Guatemala Trials July 13, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Guatemala Grave Crimes Cases Delayed …plaintiffs have filed two appeals. Over 550 bodies have been exhumed from CREOMPAZ, the site of a former military base (Military Zone 21, MZ21), which was the center of military…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé July 12, 2016September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Altit Points to the Rebellion to Defend Gbagbo at the ICC …Forces (FDS). Once FDS were on site, the Invisible Commando attacked. The witness explained in detail how one day the Invisible Commando staged an ambush at the Abobo Railway Station…
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 …use of a pseudonym, image and voice editing, as well as potential closed-door sessions for some passages, “the public release of the trial will be delayed until the end of…
Guatemala Trials June 7, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt CREOMPAZ Hearings Conclude; Tribunal to Determine if Case Goes to Trial …reports, including psycho-social reports evaluating the impact of human rights violations on the victims and the affected communities; psychological reports on the impact of enforced disappearance; reports on the historical,…
Dominic Ongwen May 24, 2016May 11, 2021 by International Justice Monitor Support for ICC Trial of Ongwen is Shown at Commemoration of the Lukodi Massacre …reparations: sponsorship/ scholarships for our children to go to school, good health facilities and vocational institutions. Reparations should not be left for the ICC alone. The Government of Uganda is…
May 19, 2016March 15, 2018 by Jonathan Birchall Podcast: Bringing Hissène Habré to Trial …Habré to justice: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/extraordinary-journey-bring-murderous-african-leader-trial From the opening of the trial in July last year until December, more than 90 witnesses have taken the stand, testifying to the violence Habré inflicted…
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…
Guatemala Trials March 30, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Progress and Controversy in Guatemala Grave Crimes Cases …base, known as Military Zone 21 (MZ21), in Cobán, in the department of Alta Verapaz. In 2012, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) began exhumations at the site. To date,…
March 1, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti Al Faqi Declines to Make Submissions in Northern Mali Case …the two Islamist armed groups that controlled Timbuktu used to run the city for most of 2012. The groups were Ansar Eddine and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb. Picking…
February 29, 2016March 15, 2018 by Tom Maliti First ICC Case Involving Crimes in Northern Mali to Open …Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb. The two groups controlled Timbuktu until January 2013. Timbuktu is listed by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site because of its centuries-old…
