Lawyer and Associate Member of 9 Bedford Row International, Jens Dieckmann, has been invited by the Ukrainian Human Rights NGO ‘Center for Civil Liberites’ to participate in a high-level roundtable discussion on the “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Rome Statute of the ICC… Read more »
This year, the Day of International Criminal Justice (17th July 2016) is set to commemorate the 18th anniversary since the adoption of the Rome Statute on 17th July 1998. The Rome Statute is the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which seeks to deter people from committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war… Read more »
On 30th June 2016, the International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA) held its Constitutional Congress in The Hague at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The amended Constitution has been adopted by 97.5% support of the voting members. The following day (1st July), the ICCBA held its 1st General Assembly, also at the ICC. Mr. Jens… Read more »
On Wednesday 8th June the International Bar Association (IBA) Hague Office organized an event that was a Roundtable Discussion on Trials in absentia in international criminal justice. Over 130 delegates were in attendance. The event consisted of a keynote presentation by Judge Ivana Hrdličková, the President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which was… Read more »
Yesterday (June 21st) it was announced that Jean-Pierre Bemba, Congolese ex-rebel leader, has been jailed for 18 years following a conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, for war crimes and sexual violence. The conviction is the first time that the ICC… Read more »
Robert Murtfeld organised a dignified remembrance event in honour of John Jones QC in New York on 2 June 2016. John sadly died last month and Robert who had worked with John at the ICC on the Saif Gaddaffi case, organised this event to honour a great lawyer who was a dear friend to us… Read more »
The former ruler of Chad, Hissene Habre, has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. The convictions include rape, sexual slavery and ordering the killings of 40,000 people during the course of his rule, which lasted for eight years from 1982 – 1990. The landmark trial took place in Senegal and… Read more »
by Gillian Higgins and Steven Kay QC On 12th May 2016, 55 of the 81 members of the Senate voted to put President Rousseff on trial before the Senate on charges alleging the breaking of budgetary laws during her tenure as President. After being officially notified, Dilma Rousseff was suspended, ending 13 years of rule… Read more »
Over the course of one week in June (13th – 18th) there is a series of evening seminars being held at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia which will be followed by a full day mock trial scheduled for Saturday 18th that all attendees can participate in. The seminars will be conducted… Read more »
Today, Simone Gbagbo (pictured) is set to go on trial on charges of crimes against humanity relating to the 2010-2011 post-election violence committed in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has specifically charged her with allegedly committing acts of murder, rape and persecution, among other inhuman offences. The trial is taking… Read more »
70 years after the judgment at Nuremberg – has the US failed to support international justice at the ICC? Steven Kay QC of 9 Bedford Row International is to take part in a mock trial prosecution of the issue concerning the US not joining the International Criminal Court. The trial will enable both the pro-ICC… Read more »
Situation: Central African Republic On Friday, 29th April 2016, Trial Chamber VII of the International Criminal Court closed the submission of evidence in the case The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido and scheduled the trial’s closing oral statements to start on Tuesday 31st… Read more »
Three months after the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda partially granted his appeal against sentence, the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has ordered the release of Alphonse Nteziryayo, who for a time held the position of Préfet of Butare, Rwanda, during the 1994 conflict. His release was ordered… Read more »
By Margaret Owen, reporting from Turkey In Istanbul on Friday 22nd April, by mid-morning, thousands of people had gathered in the square outside the courthouse, the largest in the world, carrying banners and pictures of the 4 imprisoned academics, and bearing slogans demanding freedom of… Read more »
It is with great sadness we report the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague John Jones QC. John was a leading light of the international criminal law fraternity whose contribution to this area of law was immense in scholarship and practise. We all spent happy and exciting times with him in… Read more »
Written by Jens Dieckmann The ICCBA is now registered as an Association under the law of The Netherlands. The former Drafting Committee, chaired by Michael Karnavas and including inter alia Jens Dieckmann, Associate Member of 9 Bedford Row International, have been assigned as provisional Directors, solely… Read more »
By Marina Mayer The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has ordered an indefinite halt to the trial of Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadžić as the majority of the judges in the Trial Chamber have ruled that he is “currently unfit to stand trial”. Hadžić’s trial commenced in 2012, but he was later… Read more »
The International Bar Association is hold an experts’ roundtable discussion on ‘Trials in Absentia in International Criminal Justice’. The event will take place on 8th June 2016 from 14:00-17:30 at the Hague Institute for Global Justice located at Sophialaan 10, The Hague. The Keynote presentation will be delivered by Judge Ivana Hrdlicková, the President of the… Read more »
Written by David Hooper QC Successful applications at international criminal courts to stop a case at the close of the prosecution’s case are as rare as hens’ teeth. This is not surprising, given the serious nature of the cases and the fact that the prosecution would have spent years and extensive resources investigating the… Read more »
By Marina Mayer His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will officially open the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court on 19 April 2016. An opening ceremony will take place on that day, hosted by the ICC President, Judge Silvia Fernández and President of the Assembly of States Parties, H.E. Mr Sidiki Kaba. Among the 350 expected guests… Read more »
