The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected an application from Mathieu Ngudjolo seeking instructions on how he is to prepare for his appeals trial given his current detention in the Netherlands. On December 18, 2012, Trial Chamber II of the ICC acquitted Ngudjolo of all charges relating to crimes against humanity ... Continue reading
The defense for Germain Katanga has made submissions regarding a potential change in the charges against its client. The timing and nature of the change would violate Katanga’s rights to a fair trial and would risk harming the reputation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the defense argued. The prosecutor of the ICC originally charged ... Continue reading
Responding to a request by Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the prosecution has submitted its observations on the proposed changes to the charges against Germain Katanga. Katanga, who faces charges of three crimes against humanity and seven war crimes, has been on trial before the ICC since November 2009. Nearly six ... Continue reading
April
4
2013
Prosecution Files Confidential Appeal Brief
The prosecution has filed a confidential appeal brief in the case against Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The prosecution had charged Ngudjolo with seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during an attack on the ... Continue reading
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld a decision by a majority of Trial Chamber II giving notice that the trial chamber may change the nature of the case faced by Germain Katanga. The ICC prosecutor charged Katanga with crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during an attack on ... Continue reading
February
21
2013
Prosecution and Victims Representatives Respond to Katanga Appeal
The prosecution and the legal representatives for victims have responded to Germain Katanga’s appeal against possible legal changes in the case against him. The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Katanga with crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during an attack on Bogoro, a village in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ... Continue reading
February
19
2013
Ngudjolo Detained by the Netherlands as he Seeks Asylum
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, recently acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been taken into custody by Dutch officials, allegedly on an immigration infraction. He has claimed asylum in the Netherlands and is currently being held in a detention center at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam. Ngudjolo has requested assistance from the ICC in securing his ... Continue reading
Trial Chamber II at the ICC has requested information from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Netherlands in order to determine whether it can continue to detain three witnesses from the trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui. The three witnesses were brought to The Hague in March 2011 to testify ... Continue reading
January
18
2013
Katanga Appeals Proposed Changes to His Case
Germain Katanga has appealed a decision to change the charges against him made months after the parties had closed their cases. The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Katanga with crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during an attack on Bogoro, a village in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Continue reading
On December 18, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted former Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of the seven war crimes and three crimes against humanity prosecutors had charged him with. Now, Ngudjolo wishes to seek asylum in Belgium instead of returning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following ... Continue reading
