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…
War crimes accused Thomas Lubanga’s defense today called Pierre Zuto Munji, who served as the private secretary to Bosco Ntaganda, the alleged deputy chief of staff of the Patriotic Force for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC). Mr. Ntaganda faces the same charges as Mr. Lubanga before the International Criminal Court (ICC), namely committing war crimes…
Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial is set to resume after judges rejected a defense application, which sought the dismissal of the first case to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr. Lubanga’s lawyers last December asked judges to throw out the case, claiming that the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) had abused court process…
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…
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…
All testimony heard by the Lubanga trial this week was given in closed session following a declaration by defense attorneys that they would not be able to cross-examine the witness in public session. During the week, judges also stated that the final witnesses scheduled to give evidence in the war crimes trial were expected to…
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…
Trial judges have refused an application by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for permission to interview pending witnesses in the Thomas Lubanga trial while proceedings remain suspended. In a ruling handed down on September 24, 2010, judges Adrian Fulford, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and René Blattmann rejected the prosecution’s request on the grounds that the…
The defense for war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga has this week opposed the bid by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to take testimony from witnesses, who were previously scheduled to testify in the trial, even as proceedings remain suspended. Last week, the prosecutor asked trial judges to permit prosecutors to take the testimony…
In what is likely to be the final submission before appeals judges decide on the way forward in the appeal against the release of Mr. Thomas Lubanga, defense attorneys have insisted that the stay of proceedings imposed by trial judges was “irreversible”. In their responses to submissions by legal representatives of victims, Mr. Lubanga’s attorneys…
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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