Tag Archives: Kenya

Abstract: Access: Victims’ Rights before the International Criminal Court (Issue 17)

What: Access: Victims’ Rights before the International Criminal Court Issue 17 Who: Victims’ Rights Working Group When: Winter 2010 When: VRWG Abstract: This issue includes articles that address Bemba & Lubanga Trials, Callixte Mbarushimana case, Arrest of Mai Mai Chief for Walikale violence, Review Conference, First trial in motion before the War Crimes Division – Uganda, UVF [...]
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ICC: Kenya: OTP Releases the Names of 6 Accused in the Kenyan Post-Election Violence Case

2010-12-15, The Hague, The Netherlands. The ICC Prosecutor requested PTC II to issue Summonses to Appear for 6 Kenyan citizens, because he found that there were reasonable grounds to believe that these individuals were responsible for the post-election violence (PEV) in Kenya. These are: First Case: 1. William Samoei Ruto – currently: Minister of Higher Education, [...]
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Kenya: High Court Refuses Jurisdiction to Try Piracy

2010-11-09, Mombasa, Kenya. Judge Mohammed Ibrahim of the High Court in Mombasa ordered the release of 9 individuals accused of piracy on the ground that he did not have jurisdiction to try offences committed outside Kenyan territorial waters. The decision came as a result of a motion filed by the accused for stay of proceedings. [...]
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ICC: Kenya: A Victim of Post-Election Violence Seeks Domestic Prosecutions

2010-09-28, Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Kepha Mwembi filed a motion seeking an order forcing a former Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence, Mr. Justice Philip Waki, to disclose the names of persons who, the Commission found, were responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya. The suit names Mr Justice Waki, who is a [...]
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ICC: Kenya: High Court Denies Motion for an Interlocutory Stay of the ICC Investigation

2010-10-27, Mombasa, Kenya. Mr Justice Jackton Ojwang’  of the High Court in Mombasa denied an interlocutory motion brought by Mr. Joseph Gathungu, a Kenyan businessman, for an order requiring the Kenyan government to suspend the ICC’s investigation until the court ruled on Mr. Gathungu’s constitutional reference (seeking, effectively, a permanent injunction against the ICC investigation in [...]
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USA: Former Somali Chief of Security Files Reply to the Torture Lawsuit

2010-06-11, Columbus, Ohio, United States. Abdi Aden Magan, former Chief of the Somali Security Service filed a response to the complaint that alleged that he is responsible for torture. According to the news reports, it appears that the defendant pleaded the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act on the basis that he acted in official capacity, limitations [...]
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ICC: Ocampo Gives Further Details on the Kenyan Situation

2010-06-01, Kampala, Uganda. During the ICC Review Conference, Ocampo gave further details of the ICC’s investigation into the Kenyan post-election violence: 2 cases with 2-3 suspects in each will commence by December 2010; 60 witnesses will be testifying for the OTP and will be given witness protection; so far the Kenyan government fully cooperated with [...]
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ICC: African States Don't Want Politicization of the Crime of Aggression

2010-05-31, Kampala, Uganda. During the ICC Conference, Amos Wako, Kenyan Attorney General, stated that the ICC’s exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression should not be subject to the UNSC approval: Some have suggested that the Council’s prior approval for the exercise of jurisdiction is a necessary consequence of the provisions of the Charter [...]
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ICC: Kenya: Six Accused to be Prosecuted at the ICC

2010-05-10, Nairobi, Kenya. During his visit to Kenya, ICC Chief Prosecutor, stated that 6 individuals most responsible for post-election violence in Kenya will be prosecuted by the ICC. Ocampo met a Cabinet committee that was created to facilitate ICC investigations and is chaired by Internal Security minister George Saitoti. He did not disclose the names [...]
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ICC: Kenya: PTC2 Approves Investigation into Kenyan Post-Electoral Violence

2010-03-31, The Hague, The Netherlands. The majority of the Pre-Trial Chamber II approved the OTP’s request to initiate an investigation into post-electoral violence in Kenya on the ground that there is evidence indicating that crimes against humanity have been committed.  Judge Hans-Peter Kaul dissented on the ground that there was no evidence that violence has been [...]
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