What kind(s) of conflict(s) is/are involved? ICC-01/04-01/07-257. Lastly, the Chamber considers that the tactical rapprochement observed in the instant case between the DRC and Uganda, when the two States formed an alliance to expel the UPC from Ituri district in January 2003, does not prove that the DRC agreed to the occupation of a part of its territory by Ugandan troops. No. Specifically, the Chamber cited IT-96-23-T and IT-96-23/1-T, Kunarac et al Trial Judgment, paras 542-543; Kunarac et al Appeal Judgment, paras 119, 121; SCSL-04-15-T, Sesay, Kallon and Gbao Trial Judgment, para 160; SCSL-03-01-T, Taylor Trial Judgment, para 420. /Annots [ 15 0 R 17 0 R 19 0 R 21 0 R 23 0 R 25 0 R 27 0 R 29 0 R 31 0 R 33 0 R 35 0 R 37 0 R 39 0 R 41 0 R ] Therefrom, it concludes that the acts were closely linked to the ongoing armed conflict and that the perpetrators, some of whom were Ngiti combatants, in so acting, were aware of the factual circumstances that established its existence. It determined that such sexual acts committed by assailants during an armed attack against civilians could only be coercive in nature. It marks the first final judgment under Article 74 following the discontinuation of both the Defence and Prosecution appeals. [xlvii], Witness 132 testified that after raping her, armed men took her to a military camp, where she was detained in a hole for a number of days and then forced by the camp commander to live behind his house. << /Filter /FlateDecode The Statute and the Elements of Crimes leave undefined the term "organisation", but two provisional conclusions may be drawn from a . [x] ICC-01/04-01/07-3319. [xix] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, para 967, citing Elements of Crimes, Article 7(1)(g)-1(3). 1230. [xxvi] Additionally, it found that ‘deprivation of liberty’ can take many forms, and that in analyzing this factor, the victim’s subjective perception of his or her situation, including reasonable fears, may be taken into account. Found inside – Page 450a form of accessory liability just before the scheduled end of the trial.15 At trial, Katanga had testified on his ... both Katanga and the Office of the Prosecutor announced to discontinue their appeals, making the Trial Judgment in ... Furthermore, the Chamber considers that the presence, use and threat of weapons heightened the coercive nature of the environment in which the victims found themselves, aggravating the threats of death they received. On 7 March 2014, the Chamber, by majority, Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert dissenting, delivered its judgment in accordance with article 74 of the Statute ("the Judgment").1 The Chamber acquitted Germain Katanga of the crimes of rape and sexual slavery as crimes against Found inside – Page 360As the Elements of Crime are also silent on this issue, the Pre-Trial Chamber in Katanga and Ngudjolo, in accordance with Article 21(1)(b), looked at IHL when determining who were to fall within the category of ''civilians'', ... Documentary and testimonial evidence placed before the Chamber attests to the extent to which Ugandan military authorities and troops were present in eastern DRC and Ituri in particular. [xv] Elements of Crimes, Articles 7(1)(g)-1(1),(2) and 8(2)(e)(vi)-1(1),(2). The judgment is primarily concerned with . Furthermore, several exhibits demonstrate that Rwanda did provide logistical support to the UPC from December 2002. Thus, for war crimes involving attacks, 'attack' has been defined in accordance with its meaning in IHL (e.g., Katanga trial judgment ¶ 798), where it is defined … Accordingly, the Chamber finds that the DRC’s consent to the various military operations undertaken on its territory by the Ugandan armed forces against the UPC from January 2003 onwards entails the application of the law of non-international armed conflict to those hostilities. For a detailed description of the closing arguments in the case against Katanga and Ngudjolo see the Gender Report Card 2012. 8. Further, the UPC had adopted a political programme and had official spokespeople. Between October 2011 and February 2013, just over half (1,987) had a CT scan, while the others received normal NHS care but were not scanned. [xli] It also found that these rapes were associated with the conflict and that the perpetrators knew of the existence of the conflict. On 7 March 2014, Germain Katanga, a warlord from the DRC, was convicted as an accomplice for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the third Judgment issued by … [ii] Katanga was acquitted as an accessory to rape and sexual slavery, both as war crimes and crimes against humanity. Turning to the acts of rape, the Chamber notes that the victims were raped by combatants and, moreover, that the crimes took place when the two sides to the conflict clashed or immediately thereafter. She was afraid to escape for fear that they would kill her but managed to do so after obtaining authorization from her ‘husband’ to leave temporarily. Similarly, in some of the texts used in the case studies, the facts may not always be proven; nevertheless, they have been selected because they highlight interesting IHL issues and are thus published for didactic purposes. In the Katanga Trial Judgement, the Trial Chamber held … [xxxvii], Witness 249 testified that during the attack on Bogoro, six armed combatants hunted her down, dragged her into the bush, took off her clothes, threatened to kill her, and ‘imposed vaginal penetration’. [xxxiii], Factual findings concerning rape and sexual slavery, In finding that the elements of rape and sexual slavery as war crimes and crimes against humanity had been established, the Chamber relied primarily on the testimony of Witnesses 132, 249 and 353, who were direct victims of these crimes. [xxix] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, para 979, citing Elements of Crimes, Article 7(1)(g)-2(3). /F1 8 0 R [Source : The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga, International Criminal Court, Trial Chamber II’s Judgement pursuant to article 74 f the Statute, ICC-01/04-01/07, 7 March 2014, available online https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/record.aspx?docNo=ICC-01/04-01/07-3436 (Footnotes omitted, Original: French)]. Weapons were available to the group and it had the ability to conduct military operations. The Chamber noted that during these incidents, Witness 249 was extremely vulnerable and had ‘valid reasons to fear for her life’. Case prepared by Ms. Sophie Bobillier, Master student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, under the supervision of Professor Marco Sassòli and Ms. Yvette Issar, research assistant, both at the University of Geneva. The book traces the background to the establishment of the ICC, analyses the Statute and associated instruments and reviews its case law. The decision cements the Hague-based ICC's first final judgement and its second sentencing since opening its doors in 2003. [xlix], Witness 249 testified that after she was raped during the attack by six Ngiti combatants, she was taken to a militia camp where the perpetrators raped her again. [xxxviii] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, para 993. ; Katanga, supra note 7, § … The perpetrator caused such person or persons to engage in one or more acts of a sexual nature. Severing of the cases of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui : November 21, 2012 ; Decision on the judgement Press release. [xxv] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, para 976. The armed conflict between the aforementioned groups was, as noted immediately above, a protracted armed conflict between organised armed groups and therefore fully meets the criteria of a non-international armed conflict. In this book, leading international practitioners and scholars offer a unique defence perspective on the proper administration of international criminal justice Found guilty, on 7 March 2014, as an accessory to one count of a crime against humanity (murder) and four counts of war crimes (murder, attacking a civilian population … Two of the combatants forced her ‘to have sexual intercourse’ through ‘vaginal penetration’. [xlii] It further found that the rapes formed part of a systematic attack targeting a civilian population, which was predominantly Hema, and that the perpetrators knew these crimes were part of the attack. Case prepared by Ms. Sophie Bobillier, Master student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, under the supervision of Professor Marco … The Katanga Admissibility Judgment Germain Katanga, a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was arrested and surrendered to the ICC on October 17, 2007. 1222. It marks the first final . The Chamber considers that the law of occupation continues to apply to the UPDF, the armed force of the occupying power, and that the conflict pitting the UPDF against the DRC and the resistance forces mobilised against the occupation must be considered international. Germain Katanga allegedly took part in that attack. 61 0 R ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, para 976. In contrast, the hostilities that commenced in January 2003, that is, from the time of the rapprochement between Uganda and the DRC with the aim of fighting the UPC forces newly allied to Rwanda, must be considered as a non-international conflict. [xi], The Katanga Trial Judgment marks the first ICC judgment in which the Rome Statute’s provisions addressing sexual and gender-based crimes have been interpreted. This ruling is particularly significant since it was the first ICC reparations decision. The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido. In the Chamber’s view, the decisions taken at that time and the resultant findings show that Uganda not only deployed and stationed its military forces in Ituri but also established and wielded its authority over that territory as an occupying power. [li] She was confined in a house in the camp for about three months, where her only task was to have sexual relations with her ‘husbands’. >> Furthermore, […] the perpetrator must have known that the act was committed by force, threat of force, coercion’ or ‘by taking advantage of the inability of the victim to give genuine consent’. [xxi], Finally, the Chamber noted that in addition to the knowledge and intent requirements under Article 30 of the Statute, the Elements of Crimes require that to establish rape as a crime against humanity, the perpetrator must be aware that the conduct was part of or have intended it to be part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population, while to establish rape as a war crime, the perpetrator must have known of the factual circumstances establishing the existence of an armed conflict. /Title (�� I C C , T h e P r o s e c u t o r v . : ICC‐01/04‐01/06 Date: 28 October 2010 TRIAL CHAMBER I Before: Judge Adrian Fulford, Presiding Judge Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, Judge 1228. A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 Ambos, Kai 2014-05-02 00:00:00 SYMPOSIUM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR MACROCRIMINALITY AWorkshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 Kai Ambos* 1. endobj The Chamber has also noted that, contrary to the various agreements that were signed, Ugandan troops did not withdraw definitively from Ituri until July 2003. This Tuesday, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it will deliver the sentencing judgement in the case of Germain Katanga on 23 May 2014 at 09h30 (Hague time) in open court. These hostilities must be so distinguished, specifically on account of the change in Uganda’s military strategy from late 2002 and in the relationship of the occupying force with both the occupied State and with groups representing that State on occupied territory. [T]here is an . [xii] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, paras 999, 1023, pursuant to Articles 8(2)(e)(vi) and 7(1)(g) of the Statute. as intermediaries of Uganda, Rwanda or the DRC, during the hostilities. Both central and regional governmental authorities proved incapable of functioning publicly and performing their role on that part of its territory, even though they engaged in a counter-offensive in November 2002. Found inside – Page 23Languages' (The Katanga Appeal);58 and lastly, the 2019 The Prosecutor v Alfred Yeaktom “Decision on Defence Leave ... Trial Chamber I 60(The Decision at Pre Trial Chamber I) and in the later Judgement on the Appeal of Germain Katanga ... May 23, 2014, Trial Chamber II sentenced Katanga to 12 years in prison. Under Article 77 of the Rome Statute, the judges may impose a sentence of imprisonment as well as a fine or forfeiture . The Appeals Chamber Judgment may also impact pre-trial and trial practice at the ICC. This book addresses the phenomenon of children as the particular targets of extreme cruelty and genocide during armed conflict. The Chamber found that the Witness was ‘in a state of total submission’ during the assault, having feared that she would be killed if she did not obey. Presence of organised armed groups in Ituri. Start of Trial : November 24, 2009 ; End of Trial : May 23, 2012 ; Press release. The Chamber finds beyond reasonable doubt that the same holds true for the acts of pillaging and destruction under articles 8(2)(e)(v) and 8(2)(e)(xii) of the Statute. these changes would prolong Katanga's … [xxxv] By contrast, as noted in her dissent, Judge Van den Wyngaert would have refrained from relying on the testimonies of these witnesses in light of the inconsistencies therein. /I1 13 0 R III. Indeed, UPDF intervention in the armed conflict pitting the Ngiti and Lendu militias against the UPC, of which the attack on Bogoro village formed one episode, must be set apart from the contemporaneous international armed conflict resulting from the Ugandan occupation. ICC. [xxxvi], Witness 132 testified that she was found by six armed combatants while hiding in the bush and that three of the combatants sexually assaulted her ‘through vaginal penetration’. 1208. This book critically addresses the still prevalent assumption of the individual’s procedural disability in international judicial fora. The following commentary first ran in the first Special Issue of Legal Eye on the ICC, a regular eLetter produced by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, an international women’s human rights organization that advocates for gender justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and works with women most affected by the conflict situations under investigation by the ICC. Germain Katanga will be sentenced tomorrow, having been convicted of crimes on the basis of an uncharged, unlitigated mode of participation that the Pre-Trial Chamber assured the defence would not be at issue in the trial and that the Trial Chamber first mentioned more than six months after the 30-month trial ended. the convictions against Lubanga and Katanga also arguably . G e r m a i n K a t a n g a) How many actors are involved in the conflict(s) in Ituri? Read the statement by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice on the opening of the trial against Katanga and Ngudjolo, 23 November 2009. It further cited the testimony of Witness 233, who stated that he knew three women from Bogoro who were captured, taken to Ngiti occupied areas and ‘subjected to a similar fate’. It must be further noted that Uganda took part in the fighting alongside the organised armed groups confronting the UPC at the material time, as the Chamber will discuss below. 8 . [xvii] Instead, it found that it is sufficient to demonstrate one of the circumstances of a coercive nature listed in the second element, noting that this interpretation is confirmed by Rule 70 of the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence (Rules). See also ‘Modes of Liability: A review of the International Criminal Court’s jurisprudence and practice’, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, November 2013, p 116-130, available at . Germain Katanga is the former … To read the full version of the Legal Eye eLetter, click here. From these various exhibits, the Chamber is in a position to find that in January 2003, if not before, each of those groups, namely, the UPC, the APC and the Ngiti militia, were armed and had a sufficient degree of organisation, as demonstrated by their structure, modus operandi and participation in military operations and, as the case may be, the political processes then set in motion. [lii] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, paras 1015-1016. This article analyses the procedural and substantive implications of the decision. To read the previous Special Issues, click here. ] The invasion was committed by force, or by threat of force or coercion, such as that caused by fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological oppression or abuse of power, against such person or another person, or by taking advantage of a coercive environment, or the invasion was committed against a person incapable of giving genuine consent.[xv]. Severing of the cases of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui : November 21, 2012 ; Decision on the judgement Press release. What impact should this judgment have in DRC? [xliii] In light of the foregoing, it concluded that the evidence established beyond reasonable doubt that during the attack on 24 February 2003, Ngiti combatants from militia camps in Walendu-Bindi intentionally committed rape as a war crime under Article (8)(2)(e)(vi) and as a crime against humanity under Article (7)(1)(g) of the Statute. The perpetrator exercised any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over one or more persons, such as by purchasing, selling, lending or bartering such a person or persons, or by imposing on them a similar deprivation of liberty. Moreover, at no point during the period under consideration was the DRC able to exercise fully its sovereignty over Ituri. In particular, it helped by supplying weapons and ammunition and training some of its combatants. On 7th June, 2013, the plaintiff Ms. Katanga, then serving as Commissioner of Police for Southern /Contents 7 0 R . Germain Katanga, Judgment pursuant to [A]rticle 74 of the Statute, ICC Trial Chamber II, ICC-01/04-01/07, Mar. [xlviii] The Chamber found that during the attack on Bogoro and throughout her over one and a half years of captivity, Witness 132 was repeatedly raped by combatants, including by the man who ‘took her as his wife’. [iv] Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert issued a dissenting opinion[v], and Judges Fatoumata Dembele Diarra and Bruno Cotte issued a separate, concurring opinion. In his judgment, the learned trial judge found for the plaintiff and awarded her the sum of K 20,000.00 as damages for defamation. In the Chamber’s view, a similar approach prevailed when all the other agreements after the Lusaka Agreement were concluded. But the DRC government's change in mindset, desire for national ownership of prosecutions, and practical steps to reduce backlogs and prioritize cases are all steps in the right direction. [xliii] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, paras 1166-1167. 1229. Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and … 1217. The Chamber recalls that it is not in a position to find beyond reasonable doubt that there was a UPDF presence during the attack on Bogoro on 24 February 2003. To which aspects of the situation does the IHL of international armed conflict (IAC) apply and to which does the IHL of non-international armed conflict (NIAC) apply? The UPDF, supported by Lendu combatants, also fought the UPC at the battle of Bunia on 6 March 2003. It also noted Witness 353’s testimony that during the attack, two other women were ‘given as wives’ to combatants. Conviction of Germain Katanga is only second in International Criminal Court's 11-year history. While the judgment makes . In addition to the 24 February 2003 attack, the Chamber notes that Mandro, where the UPC had a sizeable training centre, was attacked on 4 March 2003 by the UPDF and Ngiti and Lendu forces. stream 47 0 R [xxxviii], Witness 353 testified that after witnessing combatants murder those with whom she had been hiding, the combatants forced her to follow them and transport their stolen goods. It also found that the sexual slavery formed part of the systematic attack targeting the predominantly Hema civilian population[lvii] and that the perpetrators committed these crimes in full knowledge that they were part of it. 45 0 R Found insideKatanga, Case No. ICC-01/04–01/07–3436-tENG, Judgment Pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute, ¶1101 (Mar. 7, 2014) [hereinafter Katanga Trial Judgment]. 60 Prosecutor v. Kunarac, Case No. IT-96–23 & IT-96–23/1-A, Appeals Judgment, ... 1234. For summaries of witness testimony by victims/survivors of sexual violence given in the Katanga case, see the Gender Report Card 2010. 1205. The Chamber further observes that the various groups took part in the ongoing political process and, in particular, in a series of inter-Congolese negotiations which were being held at the time. these changes would prolong Katanga's trial, and in order to avoid potential violations of Ngudjolo's right to a trial without undue delay, the cases were separated again. The scrutiny of The Prosecutor v Katanga, the first case involving sexual violence crimes to complete full trial at the ICC, serves this purpose. >> 9. [xxxvi] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436-AnxI, paras 152-154 and footnotes 189-192. 2. [xvii] ICC-01/04-01/07-3436, paras 964-965. Abstract. . [liv], The Chamber found that other women had also been held in sexual slavery in the aftermath of the Bogoro attack. Germain Katanga Today, 7 March 2014, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), ruling in the majority, with Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert dissenting, rendered its judgment in . /Pages 3 0 R >> But the DRC government's change in mindset, desire for national ownership of prosecutions, and practical steps to reduce backlogs and prioritize cases are all steps in the right direction. Judge Van den Wyngaert's positivist approach to judicial interpretation will be demonstrated and analyzed by discussing her Minority Opinion to the Katanga Trial Judgment (the Katanga Opinion) and her Concurring Opinion to the Ngudjolo Trial Judgment (the Ngudjolo Opinion). 1212. The Katanga Trial Judgment marks the first ICC judgment in which the Rome Statute's provisions addressing sexual and gender-based crimes have been interpreted. A fifth edition introduction to the law and practice of the International Criminal Court since it became fully operational. Having held that both the law of international armed conflict and of non-international armed conflict applied to the various actors in hostilities occurring on occupied territory, the Chamber now considers it necessary to determine the nature of the armed conflict which encompassed the attack on Bogoro. Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--National University of Ireland, 2013. Interested parties will be able to view the live webstream here.. Some cases even come to solutions that clearly violate IHL. [xiii], The Chamber’s interpretation of the elements of rape as a war crime and a crime against humanity. 1203. 7 0 obj Many of the pre-trial and procedural judgments made during the Lubanga Dyilo trial will likely set the course of the Katanga trial. However, save for the testimony of Witness P-12, such material is too general to enable the Chamber to truly assess the nature, modalities and development of the cooperation between the Rwandan military authorities and the persons that they allegedly appointed within the UPC. An insightful account of the international court's efforts to make sense of African conflicts in completing its first three trials. Start of Trial : November 24, 2009 ; End of Trial : May 23, 2012 ; Press release. Ituri was thus elevated from the status of a mere “district” of Orientale province, acquiring greater administrative autonomy. /Parent 3 0 R It further observes that Witnesses P-249, P-353 and P-132 were brought by the combatants who had taken them prisoner to one of the Ngiti commanders in Bogoro. Lastly, the Chamber considers that the recharacterisation of the nature of the armed conflict as determined by the Pre-Trial Chamber in its Decision on the confirmation of charges does not in this case violate the rights of the Accused. Found inside – Page 383The Appeals Chamber may deliver its judgement in the absence of the person acquitted or convicted. ... 476] Judgment on the Appeal of Mr Germain Katanga against the Decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I Entitled “First Decision on the ... The Chamber noted that, as provided in the Elements of Crimes, to establish sexual slavery as a war crime under Article 8(2)(e)(vi) of the Statute and as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1)(g) of the Statute, two common material elements must be met, namely: Regarding the first element, the Chamber defined the ‘power attaching to the right of ownership’ as ‘the possibility to use, enjoy, and dispose of a person as one’s property, by placing the person in a situation of dependence that leads to a full deprivation of autonomy’. The Chamber also notes that the rapprochement described by D02-236 crystallised with the signature of a formal agreement by the supreme authorities of the two States and which made provision for a mechanism for cooperation in defence and security matters. Trial Judgement : March 7, 2014 (, Treaties, States Parties and Commentaries, Wounded, sick, shipwrecked, dead and missing, Medical personnel, facilities and transports, General Statements on International Humanitarian Law, Chronology of Cases and Documents Relating to Past and Contemporary Conflicts, https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/record.aspx?docNo=ICC-01/04-01/07-3436. Some evidence suggests that Rwanda intervened in matters concerning the UPC’s internal command structure. 'The work of Professor Olasolo breaks new ground in the academic field of international criminal law, as an analysis of the system as a whole. I therefore wish to express my congratulations for this work. Although acquitting Katanga of these crimes, the Chamber found that during the attack on Bogoro on February 24, 2003, Ngiti combatants from militia camps in Walendu-Bindi committed rape as war crimes and crimes against humanity, and that in the aftermath of the attack, these combatants, as well as others in the camps, committed sexual slavery as war crimes and crimes against humanity. In this regard, it noted the testimony of Witness 132 that a young girl had been detained with her and repeatedly raped by the combatants. On 7 March 2014, the International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered its third and arguably most controversial trial judgment in the case against Germain Katanga. Why do you think is it important for the Chamber to establish exactly what legal framework is applicable to the attack of Bogoro? 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