Today, Thomas Lubanga’s defense complained to International Criminal Court (ICC) judges that prosecutors were not honoring their disclosure obligations regarding certain documents in their possession, which they planned to use against the accused. Specifically, defense lawyer Jean-Marie Biju-Duval pointed out that the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) yesterday disclosed to the defense three documents that…
The trial of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo resumed today after a four months’ hiatus. It opened with a ruling from judges on the appearance of certain defense witnesses. Lubanga’s counsel applied to call two witnesses in addition to those already on the witness list and to hear testimony of certain witnesses via…
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…
The war crimes trial of alleged former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga today continued exclusively in closed session. On Monday, defense attorney Jean-Marie Biju-Duval stated that he planned to conduct most of the cross-examination of the witness who goes by the pseudonym ‘intermediary 321’ in closed session. “I am ready to start [intermediary] 321’s examination,…
An intermediary, whose testimony was interrupted last July by the stay of proceedings in war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC), today took the witness stand afresh. However, he gave all his evidence in closed session. The witness, who goes by the code name ‘intermediary 321’, had testified for two days…
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…
Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga’s attorneys today opposed an application by prosecutors for judges to summon a man purported to be the accused’s cousin to give evidence. Prosecutors a week ago asked judges to summon the individual known as ‘Cordo’, who they said was a cousin to Mr. Lubanga, to give evidence about his…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense has said it will question the prosecution’s rebuttal witnesses about the responsibility of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) in the alleged corruption of evidence in the war crimes trial. Defense attorney Jean-Marie Biju-Duval on Thursday said that besides the rebuttal witnesses, the defense was also planning to question investigators from the…
A former child soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) today admitted to contradictions between his testimony in court and the statements he made to prosecutors in 2008. The admission came after Thomas Lubanga’s defense counsel, Jean-Marie Biju-Duval, read out several paragraphs from the statement which the former child fighter who is referred to…
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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