On December 3, 2010, Trial Chamber I issued an order on three prosecution applications for nondisclosure of information in the trial of Thomas Lubanga for war crimes. The defense filed objections to some, but not all of the nondisclosure requests. Issues surrounding disclosure came to the fore following ‘witness 15’s’ June 2009 in-court revelation that…
The war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga reconvened this afternoon in The Hague to hear ‘witness 598,’ who the prosecutor substituted for ‘witness 555’ after he refused to testify. The hearing was closed to the public. Earlier, the prosecution announced that ‘witness 555’ would testify about the alleged climate of fear and intimidation in Bunia…
Disclosure Today in the trial of Thomas Lubanga, who is charged with the war crimes of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2002 and 2003, Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford opened the session by thanking the defense and prosecution for their “highly cooperative stance adopted last night” to resolve outstanding…
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 investigator of the prosecution office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently giving evidence in Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial by deposition in closed session that is anticipated to last throughout the week. According to prosecutors, he will give evidence on general matters related to the use and management of intermediaries and on…
An intermediary of the prosecution office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied that he bribed an individual to falsely claim to investigators that he had served as a child soldier in the group Thomas Lubanga allegedly commanded. In his testimony, which lasted five days this week, the intermediary also claimed that he did…
A prosecution witness, who was unable to testify in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial last year due to ill health, will give evidence next Monday, according to presiding judge Adrian Fulford. ‘Witness 297’, a former child soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), the militia group that Mr. Lubanga is alleged to have…
Thomas Lubanga’s lawyers have told judges that they need the transcripts of testimonies of some witnesses to be urgently reviewed after they found “extremely important discrepancies” in one of the transcripts they have just reviewed. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense counsel, today told court that the defense needs the transcripts to be reviewed urgently because…
In a week where there was little activity in open session of the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga, the defense called their eleventh and twelfth witnesses, but the gist of their testimonies remained unknown as they gave most of their evidence in camera. Both had protective measures such as face 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…
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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