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…
Thomas Lubanga’s lawyers today told court that they would like to question a former prosecution witness about certain elements of his testimony, but prosecutors are opposed to the move. Mr. Lubanga faces the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting and using child soldiers in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2002 and…
The eleventh witness called for Thomas Lubanga’s defense today started giving evidence, but mostly testified in closed session. Although he had earlier indicated that he would testify without protective measures, ‘Witness 23’ last Friday requested for protection, according to presiding judge Adrian Fulford. The judge said the witness had explained that he needed protective measures…
The Thomas Lubanga trial today took an early adjournment after the defense noted that there were mistakes in the English transcript of the testimony of the fourth defense witness. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense attorney, asked for the adjournment, and Judge Adrian Fulford granted it about two hours before the time court was scheduled to…
The Thomas Lubanga defense today called their third witness who testified that although he was never in the armed forces, he and other boys who had equally never served in any military group were paraded before some unnamed people as former child soldiers. The witness, Claude Nyéki Django, said a man known as Dudu took…
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…
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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