[11/02/2022] Day 17: The verdict The floor was given to Kunti Kamara. He stated that he had nothing more to add. He reaffirmed his innocence and indicated that he was only a simple soldier at the time of the events. The President explained that it was up to the Court to deliberate on the 19 […]
[10/31/2022] Day 16 : The prosecution and the defence plead The morning was devoted to the closing arguments of the two general counsels and the afternoon to the pleadings of the defense lawyers. The first public prosecutor said she was speaking after three weeks of a very dense trial and complex stories that were difficult […]
[10/28/2022] Day 15 : The civil party pleads The President began this new day of hearings by recalling that the Court was seized by the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal for (i) acts of complicity in crimes against humanity concerning the acts of rape of which RSK and EFNS were victims, (ii) […]
[10/27/2022] Day 14 : Kamara speaks The President agreed with the request of some of the jurors and asked the Chief of Police to bring Kunti Kamara to the center of the courtroom for a few moments so that the jurors could appreciate her physical appearance. Summary examination on the merits of the case of […]
[10/26/2022] Day 13 : Civitas Maxima Deliberations of the Court on the procedural issue of the statute of limitations raised by the defence The Court deliberated on the procedural issue of the statute of limitations for the prosecution raised by the defence. The President stated that the Court had ruled in an adversarial manner without […]
[10/25/2022] Day 12 : Sexual violence Defence case on procedural issues The defense lawyer began by recalling that the NGO Civitas Maxima had filed a complaint against Kunti Kamara on July 23, 2018 on the charge of crimes against humanity for acts committed in Liberia 25 years earlier. He then clarified that the procedural incidents […]
[10/24/2022] Day 11: Tabey LSM hearing as a civil party LSM stated that he was born on 22 April 1972 in Monrovia and that he was a private security officer. Before giving him the floor, the President said that LSM was heard by the Swiss Federal Prosecutor on 28 January 2016 and then by the […]
[10/21/2022] Day 10: Alieu Kosiah Testifies Hearing of Christian Ballouard, psychologist, expert at the Paris Court of Appeal The President recalled that the expert had been mandated to carry out three psychological assessments of FG, JTC and SFC respectively. Invited to explain the role of a psychological expertise on the civil parties, Christian Ballouard indicated […]
[10/20/2022] Day 9: Child Soldier and Battalion Commander The presentation of the facts committed between Foya and Solomba in 1993, to the detriment of JTC and SFC, continued with the hearing of SFC. FCS hearing as a civil party SFC introduced himself by stating that he was a farmer in Foya and that he was […]
[10/19/2022] Day 8: forced labour Before hearing the witnesses on the events between Foya and Solomba in 1993, to the detriment of JTC and SFC, the President asked JTC if he had anything to add about the murder of KT. JTC first stated that he had not been an eyewitness to the scene, but that […]
