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ICC: Mbarushimana: PTC Rejects the Defence Challenge to the Jurisdiction of the Court

By Editor | Published: November 1, 2011

2011-10-26, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court rejected the Defence challenge to the jurisdiction of the ICC. The defence argued that the original referral by the DRC government only covered crimes committed in the Ituri region prior to the referral. As a result, according to the defence, the Court [...]

Posted in ICC | Also tagged 1445, 1565, Anton Steynberg, article 14(1), Article 19(4), balance of probabilities, beyond a reasonable doubt, Callixte Mbarushimana, complementarity, Cuno Tarfusser, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Didier Preira, Fatou Bensouda, FDLR, Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda, geographical limit, Ghislain Mabanga Monga Mabanga, ICC, ICC Rome Statute, ICC-01/04-01/10, International Criminal Court, Jean-Louis Gilissen, Joseph Keta, jurisdiction, Kivus, link, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Mayombo Kassongo, MONUC, Nicholas Kaufman, North Kivus, objective criteria, Orientale Province, Paolina Massidda, referral, Resolution, Rome Statute, rule 58(1), Sanji Mmasenono Monageng, Sarah Pellet, Security Council, Senior Trial Lawyer, Silvana Arbia, situation, situation of crisis, South Kivus, standard of proof, Sylvia Steiner, temporal limit, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Prosecutor V. Callixte Mbarushimana, Yael Vias-Gvirsman | Comments closed

Report: Corporate War Crimes: Prosecuting the Pillage of Natural Resources

By Editor | Published: December 10, 2010

In October 2010, Open Society Foundation published a report “Corporate War Crimes: Prosecuting the Pillage of Natural Resources” written by James G. Stewart. Below is the summary: Pillage means theft during war. Although the prohibition against pillage dates to the Roman Empire, pillaging is a modern war crime that can be enforced before international and [...]

Posted in Report | Also tagged accountability, Angola, atrocity, commercial pillage, Criminal Court, East Timor, exploitation, financing conflict, international treaty, Iraq, James G. Stewart, Liberia, Myanmar, natural resources, Nuremburg trial, pillage, property rights, Sierra Leone, theft, war, war crime | Comments closed

ICC: Mbarushimana: Paris Court of Appeals Denies Bail

By Editor | Published: October 29, 2010

2010-10-27, Paris, France. La Chambre de l’instruction of the Paris Court of Appeals refused to release Callixte Mbarushimana, an alleged leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), from custody pending the decision on his extradition to the ICC. Mr. Mbarushimana was arrested on October 11, 2010 pursuant to an arrest warrant issued under seal [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts, ICC | Also tagged arrest warrant, Article 25(3)(d), attacks against the civilian population, bail, Callixte Mbarushimana, Court of Appeals, crimes against humanity, custody, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, destruction of property, DRC, Eastern Congo, Executive Secretary, extradition, FDLR, ICC, inhuman treatment, inhumane acts, Kivus, La Chambre de l'instruction, large scale, murder, Nord Kivu, Paris, persecution, Pre-Trial Chamber I, rape, reasonable grounds to believe, refugee status, release, Steering Committee, Sud Kivu, torture, war crimes, widespread and systematic | Comments closed

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