Thomas Lubanga’s trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) resumed this week, and the role played by intermediaries of the court’s prosecution office continued to be the focus of defense questioning. On Monday, a field liaison officer with the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) was questioned by defense lawyers about payments made to intermediaries, who contacted…
Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today stalled as none of the witnesses who had been expected to give evidence this week were ready to take the witness stand. Although hearings had been scheduled for Monday to Friday this week, during today’s proceedings Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford announced that because…
An employee of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was today questioned by attorneys for war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga about payments the court’s prosecution office made to its intermediaries who contacted former child soldiers that testified against Mr. Lubanga. The witness works as a field liaison officer for the ICC’s Office of The Prosecutor (OTP)…
The trial court has admitted into evidence the curriculum vitae of war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga, as well as a logbook containing a record of radio communications between the headquarters and the field staff of the rebel group Mr. Lubanga is said to have commanded. However, the court presided over by Judge Adrian Fulford declined…
The war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to resume next week, according to a schedule released by the Hague-based court. Next week, the hearings will be conducted Monday to Friday and are likely to have ‘intermediary 321’ as the first witness to testify. This intermediary, who has been implicated…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense attorneys are disturbed by a book written by a former consultant with the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP), which they claim calls into question the rights of the accused and the entire judicial process. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense attorney, said they intended to ask judges to admit extracts of the book…
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. The October 8, 2010 decision…
Three days after appeals judges ordered the resumption of the Thomas Lubanga trial, the defense team today told trial judges that the prosecution had failed to effect all the disclosures ordered by judges relating to the identity of an intermediary. Lead defense counsel Catherine Mabille indicated during a court session that the failure by the…
International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges ruled today that Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga should not be released and ordered his trial to resume. Two months ago, trial judges stayed proceedings in the trial of the former rebel leader and ordered his release from ICC detention. The prosecution appealed both the decision to suspend…
To release or not to release Thomas Lubanga is the big question that International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges will tomorrow pronounce themselves on. In detention at the ICC since March of 2006, the 49-year-old former vegetables trader-turned-rebel leader two years ago had a similar expectation of getting freed. On the verge of the planned…
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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