Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez August 30, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Judging Rios Montt in the Face of Obstacles - Interview with Judge Yassmin Barrios (This interview was conducted by Blanche Petrich of La Jornada.) In a middle-class neighborhood of Guatemala City, the nation’s capital, three National Police patrol officers are stationed permanently in front…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui August 7, 2013September 2, 2020 by Jennifer Easterday Katanga Defense Notes Challenges in New Investigations The defense team for Germain Katanga has encountered difficulties in conducting additional investigations, it has told Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Katanga faces charges of war…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui July 8, 2013September 2, 2020 by Jennifer Easterday Trial Chamber Majority Grants Defense Leave for Further Investigations Recognizing that additional facts may be needed to evaluate Germain Katanga’s criminal responsibility under a potentially different mode of liability, Trial Chamber II, by a majority, has granted the defense…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez June 25, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Ixil genocide trial on hold, other charges against Rios Montt continue With the events of recent weeks – the May 20 Constitutional Court decision to undo the guilty verdict in the Rios Montt trial and the new trial court’s expressed unavailability…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez June 24, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Naomi Roht-Arriaza & Susan Kemp: The Rios Montt judgment in light of international law Although it is unclear whether the trial of Efrain Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez will be resumed, it is worth evaluating the only document that specifically examines the question…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui June 18, 2013September 2, 2020 by Jennifer Easterday Evidence Proves Katanga is Guilty, Prosecution Argues The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has submitted additional observations about evidence that she claims proves Germain Katanga is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, even…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez June 18, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean One Month After Guatemala’s Constitutional Court Intervenes to Challenge Rios Montt Genocide Conviction: Amnesty Back on the Table, New Trial Court Booked Till Mid-2014, and Rios Montt Back Home On May 20, almost one month ago, the news that Guatemala’s highest court partially annulled the judgment and trial in the case of Efrain Rios Montt, essentially on a technicality,…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez June 11, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Jo-Marie Burt and Geoff Thale, The Guatemala Genocide Case: Using the Legal System to Defeat Justice With Ríos Montt Trial Partially Annulled, Justice and Rule of Law Hang in the Balance This article was first published on June 5, 2013 on the website of the Washington…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui June 7, 2013September 2, 2020 by Jennifer Easterday Dissenting Judge Says Katanga’s Fair Trial Rights Not Protected After the majority of Trial Chamber II at the International Criminal Court (ICC) provided additional information about a potential change in charges facing Germain Katanga, Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez June 4, 2013September 14, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Ashley Miller and Ted Piccone, Brookings Institution: Ríos Montt Trial an Example of National, International Courts Working Together This piece was contributed by Ashley Miller, research assistant, and Ted Piccone, senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, at the Brookings Institution. The recent conclusion of the genocide trial against…