Bosco Ntaganda August 30, 2018April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi In Closing Arguments, ICC Prosecution Outlines Evidence Against Ntaganda In final oral submissions before trial judges, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have outlined evidence that they claim shows that Bosco Ntaganda presided over the commission of several…
Bosco Ntaganda August 27, 2018April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Overview of Ntaganda’s Testimony at the ICC …were working with his defense team. In 2015, judges granted the prosecution access to Ntaganda and Thomas Lubanga’s non-privileged conversations at the detention center dating from March 2013. This was…
Dominic Ongwen August 16, 2018May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Community Members in Northern Uganda Prefer Individual Reparations …cash payouts to items for livelihood support. According to Wilfred, “The best individual compensation would be money because things like animals often come with issues like corruption by the people…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo August 2, 2018September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Bemba Arrives in Congo But Can He Run for President? …formation of a coalition of opposition groups to name a joint presidential candidate. He was further reported as saying that he believed he would be the best candidate to represent…
Dominic Ongwen July 27, 2018May 11, 2021 by Jane Patricia Bako One Step Forward, One Step Back: The Fate of Victims Before the International Crimes Division of Uganda …of Procedure and Evidence. Borrowing some of the best practices of the ICC and applying them to the Ugandan context is one way to help ensure the adjudication of cases…
July 24, 2018 by Wairagala Wakabi Confirmation of Charges Hearing for Malian Militant Al Hassan Postponed to May 2019 …arrangements, such as instituting protective measures for witnesses, disclosing evidence to the defense, and translating relevant documents into Arabic, the language the accused understands best. Judge Péter Kovács, the Single…
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 Community members in northern Uganda were elated by the visit of the three International Criminal Court (ICC) judges hearing the case against Dominic Ongwen. Judges Bertram Schmitt, Péter Kovács, and…
Bosco Ntaganda June 15, 2018April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Lawyers Granted More Time to File Closing Brief …at the ICC, he said Kinyarwanda was the language he understood best. Subsequently, judges granted a defense request for large portions of the prosecution closing brief to be translated into…
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” …expert stated that he found documents dating from 1976 with information about Emma’s father and mother, who were registered as “rebellious elements,” as well as documents registering information about Emma,…