Impunity Watch: Special Features

On 20 November at 09:00 local time in The Hague, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, presented an application in his third case in the Darfur situation. A complete summary of the case can be found below.  

Darfour 3 - Traduction par le Bureau du Procureur du résumé de la requête du Procureur en vertu de l'article 58 

Darfur 3 - Public Document- Final Summary-ARA 

Darfur 3 - Summary of the Prosecutor's Application under Article 58 (EN) 

Prosecuting Children in Times of Conflict: The West African Experience

Professor David M. Crane is a distinguished professor of practice at Syracuse University College of Law and the Faculty Advisor for Impunity Watch. From 2002 to 2005, he served as the first Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. This article chronicling his experience in Sierra Leone is re-published with permission from the author and American University Washington College of Law.

The article can be found here.

Hearing for Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to be Available Via Internet

On 31 October Trial-Chamber III of the International Criminal Court ordered that the Confirmation of Charges hearing for the case of The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo will be held from 8 December to 12 December of this year.  This public hearing will determine if there is sufficient evidence against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to believe that he committed the crimes for which he is charged.

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is alleged to be criminally responsible for five counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity in the territory of the Central African Republic from 25 October 2002 to 15 March 2003.

The full press release for the International Criminal Court can be found here.
This, and other hearings, will be available for webcast here.