Africa Cases
Judges defer decision on proving mental disease and duress defense
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have deferred a decision on the amount and the quality of evidence Dominic Ongwen’s lawyers need to present to prove he is not...
Read moreDetailsLukodi was poorly protected before rebel attack, village vigilante tells court
A witness described how the Lukodi camp for internally displaced people (IDP) was left poorly protected days before the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the camp 15 years ago. Michael...
Read moreDetailsOngwen hearing put off after his lawyer’s arrest in northern Uganda
Hearings in the trial of Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court were halted on Monday and Tuesday this week after his lead lawyer was arrested in. According to local media reports,...
Read moreDetailsAppeals judges reject bid to challenge 41 counts against Ongwen
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has rejected a defense submission challenging the decision of Trial Chamber IX to decline to dismiss 41 of the 70 counts of...
Read moreDetailsCongo warlord guilty of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) conviction of the Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda sends a strong message that justice may await those responsible for grave crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Read moreDetailsOngwen did not take part in Pajule attack, defence witness tells court
A second defense witness has told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that Dominic Ongwen did not participate in a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on the Pajule camp for internally...
Read moreDetailsProsecution lawyer: Direct evidence in Ongwen case more powerful than experts
This article presents an abridged version of an interview conducted with Dahirou Santa-Anna, the international cooperation advisor in the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
Read moreDetailsOngwen was at the sick bay during the Pajule attack, witness tells ICC judges
A former escort to Dominic Ongwen told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that Ongwen did not help plan or participate in a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on the Pajule...
Read moreDetailsLRA boss Joseph Kony ordered Ongwen’s death, witness tells ICC
By Tom Maliti On Tuesday, a former long-standing member of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that she heard that LRA leader Joseph Kony ordered...
Read moreDetailsTorture survivor names ICC prosecutor in Gambia truth hearings
By Waga Odongo Fatou Bensouda’s past has been dramatically brought into the limelight at the first session of Gambia’s Truth and Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. The ICC Chief...
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