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The ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian national, speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in The Gambia on 15 October 2018. On that day, many people in the audience said they were shocked by her presence.
Will Fatou Bensouda face the Truth Commission in Gambia?
11 July 2019 by Thierry Cruvellier + Mustapha K. Darboe
Before speaking on behalf of the victims of serious crimes as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda faithfully served, in the highest judicial offices, a military dictatorship in her country, the Gam [...]
Ntaganda’s conviction, a sweeping win for the ICC Prosecutor
9 July 2019 by Stephanie van den Berg with Claude Sengenya
The conviction of Bosco Ntaganda, a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 8 comes as a relief for the Court’s prosecutor. It is also hailed as a victory for th [...]
ICC: Bosco Ntaganda found guilty 18 times
8 July 2019 by AFP
Bosco Ntaganda, former leader of the rebel group of the Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), was convicted on 8 July of all charges brought against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Aged 45, he [...]
Arrest warrant for Congolese militia leader raises concern and suspicion
8 July 2019 by Claude Sengenya
On June 7, the North Kivu Military Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant against rebel leader Shimirayi Mwisha Guidon, leader of an important militia group in this region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The C [...]
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5 July 2019 by Barbora Hola
Early release of ICTR convicts: the practice beyond the outrage For years, hardly anyone paid much attention to issues of incarceration, rehabilitation, release and reintegration of convicted génocidaires by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Until a year ago when the gover [...]
3 July 2019 by Kerstin Carlson
Al-Bashir and the ICC: is it worth getting your man, if you jeopardise your mission? The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for the immediate surrender of former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir for indictments dating back to 2009. But Kerstin Carlson warns that such a move would require colla [...]
2 July 2019 by Nader I. Diab
CAR’s Special Criminal Court should start preparing for reparations now Almost a year after the adoption of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic, things seem to be moving forward with the recent announcement that several investigations could [...]
1 July 2019 by Fannie Lafontaine, Amanda Ghahremani and Catherine Savard
Canada’s genocide of Indigenous peoples: Time for decolonisation On June 3, 2019, after three years of hearing thousands of stories of systemic and structural violence, Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Canad [...]
28 June 2019 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Key junta member Touray puts Gambia's truth commission to the test “This is the first time the powers of this Commission have been so blatantly challenged,” said the Lead Counsel of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on June 26. On that morning, Yankuba Touray, a key memb [...]
27 June 2019 by Thierry Cruvellier
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh accused of rape Three women accuse former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh of rape and sexual assault in a report published on June 26 by Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International. Their testimonies, as well as those of others who worked for Jamme [...]
25 June 2019 by Bokoum Abdoul Momini
In Mali, the truth commission opens the debate on reparations The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Mali (CVJR), initially established in January 2014 for a period of three years, started its work years late and is now continuing its work beyond the time allowed for its mandate [...]
24 June 2019 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia’s TRRC encounter with a man once feared The sensation last week before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in the Gambia was the testimony of General Alagie Martin. A fiercely loyal officer to former dictator Yahya Jammeh, he admitted torture – he calle [...]
20 June 2019 by Claude Sengenya
DRC: Victims of Kisangani’s “Six-Day War” urge Tshisekedi to act Nineteen years ago, from 5 -10 June  2000, the town of Kisangani in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was the scene of fighting between the armies of Rwanda and Uganda. These two countries supported different factions of [...]
18 June 2019 by Kim Thuy Seelinger
Sexual violence in conflict: The bright side behind UN resolution 2467 Last April, advocates against conflict-related sexual violence were consumed by frustration. A hard-line, anti-contraception and anti-abortion U.S. government had forced the United Nations Security Council to silence an essential [...]
17 June 2019 by Julia Crawford
Could the ICC address human trafficking as an international crime? While reports appeared of migrants in Libyan detention centres being abused and sold into slavery, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said in 2016 and 2017 that human trafficking could be a new priority for t [...]
14 June 2019 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Being on Gambia’s TV without knowing it: Life of an opponent under Jammeh Public hearings before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission have resumed on June 10 in Gambia. This week’s hearings were devoted to the fate of members of the main political opposition party. Including Amadou Sanne [...]
13 June 2019 by Christine Tshibuyi (in Kinshasa) and Ephrem Rugiririza
Congo/ICC: Germain Katanga’s double sentence Former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga has served his sentence handed down by the International Criminal Court (ICC). But for the last three years, he has been under prosecution in Kinshasa in a new trial that has not rea [...]
12 June 2019 by JusticeInfo.net
Time for the truth in Gambia Since January 2019, Gambians have been glued to the public hearings of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). This commission was established to shed light on human rights violations committed durin [...]
11 June 2019 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Who are the key players at Gambia’s Truth Commission Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has resumed its public hearings on June 10. Since January the TRRC has heard 57 witnesses in sessions that were particularly eventful and truth-revealing. It has become a m [...]