Today, #ICC appeal chamber judges will decide whether the Confirmation of Charges hearing for Joseph #Kony - leader of the #LRA charged with #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity in #Uganda - can go ahead in his absence.
Lucy Gaynor
#ICC: Joseph #Kony’s defence team filed an appeal against the decision to conduct a “confirmation of charges” hearing in his absence.
The decision on that appeal will be announced next Tuesday, 3 June, at 10:30 local time in #TheHague
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Lucy Gaynor
How are [ #ICC] Judges meant to decide whether an in absentia proceeding should be held against... #Kony, but not... #Putin or... #Netanyahu?
Appeal against CoC hearings in absentia accuses the OTP, in an age of "unexecuted arrest warrants", of holding "mini-trials"
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