Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today halted proceedings in the war crimes trial of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga, citing abuse of the court’s process. They said the immediate cause of the stay of proceedings was the prosecution’s “unequivocal refusal to implement the repeated orders” made by judges for the disclosure of…
Thomas Lubanga’s trial today stalled as prosecutors made spirited pleas to judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reconsider their order for the disclosure of the identity of a prosecution intermediary. Prosecutors pleaded that if the identity of ‘intermediary 143’ were revealed to Mr. Lubanga’s defense before protective measures were instituted for the intermediary,…
The defense for war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga today called a new witness, but none of his evidence was heard in open court. After taking the oath, the witness went on to give his evidence in camera. The witness, whose name was not given in public, becomes the third to be called by Mr. Lubanga’s…
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 fourth witness called by the defense in the Thomas Lubanga trial appeared in court today but did not give any evidence in public session. The witness testified with protective measures including face and voice recognition. The start of today’s hearing was delayed by an hour and a half, due to what Judge Adrian Fulford…
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…
As the second defense witness in the Lubanga trial started testifying on Tuesday this week, judges berated the prosecutors for failing to tell the accused’s lawyers some important information they had collected about two of the defense witnesses in a timely way. The contest over the disclosures came after the first defense witness had finished his testimony, in which…
The second defense witness to appear in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial today gave evidence without protective measures such as face and voice recognition – but he gave almost all of his evidence in closed session. Because he said little in sessions which were open to the public, it was not known in what capacity…
ICC Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been present in court almost every day of the prosecution’s case against Thomas Lubanga, which concluded on July 14. She recently spoke to the Lubanga Trial website about the controversy over sexual violence charges, the challenges of witness protection, and why victims’ participation is important. Rachel Irwin: The issue…
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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