accused were charged with publishing information on purported confidential witnesses in the main case, thereby undermining public confidence in the STL’s…
International Criminal Court September 22, 2015May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti Who Are the Witnesses in the Second Kenya Bribery Case at the ICC? - Part 2 This is the second instalment of a three-part series on the arrest warrant recently made public implicating a Kenyan lawyer and another Kenyan individual in connection with bribery allegations involving…
July 7, 2015March 15, 2018 by Wendy Betts Closing the Verification Gap …as new satellite systems come online, communication infrastructure is strengthened, and smart phones outnumber feature phones. Technology has not only improved the fact-finding ability of human rights defenders and journalists,…
