Lubanga defense witness Claude Nyeki Django testified for the third day that Thomas Lubanga’s Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) did not draft child soldiers. The proceeding stopped for a time because Django broke down on the stand for a second time. After meeting with a psychologist from the Victims and Witness Unit (VWU) of...
The Interational Criminal Court, pre-trial chamber I today ruled that the Office of the Prosecutor had not provided sufficient evidence to continue the case against Bahar Idriss Abu Garda for trial. Abu Garda was the first case from the Sudan to come before the court. He appeared voluntarily with counsel in May of 2009...
The trial of Germain Katanga and Matthieu Ngdolo Chui resumed today at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. This is the second ICC case to proceed to trial. Katanga and Chui are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity as part of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are...
A third child soldier victim of Thomas Lubanga testified about the treatment of young soldiers at the direction of Lubanga. The victim testified about his abduction and conscription into the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC in French). A detailed report on the day of testimony is available here. The testimony is part of the...
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