Thomas Lubanga February 15, 2017September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi How the Trust Fund for Victims Will Spend €1 Million on Collective Reparations in Congo …and some non-government organizations, International Criminal Court (ICC) judges approved the TFV’s plan for symbolic collective reparations. The TFV was created under the ICC’s founding law to encourage reparative justice…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 9, 2017September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Witness: 'My Words Are Not the Gospel Truth' …said. Radio coming from army equipment Dosso said yesterday that he used an “ordinary radio” that anyone could buy in Abidjan. However, it was a radio that he had in…
Dominic Ongwen February 2, 2017May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Former LRA Radio Operator Describes Kony as Unpredictable …a Ugandan general who is Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s half-brother. The contact was approved by the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony. It emerged during the hearing…
Guatemala Trials January 17, 2017December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Prosecutor Lays Out Case Against Former Military Officials in Sexual Violence, Torture, and Enforced Disappearance Case …commented on the judge, saying “I wonder what the judge smoked today, probably some cheap stuff, because he was spouting stupidities.” The next hearings in the case will take place…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé November 16, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh The Prosecution Takes an Interest in How the Liberian Fighters Were Funded …witness, going back on his word. “It was not a salary,” he insisted, pointing out that Hubert Oulaye had only given him 50,000 FCFA to buy food. “Missions” for KB…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé November 1, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh The Witness’s Past Behavior Thoroughly Scrutinized …smoke cannabis” and sometimes stole money from his parents to buy the drug. However, he denied any “addiction.” As proof of this, he said he put an end to this…
Thomas Lubanga October 27, 2016September 2, 2020 by Sharon Nakandha ICC Makes Progress on Reparations for Victims in Lubanga Case On October 21, 2016, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) approved and gave the Trust Fund for Victims (Trust Fund) the go-ahead to implement its plan on…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo October 18, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Verdict to be Delivered Tomorrow in First ICC Witness Tampering Trial …data records obtained from various telephone companies. During hearing of closing statements last May, prosecution lawyer Kweku Vanderpuye stated that the evidence showed that Bemba approved and authorized the acts…
Thomas Kwoyelo October 4, 2016May 11, 2021 by Lino Owor Ogora Landmark Ruling on Victim Participation in the Case of Thomas Kwoyelo …Court in Gulu held a third pre-trial hearing. Among other factors, this hearing was necessitated by the fact that the ICD in June 2016 had developed and approved new rules…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé October 3, 2016September 14, 2020 by Camille Dubruelh Witness Says CECOS Fired on Unarmed Demonstrators …Gbagbo’s lawyers, then questioned the witness at length about the process he followed to post them online and why he had not protected them. “Is there any doubt that [the…