An investigator for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an alleged former child soldier testified this week about their relationships with intermediary 316. The investigator, Nicolas Sebire, also known as witness 583, is accused by the defense of coaching and bribing individuals to falsely claim they were child…
The Trial Chamber set the final schedule for written submissions from the defense and prosecution on abuse of process today in the trial of Thomas Lubanga for war crimes. Trial Chamber I has been hearing testimony about alleged witness tampering, following allegations that intermediaries used by the prosecution bribed or coached witnesses to falsely testify that…
OTP Investigator Defense counsel Jean-Marie Biju-Duval concluded the cross-examination of Mr. Nicolas Sebire, investigator for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on issues of abuse of process in the trial of Thomas Lubanga for conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and…
Disclosure Today in the trial of Thomas Lubanga, who is charged with the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2002 and 2003, Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford opened the session by thanking the defense and prosecution for their “highly cooperative stance adopted last night” to resolve outstanding…
Public testimony resumed today in the trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a week of closed sessions to take the testimony of ‘witness 582,’ an investigator for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), by deposition. Another OTP investigator, Nicolas Sebire, also known as ‘witness 583,’ testified based on his written…
On Friday, November 12, 2010, the judges of Trial Chamber I at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the trial of Thomas Lubanga ruled that the prosecution’s duty to disclose information to the accused is broad, encompassing everything relevant in its possession except materials related to its theories or tactics. Mr. Lubanga’s counsel raised the…
An investigator of the prosecution office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently giving evidence in Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial by deposition in closed session that is anticipated to last throughout the week. According to prosecutors, he will give evidence on general matters related to the use and management of intermediaries and on…
An intermediary of the prosecution office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied that he bribed an individual to falsely claim to investigators that he had served as a child soldier in the group Thomas Lubanga allegedly commanded. In his testimony, which lasted five days this week, the intermediary also claimed that he did…
An investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP), who is expected to testify next week, has asked for the transcript of the testimony given in court this week by an intermediary who helped contact some of the former child soldiers who became prosecution witnesses in the Lubanga trial. At the same time, the defense team…
Defense attorneys for Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga today protested what they said were attempts by the court’s registry to restrict post-hearing meetings between the accused and his lawyers. Lead defense attorney, Catherine Mabille, told the trial presided over by Judge Adrian Fulford that while at the moment to meet Mr. Lubanga 30 minutes…
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
Search This Site
Archive
Useful Links
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative License.
