The order issued by judges yesterday for Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga to be released has received wide coverage online. Media from all continents have reported the story, as have bloggers, with many dwelling on the causes of the stay of proceedings and resultant order for Mr. Lubanga’s release. Others sounded out parties to…
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have today ordered the unconditional release of war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, who has been in detention in The Hague since March 2006. However, Mr. Lubanga – the first person to be tried at the ICC – would remain in detention if prosecutors appealed the release order.…
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today ordered the release of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga who has been on trial since January last year. Mr. Lubanga is accused of recruiting, conscripting and using child soldiers in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2002 and 2003. But judges say the…
This week saw judges at the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga suspending the proceedings and declaring that they would issue warnings to senior officials of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) for misconduct before the court. Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday halted the proceedings in the trial of the former Congolese…
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today halted proceedings in the war crimes trial of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga, citing abuse of the court’s process. They said the immediate cause of the stay of proceedings was the prosecution’s “unequivocal refusal to implement the repeated orders” made by judges for the disclosure of…
Thomas Lubanga’s trial today stalled as prosecutors made spirited pleas to judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reconsider their order for the disclosure of the identity of a prosecution intermediary. Prosecutors pleaded that if the identity of ‘intermediary 143’ were revealed to Mr. Lubanga’s defense before protective measures were instituted for the intermediary,…
Former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga told child soldiers to get women, cows, and vehicles, reassuring them that “everything belongs to soldiers,” according to testimony heard today at his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). A witness who worked with several former child soldiers made this claim today while testifying about one of the…
An intermediary of prosecution investigators today denied that he bribed former child soldiers or their parents to provide incriminating testimony against war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga. Testifying for the second day, the individual who goes by the court name of ‘intermediary 321’ said he did not ask or bribe anybody to provide false evidence. He…
An intermediary of prosecution investigators at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied that he told former child soldiers to give false testimony about war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga. At the start of his testimony today, ‘intermediary 321’ told court that he never asked the children to lie about their ages, the villages they came…
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have rejected an application by the prosecution to order an individual who is alleged to be a relative of war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga to give evidence. Presiding judge Adrian Fulford stated that the accused was protected from disclosure orders regarding the witnesses he intended to call or…
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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