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 war crimes trial of alleged former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga today continued exclusively in closed session. On Monday, defense attorney Jean-Marie Biju-Duval stated that he planned to conduct most of the cross-examination of the witness who goes by the pseudonym ‘intermediary 321’ in closed session. “I am ready to start [intermediary] 321’s examination,…
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will next Friday deliver judgment on the prosecution’s appeal against the release of Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga. In a statement issued today, the court said judgments on the prosecution’s appeals against the trial chamber’s decisions to stay proceedings in the case and to release Mr.…
Trial judges have refused an application by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for permission to interview pending witnesses in the Thomas Lubanga trial while proceedings remain suspended. In a ruling handed down on September 24, 2010, judges Adrian Fulford, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and René Blattmann rejected the prosecution’s request on the grounds that the…
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…
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…
At least four prosecution witnesses will be called back to the witness stand to rebut evidence advanced by Thomas Lubanga’s defense, the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) said today. Prosecuting attorney Manoj Sachdeva said that besides the four prosecution witnesses who testified last year, they were also trying to have at least two other individuals…
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…
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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