ICC Cases
How judges decided to unveil Ruto witness who did not want to go abroad
By Susan Kendi Thanks to a document dump by the international Criminal Court (ICC), we are getting firsthand insights into the great lengths to which the Court went to protect...
Read moreDetailsHow ICC judges tried to protect Ruto-Sang witness who was feared abducted
By Susan Kendi A recent document dump by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is offering some rare insights into the extraordinary steps taken by the Court to protect witnesses in...
Read moreDetailsICC hosts launch of civil society forum to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute
On 15 February 2018, the International Criminal Court (ICC) hosted the launch of the Coalition for the ICC’s commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute – the Court’s founding treaty– with an...
Read moreDetailsBensouda: A childhood free from violence is not a privilege
By Susan Kendi On February 12, 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement on the International Day against the use of...
Read moreDetailsLawyer describes Ongwen as victim in northern Ugandan event
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 moreDetailsWitness tells ICC judges how he twice missed death by a whisker
By Susan Kendi On the morning of June 24, 2003, neighbours passing by his home told Witness P-200 that Lord Resistance Army (LRA) fighters had been spotted using a road...
Read moreDetailsMy role in the LRA involved eating while sitting on a dead body, witness tells judges
By Susan Kendi Witness P-200, who is testifying in the ongoing Dominic Ongwen trial, told the Trial Chamber IX of the ICC that he served under the command of Lord’s...
Read moreDetailsHow we attacked Rwara Girls School and abducted girls – LRA man
By Susan Kendi On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, one of the lawyers representing Dominic Ongwen, Abigail Bridgman, began cross-examining Witness P-200 during his crimes against humanity trial. The witness had...
Read moreDetailsBrigade sickbay was disbanded for lack of people to collect food, witness tells ICC
By Susan Kendi On Friday, January 19, 2018, Witness P-145 told the International Criminal Court that members of the sickbay were disbanded, scattered and distributed in other groups because there...
Read moreDetailsKony ordered us to cut off Tabuley’s head and carry it to Sudan within four days, witness tells court
By Susan Kendi Lord’s Resistance Army commander Joseph Kony ordered the head of one of his brigade commanders cut off and transported to him in Sudan within four days after...
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