Over five years after the arrest of former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo and two and the half years after the commencement of his trial in The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) reached a significant milestone when on Friday August 26 2011, a three-judge Chamber, presided over by Judge Adrian Fulford officially closed the…
Some six years ago, the International Criminal Court started proceedings in the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a militia commander from Eastern Congo accused of conscripting, enlisting and using child soldiers. His trial was the first to open at the ICC in The Hague in January 2009; it is now entering its final stages, with the scheduled hearing of final arguments from the prosecution and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
War crimes accused Thomas Lubanga’s defense today asked judges to order the disclosure of the names of three intermediaries of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) who are due to give evidence related to the alleged corruption of evidence. Defense attorney Jean-Marie Biju-Duval stated that the defense needed this information in order to better prepare…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense today scrutinized various payments made by the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) to Congo-based intermediaries who helped to put prosecution investigators in touch with witnesses. Among the financial records under scrutiny during today’s hearing were those related to ‘intermediary 143’. According to the testimonies of several defense witnesses, ‘intermediary 143’ allegedly bribed…
The Thomas Lubanga trial today heard from a member of staff of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) that child soldiers who testified for the prosecution were never promised or given any incentives to provide incriminating evidence. Testifying for the second day, the witness, who works in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and handled…
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…
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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