Monday, May 20, 2013
News | International Criminal Court (ICC)
| Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana sent to ICC | |
BBC News - January 25, 2011 | |
 | The head of a Rwandan rebel group accused of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extradited from France to The Hague. Callixte Mbarushimana was arrested in Paris last October, following a request from the International Criminal Court. |
| US President Barack Obama outlines plan to defeat Ugandan LRA rebels | |
BBC News - November 25, 2010 | |
 | US President Barack Obama has outlined a plan to disarm one of Africa's most feared rebel militias, the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army. LRA leaders initially claimed to be fighting to install a theocracy in Uganda based on the Biblical 10 commandments. But they now roam across parts of Sudan and Central African Republic (CAR), as well as north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Bemba Supporters Say War Crimes Trial is Political | |
VOA News - November 23, 2010 | |
 | Supporters of former Congolese rebel leader and former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba say his war crimes trial is politically motivated. He faces two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba War Crimes Trial Begins Monday | |
VOA News - November 21, 2010 | |
 | Prosecutors indicted Bemba for two crimes against humanity and three war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic territory during the period from 26th October 2002 to 15th March 2003. |
| ICC: Ruling on the detention of Jean-Pierre Bemba to be reviewed | |
ICC - November 19, 2010 | |
 | The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court directed Trial Chamber III to conduct a new review of the ruling on the detention of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, reversing the Trial Chamber’s decision of 28 July, 2010. Until and subject to that new review, Mr Bemba will remain in detention. |
| ICC Dismisses Jean-Pierre Bemba's Appeal on Admissibility of His Case | |
ICC - October 19, 2010 | |
 | the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court confirmed the decision of Trial Chamber III entitled “Decision on the Admissibility and Abuse of Process Challenges” and dismissed Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo’s appeal against this decision. This judgment confirms that the case against Mr Bemba is admissible. |
| US Welcomes Arrest of Callixte Mbarushimana | |
U.S. Department of State/Philip J. Crowley - October 13, 2010 | |
 | The United States welcomes the October 11, 2010 arrest by French authorities of Callixte Mbarushimana, indicted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009. As a top official of the FDLR, Mbarushimana had also been listed in 2008 for targeted UN and U.S. sanctions. |
| FDLR leader Callixte Mbarushimana arrested in France on ICC warrant | |
ICC - October 11, 2010 | |
| In accordance with the warrant of arrest issued under seals by the judges of the International Criminal Court on 28 September, 2010, the French authorities arrested Mr Callixte Mbarushimana, suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Kivu provinces, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Thomas Lubanga trial to resume at ICC | |
ICC - October 8, 2010 | |
 | The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court reversed Trial Chamber I’s decisions to stay proceedings in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, and to release the accused. In accordance with this decision, Mr Lubanga Dyilo will remain in the custody of the Court during the trial proceedings, which can now be resumed. |
| Action needed to investigate a decade of crimes in the DRC | |
Amnesty International - October 1, 2010 | |
 | The publication of the UN mapping report documenting gross human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a significant first step, but concrete action is needed to ensure that those responsible are held to account. The cycle of violence and abuses will only stop if those responsible for crimes under international law are held to account. |
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