Trial judges have refused an application by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for permission to interview pending witnesses in the Thomas Lubanga trial while proceedings remain suspended. In a ruling handed down on September 24, 2010, judges Adrian Fulford, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and René Blattmann rejected the prosecution’s request on the grounds that the…
Dear readers – please find below a commentary written by Olivia Bueno at the International Refugee Rights Initiative in consultation with Congolese activists. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the International Refugee Rights Initiative or of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Last week, Congolese President Joseph…
The defense for war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga has this week opposed the bid by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to take testimony from witnesses, who were previously scheduled to testify in the trial, even as proceedings remain suspended. Last week, the prosecutor asked trial judges to permit prosecutors to take the testimony…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has asked trial judges to permit prosecutors to take testimony from witnesses who were scheduled to testify in the Thomas Lubanga trial before proceedings were stayed last July. The prosecutor wants to take the testimony of these witnesses while proceedings are stayed pending the decision of the appeals chamber.…
Dear readers – please find below a commentary written by Olivia Bueno at the International Refugee Rights Initiative in consultation with Congolese individuals. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the International Refugee Rights Initiative or of the Open Society Justice Initiative. For watchers of the International…
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are considering a prosecution appeal against an order for the release of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga, the first person to be tried by the court. Trial judges ordered Mr. Lubanga’s release two months ago, after they decided that the failure by prosecutors to disclose the…
In what is likely to be the final submission before appeals judges decide on the way forward in the appeal against the release of Mr. Thomas Lubanga, defense attorneys have insisted that the stay of proceedings imposed by trial judges was “irreversible”. In their responses to submissions by legal representatives of victims, Mr. Lubanga’s attorneys…
A lawyer who represents a group of victims participating in the Thomas Lubanga trial has said victims are concerned about the adverse consequences that could arise from the order for the release of the former Congolese rebel leader. In submissions to appeals judges, Luc Walleyn stated that if the stay of proceedings in 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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