Archive for November 2011


Daily Report Trial Reports

November 15, 2011

Lubanga Judgment to be Delivered in English

By Wairagala Wakabi

The judgment in the trial of Congolese political leader Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be handed down first in English and later in French, according to a decision judges reached on Tuesday. At a status conference, judges today informed parties to the trial that the gap between the judgment being ready…

Legal Analysis Trial Reports

November 8, 2011

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Failure to Address Impunity for International Crimes: A View from Inside the Legislative Process 2010-2011

By Patryk Labuda

The trials of Thomas Lubanga, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo are coming to a close before the ICC. But what about justice for the millions of other victims of the DRC’s conflict that have not been the subject of ICC charges? In this guest commentary, Patryk Labuda[i] critiques the DRC’s attempts to create domestic justice…

Commentary Trial Reports

November 3, 2011

Summary of the Closing Statements in The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

By Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice

Dear Readers, The following commentary first ran in Legal Eye on the ICC, a regular e-letter produced by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, an international women’s human rights organisation that advocates for gender justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and works with women most affected by the conflict situations under investigation by the…