Public testimony resumed today in the trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a week of closed sessions to take the testimony of ‘witness 582,’ an investigator for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), by deposition. Another OTP investigator, Nicolas Sebire, also known as ‘witness 583,’ testified based on his written…
An employee of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was today questioned by attorneys for war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga about payments the court’s prosecution office made to its intermediaries who contacted former child soldiers that testified against Mr. Lubanga. The witness works as a field liaison officer for the ICC’s Office of The Prosecutor (OTP)…
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…
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…
An investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court today started giving evidence in the Thomas Lubanga trial by explaining the roles of intermediaries in gathering evidence against Mr. Lubanga. The witness also described how payments were made to witnesses and to intermediaries of the court’s prosecution investigators. The unnamed…
An International Criminal Court agent forged a letter in which officials of a Congolese militia group purportedly threatened to kill a witness for agreeing to testify against Thomas Lubanga, ICC judges heard today. An unnamed witness, testifying in Mr. Lubanga’s defense, said an agent acting on behalf of ICC prosecutors and referred to in court…
Judges in the Thomas Lubanga trial today heard how agents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) allegedly paid a Congolese barber who had never been a soldier to lie to the court’s investigators that he was a former child soldier. The agents – or intermediaries – arranged a series of meetings with the man and ICC…
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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