A former suspect in the war crimes investigations of the Office of The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has now gone back on his earlier promise to grant an interview to prosecutors in the Thomas Lubanga trial. ‘Witness 3’, who was first interviewed by prosecutors in 2005 as a suspect, over the years…
Paolina Massidda is the Principal Counsel of the Office of the Public Counsel for Victims at the International Criminal Court (ICC). She has been closely involved with the trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the first person ever to be tried at the ICC. Mr. Lubanga is alleged by ICC prosecutors to have…
The main highlight of the Thomas Lubanga trial this week was the presentation by the defense of several documents, which allegedly showed that at least seven prosecution witnesses who claimed to have been child soldiers lied about their identities. The documents included school reports and registers from the institutions which various prosecution witnesses claimed they…
Thomas Lubanga is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 49-year-old first appeared in court at The Hague on March 20, 2006, and faces the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2002 and 2003. Prosecutors…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense has today presented to court various documents that it claimed showed that at least seven prosecution witnesses, who told court that they were former child soldiers, lied about their identities or the schools they attended. The documents presented included several records from schools in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
A former child soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) today admitted to contradictions between his testimony in court and the statements he made to prosecutors in 2008. The admission came after Thomas Lubanga’s defense counsel, Jean-Marie Biju-Duval, read out several paragraphs from the statement which the former child fighter who is referred to…
NOTE FROM EDITORS: Dear Readers, this is the third of six installments in a series of vox-pop interviews with people in the Democratic Republic of Congo – who come from the communities most affected by the crimes being prosecuted at the ICC. Below is an English transcript of more interviews in the Congolese town of Goma. Relevant photos to the…
An investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court is due to give evidence in the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga. Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford disclosed on Wednesday that the unnamed investigator, as well as two intermediaries of the ICC’s prosecution investigators, would be testifying at…
Two intermediaries and an investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court will testify in the Thomas Lubanga trial, according to presiding judge Adrian Fulford. The judge made the disclosure today as he asked Mr. Lubanga’s defense to give an indication of when they are likely to make their planned…
A former child soldier testifying in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga said today that he was reluctant to quit the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia, even when a relief worker repeatedly promised him financial support if he abandoned military service. ‘Witness 297’, who was testifying for the second day, told the trial…
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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