Dominic Ongwen October 7, 2016May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Why the ICC Should Reconsider its Decision on In Situ Proceedings in Uganda …the trial chamber conducts a judicial site visit of the four locations (Pajule, Odek, Lukodi and Abok) where Ongwen allegedly committed the crimes with which he is accused. On July…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé October 3, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh Witness Says CECOS Fired on Unarmed Demonstrators …who erected the barricades.” He added, “Those who were on the streets had no weapons. The shots came from the vehicles.” Other pickups then arrived. According to the witness, these…
Guatemala Trials September 20, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt War Crimes Prosecutions Update: The CREOMPAZ Case …disappearance, torture, sexual violence, and extrajudicial execution carried out between 1981 and 1987 in Military Zone 21 (MZ21) in Coban, Alta Verapaz, the site now known as CREOMPAZ. (For details…
Bosco Ntaganda September 6, 2016April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Exhumed Bodies Show Little Conclusive Evidence of Mass Murders by Ntaganda Militia A forensic anthropologist who conducted excavation and exhumation at sites where local residents said victims of mass murders by Bosco Ntaganda’s militia were buried says his team did not find…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) September 6, 2016May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Les corps exhumés montrent peu de preuves concluantes de meurtres de masse commis par la milice de M. Ntaganda …du décès ni combien de temps les corps avaient été enterrés. Le Dr Congram, un archéologue et anthropologue légiste canadien qui a témoigné cette semaine pour l’accusation dans le procès…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé September 1, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh Obiénéré Narrates the March on the RTI and Counts the Dead …military “responded to demonstrators’ gunfire,” according to the witness. “We are confident that the first shots were fired by civilians,” he explained. On site, Obiénéré said he saw “many dead…
August 23, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Timbuktu Residents Protested the Destruction of Historic Buildings, Witness Says …the extremist Islamic groups Ansar Eddine and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb when the two groups controlled Timbuktu in 2012. Al Faqi is charged with a single war crime…
August 22, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Pleads Guilty to War Crime Charge, Apologizes to Malians …by pseudonym. The witness answered questions about the prosecution’s evidence on the Islamic groups’ that controlled Timbuktu in 2012 during the time the historic buildings were attacked. These groups were…
July 25, 2016August 15, 2016 by Sharon Nakandha La décision de la CPI sur la réparation des victimes au Kenya : La CPI survend-t-elle son mandat ou les attentes des victimes sont-elles trop élevées ? Le site Justice Hub a publié un commentaire écrit par Maina Chamaka, une activiste des droits humains et avocate au Kenya. Dans son commentaire, Maina critique la décision de la…
Dominic Ongwen July 22, 2016May 11, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Judges Rule Out Holding Ongwen Trial Opening in Uganda …district. In its submission, the prosecution also suggested that judges conduct a judicial site visit to the four locations where the crimes Ongwen is charged with were allegedly committed –…