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…
War crimes accused Thomas Lubanga’s defense this week focused on the payments which a member of staff of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) made to four intermediaries who helped to put prosecution investigators in touch with witnesses. During the testimony of the OTP field liaison coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), lead…
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…
Judges in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial have directed prosecutors to reveal to the defense details of the professional backgrounds of the intermediaries they used in gathering evidence against the accused. At least two of the intermediaries will testify in the trial at the request of judges. An appeal by the Office of The…
Adrian Fulford, the presiding judge in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial, today directed prosecutors to expeditiously produce two of their investigators who are required to give evidence at the behest of the chamber. The judge rejected explanations by prosecutors that they could not readily locate the investigators. Judge Fulford rejected the prosecution’s explanation that…
The role allegedly played by intermediaries of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution investigators in corrupting evidence remained in focus this week in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga. One witness testified at length about receiving money from an intermediary who also allegedly coached him on what to tell prosecution investigators. Another witness gave testimony…
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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