UNIC Press Release No.91
By United Nations Information Centre Press Release | Tue, 02 Jun 2009
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UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE
P.O. Box GP 2339
Junction of Liberia & Gamel Abdel
Nasser Roads
Accra, Ghana Tel: 665511
Fax: 661748/665578
E-mail: info.accra@unic.org
For use as information
Not an official record.
PRESS RELEASE NO. 91 Tuesday, June 02, 2009.
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ICC considers admissibility motion in case of Congolese militia leader
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Ban presents UN population award to Egyptian doctor, Nicaraguan NGO
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ICC considers admissibility motion in case of Congolese militia leader
1 June - The International Criminal Court (ICC) began public hearings today to consider challenges by defense lawyers to the admissibility of the case against alleged Congolese militia commander Germain Katanga.
This is the first time that the Court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, will take up a challenge to admissibility based on the complementarily principle, according to a news release.
The Counsel of the accused maintain that legal proceedings were brought against him partly for the same crimes before the courts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The principle of complementarily requires the Court not to investigate or prosecute individuals unless the State concerned is genuinely unable to or has no intention to carry out the investigation or prosecution. The principle gives precedence to national systems.
A senior commander from the group known as the Force de Rιsistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), Mr. Katanga was arrested and transferred to the Court in October 2007.
He faces three counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes for a deadly assault on the village of Bogoro, in the province of Ituri. Hundreds of people were killed and many women forced into sexual slavery in that February 2003 attack.
In March 2008, the Court decided to join his case and that of accused Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of the Nationalist Integrationist Front (FNI) who is alleged to have played a key role in designing and carrying out the Bogoro attack into one single case of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Discussions on negotiating texts on pact to combat global warming kick off UN
1 June - Delegates from 182 nations are gathering in Bonn, Germany, today to initiate discussions on negotiating texts which could form the basis of an ambitious United Nations-backed climate change deal, to slash greenhouse gas emissions, expected to be clinched in December. Continued
Source: United Nations Information Centre
P.O. Box GP 2339
Junction of Liberia & Gamel Abdel
Nasser Roads
Accra, Ghana Tel: 665511
Fax: 661748/665578
E-mail: info.accra@unic.org
For use as information
Not an official record.
PRESS RELEASE NO. 91 Tuesday, June 02, 2009.
In the headlines:
ICC considers admissibility motion in case of Congolese militia leader
Discussions on negotiating texts on pact to combat global warming kick off UN
UN agencies working to aid growing number of displaced Somalis
Experts from 120 countries meet in Tunis for UN-backed plant diversity forum
Nearly $720 million sought for Zimbabwe aid efforts UN
Ban presents UN population award to Egyptian doctor, Nicaraguan NGO
UN envoy extends condolences over passing of former President of Sudan
UN mission in DR Congo assists military in offensive against Hutu rebels
ICC considers admissibility motion in case of Congolese militia leader
1 June - The International Criminal Court (ICC) began public hearings today to consider challenges by defense lawyers to the admissibility of the case against alleged Congolese militia commander Germain Katanga.
This is the first time that the Court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, will take up a challenge to admissibility based on the complementarily principle, according to a news release.
The Counsel of the accused maintain that legal proceedings were brought against him partly for the same crimes before the courts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The principle of complementarily requires the Court not to investigate or prosecute individuals unless the State concerned is genuinely unable to or has no intention to carry out the investigation or prosecution. The principle gives precedence to national systems.
A senior commander from the group known as the Force de Rιsistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), Mr. Katanga was arrested and transferred to the Court in October 2007.
He faces three counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes for a deadly assault on the village of Bogoro, in the province of Ituri. Hundreds of people were killed and many women forced into sexual slavery in that February 2003 attack.
In March 2008, the Court decided to join his case and that of accused Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of the Nationalist Integrationist Front (FNI) who is alleged to have played a key role in designing and carrying out the Bogoro attack into one single case of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Discussions on negotiating texts on pact to combat global warming kick off UN
1 June - Delegates from 182 nations are gathering in Bonn, Germany, today to initiate discussions on negotiating texts which could form the basis of an ambitious United Nations-backed climate change deal, to slash greenhouse gas emissions, expected to be clinched in December. Continued
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