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…
The Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial will not sit for three days this week since there are no witnesses ready to testify. Earlier scheduled to be conducted for four days this week beginning today, the trial will now resume on Thursday. Mr. Lubanga’s defense has already called all the witnesses it had lined up to…
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…
Thomas Lubanga is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 49-year-old first appeared in court at The Hague on March 20, 2006, and faces the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2002 and 2003. Prosecutors…
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…
A former child soldier testifying in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga said today that he was reluctant to quit the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia, even when a relief worker repeatedly promised him financial support if he abandoned military service. ‘Witness 297’, who was testifying for the second day, told the trial…
A former child soldier in the group which war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga allegedly led today described a meeting Mr. Lubanga attended with the top commanders of the armed militia of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC). ‘Witness 297’ told court that he was grabbed from his school by soldiers led by Floribert Kisembo and…
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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