An investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court is due to give evidence in the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga. Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford disclosed on Wednesday that the unnamed investigator, as well as two intermediaries of the ICC’s prosecution investigators, would be testifying at…
Two intermediaries and an investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court will testify in the Thomas Lubanga trial, according to presiding judge Adrian Fulford. The judge made the disclosure today as he asked Mr. Lubanga’s defense to give an indication of when they are likely to make their planned…
Flight disruptions at European airports have prompted a delay to the resumption of the Thomas Lubanga trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was set to resume today. The trial has been on a break since April 2, 2010 when the annual spring judicial recess started. According to officials at the ICC, a number…
Today’s hearing of the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial was cancelled for unknown reasons. Earlier scheduled to kick off in the morning, the hearing was first re-scheduled for the afternoon before being cancelled altogether. It is expected that the trial will resume on Monday next week, with Mr. Lubanga’s defense calling their 13th witness. The…
Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) resumes tomorrow after a hiatus of two weeks. On February 18, 2010, court took a break to allow Lubanga’s lawyers to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to conduct what Judge Adrian Fulford referred to as “critical research”. Once the trial resumes,…
The fourth witness called by the defense in the Thomas Lubanga trial appeared in court today but did not give any evidence in public session. The witness testified with protective measures including face and voice recognition. The start of today’s hearing was delayed by an hour and a half, due to what Judge Adrian Fulford…
A witness today told the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga that intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave him US$200 as payment for convincing his nephew to give false testimony against the accused. The boy subsequently testified as a prosecution witness and claimed that he was a former child soldier in Lubanga’s militia…
A defense witness told the Thomas Lubanga trial that his son appeared before the court as a prosecution witness and lied about serving as a child soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), the group which the International Criminal Court (ICC) says was led by Lubanga. Under cross-examination by the prosecution’s Manoj Sachdeva, the…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense opened today at the International Criminal Court (ICC), with his lawyers declaring that they would produce evidence to show that agents of the Office of The Prosecutor helped to fabricate the testimony of several witnesses who were called by the prosecution. Catherine Mabille, Lubanga’s lead counsel, said they would produce 16 witnesses…
The first witness to appear for the Thomas Lubanga defense is expected to give evidence tomorrow (Wednesday). The witness will presented after lead counsel Catherine Mabille has explained how the case will unfold and highlighted certain themes of the accused’s case. But Mabille has today said that they were experiencing some problems related to their…
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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