Thomas Lubanga’s trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) resumed this week, and the role played by intermediaries of the court’s prosecution office continued to be the focus of defense questioning. On Monday, a field liaison officer with the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) was questioned by defense lawyers about payments made to intermediaries, who contacted…
Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today stalled as none of the witnesses who had been expected to give evidence this week were ready to take the witness stand. Although hearings had been scheduled for Monday to Friday this week, during today’s proceedings Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford announced that because…
The war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to resume next week, according to a schedule released by the Hague-based court. Next week, the hearings will be conducted Monday to Friday and are likely to have ‘intermediary 321’ as the first witness to testify. This intermediary, who has been implicated…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense attorneys are disturbed by a book written by a former consultant with the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP), which they claim calls into question the rights of the accused and the entire judicial process. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense attorney, said they intended to ask judges to admit extracts of the book…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense told court this week that two of its witnesses could not travel to The Hague to give evidence because their identities had been stolen by other people who are participating in the trial.As a result, these two defense witnesses had to give testimony via video link from Bunia in the Democratic Republic…
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 trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga this heard evidence from a defense witness who testified via video link from Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – and then proceeded onto the spring judicial recess. The trial is scheduled to resume on April 21, 2010. Before the start of the witness’ testimony…
The Thomas Lubanga trial today heard evidence from a defense witness who testified via video link from Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Before the start of her testimony, all of which was to be given in closed session, Judge Adrian Fulford advised that since the witness was vulnerable, questions should be…
Thomas Lubanga’s attorneys have asked for permission for one of the defense witnesses to testify via video link from Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They said traveling to The Hague would be cumbersome for the “extremely vulnerable” witnesses. Judges Adrian Fulford, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and René Blattmann ruled on February 10, 2010…
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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