June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Mariana Pena Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Key Considerations for Composing the Selection Committee The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Prosecutor has a nine-year tenure, and the position will be up for election in December 2020. The ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) has decided…
May 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by Christian De Vos Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Why Process Matters …over previous ICC elections and could provide guidance for how other judicial officers are elected at both the international and domestic level. First, the committee, as in years past, will…
May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by Taegin Reisman ICC Elections: Monitoring How the Next ICC Prosecutor is Elected …can follow the hashtags OTP2020, ICCElections, and ElectTheBest from now until the elections in 2020. It is imperative that the ASP identify the best person, who not only can most…
March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 by Taegin Reisman 'Complete Structural Change' Needed to Improve ICC Performance: Part I of Interview with Phil Clark …the ICC’s interventions. One of the things I’ve always been interested in in my work is the whole set of political and social dynamics around national elections, especially in the…
December 7, 2018 by Nika Jeiranashvili An Urgent Need for ICC Outreach and Information in Georgia …Georgian political leaders are politicizing an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC), taking advantage of a lack of information from the ICC about its investigation into alleged war crimes…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo September 13, 2018September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Lawyers Ask ICC Judges to Shield Bemba Against Double Punishment by Congo Government …approach of equating Bemba’s ICC conviction to a crime of corruption went counter to Rule 168 of the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence. This rule provides that, “In respect…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo September 6, 2018September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Congolese Court Bars Bemba's Presidential Candidacy Due to ICC Witness Tampering Conviction …witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered his candidacy inadmissible. Bemba, a former rebel leader and vice president, returned to Congo last month after a decade of detention…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo September 4, 2018September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Witness Tampering: New Sentences for Bemba and His Lawyers to be Announced This Month This month, Jean-Pierre Bemba and his two former lawyers will be handed new sentences for witness tampering, according to an order issued by International Criminal Court (ICC) judges. The former…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo August 2, 2018September 2, 2020 by Olivia Bueno Impact of the Bemba Acquittal Already Seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo …assistance. Political Impact Bemba’s acquittal could play a major role in the upcoming elections, which after several postponements are now scheduled for December, less than five months away. The elections…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo August 2, 2018September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Bemba Arrives in Congo But Can He Run for President? …under which he was being tried, did not bar him from standing for elections. Other than Bemba, the ICC has handled cases of other high profile politicians, notably Kenya’s president,…
