Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé January 22, 2020September 14, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Lessons from the Gbagbo Trial: Acquittals Are Also a Win for the ICC …organized by Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) during the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) 18th session in The Hague on December 2, 2019, focused on lessons from the case of former…
International Criminal Court December 10, 2019May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti Experts Say OTP Did Not Follow the Evidence in Collapsed Kenya Cases …policy. The targets were suggested by the investigators and prosecutors of the Kenya’s team. Ex Com reviewed the proposal and approved the names. The Ex Com he referred to is…
Guatemala Trials November 18, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Benedicto Lucas García, Accused of Genocide, Denies that the Guatemalan Army Engaged in Wrongdoing …placed himself in the Ixil area but insisted that the army did not commit massacres or human rights violations against the Maya Ixil people. “We respected the indigenous people, especially…
Guatemala Trials November 1, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Proceedings in the Third Ixil Genocide Trial Postponed …this, the pretrial judge will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to move to trial. The complaint in this case was first filed in 2000 by the Association for Justice…
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) October 30, 2019May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi La peine de M. Ntaganda devrait être prononcée le 7 novembre Le prononcé de la peine de l’ancien commandant rebelle congolais Bosco Ntaganda est prévu pour le 7 novembre 2019 selon une ordonnance délivrée par la chambre de la Cour pénale…
Bosco Ntaganda October 30, 2019April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Delivery of Ntaganda Sentence Scheduled for November 7 Delivery of the sentence for former Congolese rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda has been scheduled for November 7, 2019, according to an order by the International Criminal Court (ICC) chamber that…
Guatemala Trials October 25, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Former Chief of Military Operations Arrested in Maya Ixil Genocide Case …the Commission of Historical Clarification and the Recovery of Historical Memory Project (REHMI). He served as the Commander of Military Reserves and as Commander of Military Zone No. 21 (MZ21),…
Guatemala Trials October 4, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Suspect in Maya Achi Sexual Violence Case Makes Key Admission in US Court …Massacres In the late 1970s, the Guatemalan army created PACs as a mechanism of social control and to combat the guerrilla. The army appointed local military commissioners to organize and…
Dominic Ongwen October 2, 2019May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti A Former “Wife” to Ongwen Denies Influencing Other Former “Wives” Not to Harm Ongwen’s Case …to come back to reconcile with the community he wronged. He should come out of the bush. Let the ICC spare Dominic and forgive him for his crimes so that…
October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by Wairagala Wakabi Why ICC Judges Rejected a Request to Disband Pre-Trial Chamber I …Mahdi judgement to the Al Hassan case. The prosecution alleges the crimes of religious and gender-based persecution against Al Hassan, purportedly committed in Mali between April 2012 and January 2013,…