Bosco Ntaganda May 7, 2020April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Defense Says a Virtual Appeals Hearing Would Disadvantage Ntaganda …sometimes unavailable. The court closed its detention center to visitors on March 16, 2020. As a result, the defense noted, taking instructions from Ntaganda has become “more complicated, time-consuming, and…
Guatemala Trials April 17, 2020December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada In Guatemala, COVID-19 Puts Justice on Hold, Emboldening Convicted War Criminals to Seek Their Freedom …a result, several ongoing judicial proceedings involving conflict-era war crimes have been temporarily suspended. At the same time, convicted war criminals, claiming that they are at high risk, have seized…
Guatemala Trials March 17, 2020December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada “No One Told This to Me. I Saw It with My Own Eyes.” Survivor Addresses Court As Evidentiary Phase of Maya Ixil Genocide Case Nears Conclusion …army.) Jose Antonio Anaya Cardona, counsel for Callejas y Callejas, made a similar argument, noting that Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, who was named by Ríos Montt as Chief of Military Intelligence,…
Dominic Ongwen March 12, 2020May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Community Members in Northern Uganda Moved by Closing Statements of Victims’ Lawyers …and Development Initiatives (FJDI), a local Non-Government Organization based in Gulu District that works with children, youth, women and communities to promote justice, development and economic recovery in northern Uganda…
Thomas Lubanga March 11, 2020September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Lubanga, ICC Convict No.1 and Longest-Serving Detainee, Completes His Sentence Next Week Next week, Thomas Lubanga, the International Criminal Court’s first convict and longest-serving detainee, will complete his sentence of 14 years in custody. Once released, Lubanga is expected to settle in…
Dominic Ongwen March 11, 2020May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Community Members Question the Prosecution’s Evidence as Ongwen Trial Nears End …the defense, and the legal representatives for victims, closing statements were scheduled for March 10 – 12, 2020. Benjamin Gumpert, Adesola Adeboyejo, and Colin Black presented the prosecution’s closing statements…
Dominic Ongwen February 26, 2020May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Defense Psychiatrist Disagrees that Reports he Co-wrote on Ongwen’s Mental Health were “Sloppy” …testimony on November 29. On December 6, 2019, Krispus Ayena Odongo, Ongwen’s lead lawyer, gave notice that the defense had closed its presentation of evidence. On December 12, 2019, Presiding…
Dominic Ongwen January 9, 2020May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Ongwen’s Trial has Highlighted SGBV Crimes, Says Gender Activist in Uganda …trial at the ICC, which began in 2016, is now in advanced stages, with closing arguments scheduled for this March. SGBV crimes, including rape and sexual slavery, form part of…
Dominic Ongwen December 9, 2019May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Is the ICC Still Welcome in Uganda? More Petitions from Uganda as Ongwen’s Trial Continues …death of more than 100 civilians, including palace guards, women, and children. Hundreds more, including six youths, were arrested and charged with treason, terrorism, and murder. The incident was the…
September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Nika Jeiranashvili Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Challenges Facing the Situation in Georgia …Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR), Darfur (Sudan), Kenya, Libya, and Cote d’Ivoire. In 2012, Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda, who at the time served as the deputy…