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ICC: Lubanga: TCI Grants 5 out of 7 New Applications of Victims for Participation in the Proceedings

2011-07-25, The Hague, The Netherlands. Judge Adrian Fulford granted 5 out of 7 new applications of victims for participation in the proceedings. He dismissed defence counsel’s objections that the overall extent and effect of the redactions affected essential information which limited the opportunity for the defence to make submissions on the admissibility of these applications BECAUSE [...]
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ICC: Lubanga: OTP Shall Disclose Information Re Defence Witnesses

2010-11-12, The Hague, The Netherlands. In its Decision on the Scope of the Prosecution’s Disclosure Obligations as regards Defence Witnesses, the Trial Chamber held that the prosecution’s disclosure obligations under Rule 11 are wide, and they encompass, inter alia, any item that is relevant to the preparation of the defence, and include not only material [...]
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ICC: OTP Intermediaries to Be Disclosed to the Defence

2010-06-02, The Hague, The Netherlands. Judges ordered the OTP to provide the Defence with the details of the professional background of intermediaries. The Chamber rejected the OTP’s suggestion to examine the intermediaries in the absence of both parties, and to hear evidence about selection of intermediaries from the “appropriate representative”. The Chamber found that both [...]
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ICC: Lubanga: Missing-In-Action ICC Investigators Ordered to Testify

2010-06-01, The Hague, The Netherlands. Judge Adrian Fulford ordered the OTP to produce 2 investigators to give evidence in respect of allegations that intermediaries bribed and coached witnesses, leading to false testimonies before the Chamber. Judge Fulford rejected the OTP’s claims that they don’t know where their own investigators are, and pointed out that one [...]
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ICC: Lubanga: Decision on Judicial Questioning

2010-03-18, The Hague, The Netherlands. The TC1 rendered a decision responding to the concerns raised by the defence in respect of the questions asked by judges of the OTP witness. The defence argued that the question may appear biased if repeated during examination of the defence witnesses. The defence argued that (1) the TC should [...]
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ICC: Lubanga: Witness Testifies to Bribing and Coaching

2010-03-08, The Hague, The Netherlands. A defence witness, a barber by profession, testifies that the OTP’s intermediary paid him to falsely testify that he was a child soldier, and organized ‘coaching sessions’ on what to say to the OTP investigators. AllAfrica | LubangaTrial |
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