Closing statements in the trial against Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui scheduled from 15 to 23 May
Posted by African Press International on April 26, 2012
Situation: The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Case: The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
On 20 April 2012, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the order on procedures for the presentation of closing statements in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui. The closing statements are scheduled to take place in ICC Courtroom I from 15 to 23 May 2012.
The link to the order on procedures for the presentation of closing statements can be found below (in French). A summary of the schedule is as follows:
Date
Time
Schedule for presentations
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
9:00-11:00; 11:30-13:00
Closing statement of the Prosecution
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
9:00-11:00; 11:30-13:30
Questions posed to Prosecution; Closing statement of Legal representative of victims
Monday, 21 May 2012
9:00-11:00; 11:30-13:00
Closing statement of the Defence
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
9:00-11:00; 11:30-13:00
Closing statement of the Defence
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
9:00-11:00; 11:30-13:30
Questions posed to the Defence; Prosecution and Defense have the opportunity to respond.
As indicated in the Trial Chamber’s order setting the timetable, the parties and participants should be prepared at the closing hearings to entertain questions from Trial Chamber II composed of Judges Bruno Cotte (presiding), Fatoumata Dembele Diarra and Christine Van den Wyngaert, when their closing statements are delivered orally.
Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese nationals, are charged with three counts of crimes against humanity and seven counts of war crimes allegedly committed in the context of an armed conflict in Ituri which began in Djugu territory and in the town of Mongbwalu, and in particular during the joint attack by combatants allegedly led by Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and Germain Katanga on Bogoro village on 24 February 2003, which was part of a widespread attack and was allegedly directed not only against a military camp located in that village, but also against the civilian population of the village. The trial started on 24 November 2009.
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source. ICC-Hague
