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Tag Archives: Pre-Trial Chamber
ECCC: Ieng: Request for Annulment of All Investigations Denied
2010-06-25, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) granted the defence’s appeal of the Co-Investigative Judges’ (CIJ) order rejecting the defence’s request for annulment of all investigations. However, the PTC dismissed the request for annulment, after reconsidering it on its merits. Procedural History On December 7, 2009, the defence filed a request to annul all investigations [...]
Posted in ECCC Also tagged 002/19-09-2007-ECCC/OCIJ, actual bias, Andrew Cayley, application for annulment, apprehended bias, Article 14, bias, burden of proof, Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Chea Leang, CIJ, Co-Investigative Judge, confidentiality, confidentiality of the investigation, Dianna Ellis QC, discretion, documentary, double-hearsay, exculpatory evidence, film crew, harmed interest, hearsay, Huot Vuthy, ICCPR, Ieng Thirith, inculpatory evidence, Internal Rule 21, Internal Rule 56(2)(b), Internal Rule 74(3)(g), Internal Rule 76(2), Internal Rule 76(5), international side, Judge Lemonde, Judge You Bunleng, lack of impartiality, lack of independence, Marcel Lemonde, national side, Ney Thol, objective bias, obligation to act independently, obligation to act jointly, OCIJ, OCP, Office of the Co-Prosecutors, Phat Pouv Seang, Prak Kimsan, presumption of judicial impartiality, procedural defect, PTC, request for annulment, Rowan Downing, standard of proof, stay of proceedings, subjective bias, witness interview, You Bun Leng Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in ICC Also tagged aggression, allegations, Amos Wako, Attorney General, delay, election violence, filtering mechanism, ICC Conference, judicial independence, jurisdiction, Kampala, Kenya, political interference, Security Council, Uganda, United Nations, UNSC Comments closed
ICC: PTC to Render a Decision on Kenya on Wednesday
2010-03-29, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Pre-Trial Chamber should decide on Wednesday whether to allow the OTP to initiate an investigation into post-2008 election crimes committed in Kenya. The OTP requested the PTC to authorize an investigation on 26 November 2009. CapitaNews | CapitalNews | ICC | 2009.11.26 – Kenya – Request for Authorization
ECCC: 002: No Armed Conflict Nexus Requirement from the Definition of Crimes Against Humanity