The Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial will not sit for three days this week since there are no witnesses ready to testify. Earlier scheduled to be conducted for four days this week beginning today, the trial will now resume on Thursday. Mr. Lubanga’s defense has already called all the witnesses it had lined up to…
At least four prosecution witnesses will be called back to the witness stand to rebut evidence advanced by Thomas Lubanga’s defense, the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) said today. Prosecuting attorney Manoj Sachdeva said that besides the four prosecution witnesses who testified last year, they were also trying to have at least two other individuals…
NOTE FROM EDITORS: Dear Readers, this is the fourth 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 from Kasugho. Relevant photos to the vox-pops and a link to…
Judges in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial have directed prosecutors to reveal to the defense details of the professional backgrounds of the intermediaries they used in gathering evidence against the accused. At least two of the intermediaries will testify in the trial at the request of judges. An appeal by the Office of The…
Adrian Fulford, the presiding judge in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial, today directed prosecutors to expeditiously produce two of their investigators who are required to give evidence at the behest of the chamber. The judge rejected explanations by prosecutors that they could not readily locate the investigators. Judge Fulford rejected the prosecution’s explanation that…
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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