Thomas Lubanga’s attorneys have asked for permission for one of the defense witnesses to testify via video link from Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They said traveling to The Hague would be cumbersome for the “extremely vulnerable” witnesses. Judges Adrian Fulford, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and René Blattmann ruled on February 10, 2010…
The two witnesses called by Thomas Lubanga’s defense this week gave their evidence in closed session, thereby providing no indication of their identities or of the issues they testified about. Before taking a two week break to allow the defense to conduct research in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the court heard a request…
The Thomas Lubanga trial today took a break to allow his attorneys to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to conduct what Judge Adrian Fulford referred to as “critical research”. As a result, there will be no hearings until Wednesday March 3, 2010, Judge Fulford announced today, just after the fifth witness called…
The Thomas Lubanga defense team has asked judges to grant them permission to exchange information with lawyers for Germain Katanga, another former Congolese leader on trial at the International Criminal Court. Lubanga’s lawyer Jean-Marie Biju-Duval told judges today that there are four witnesses common to the two trials and it is about these witnesses that…
The Thomas Lubanga trial today took an early adjournment after the defense noted that there were mistakes in the English transcript of the testimony of the fourth defense witness. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense attorney, asked for the adjournment, and Judge Adrian Fulford granted it about two hours before the time court was scheduled to…
The fourth witness called by the defense in the Thomas Lubanga trial appeared in court today but did not give any evidence in public session. The witness testified with protective measures including face and voice recognition. The start of today’s hearing was delayed by an hour and a half, due to what Judge Adrian Fulford…
Two defense witnesses who testified in Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial this week accused intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of concocting evidence with the aim of pinning the former Congolese militia leader. According to the witnesses, the intermediaries paraded before ICC officials many children who had never served in the military, and claimed…
A defense witness who was set to begin testifying for the third consecutive day today broke down for the second time, forcing court to delay the resumption of hearings. When Judge Adrian Fulford asked court officers to bring Claude Nyéki Django, the 20-year-old witness, into the courtroom, they reported back to the chambers without him.…
A defense witness today told court that the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) – the group Thomas Lubanga is alleged to have led – did not conscript any children. Instead, children who had no parents, and those who adored soldiers that extorted money from civilians, voluntarily joined the group. Claude Nyéki Django, the 20-year-old defense…
The Thomas Lubanga defense today called their third witness who testified that although he was never in the armed forces, he and other boys who had equally never served in any military group were paraded before some unnamed people as former child soldiers. The witness, Claude Nyéki Django, said a man known as Dudu took…
Thomas Lubanga on trial at the International Criminal Court. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court. A former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubanga is accused of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers. More
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