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Witness relocation is a last resort, due to the immense burden this puts on the witness and their families.
If there is no other way to ensure a person’s safety, a witness may be moved to another part of the country or to a different country.
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📢 #ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanQC announces new initiative to strengthen engagement w/ civil society: "If we are to deliver on the legitimate demands for justice of survivors, we must deepen our partnerships w/ impacted communities & civil society." ⤵️
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📢 Save the date - Live event online:
Conference to mark the #ICC’s 20th anniversary on 1 July 2022 ⬇️
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📢 Reserve la fecha para la Conferencia para conmemorar el 20.º aniversario de la #CPI: 1 de julio de 2022 ⬇️
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2/2. Prosecutor Khan: “By harnessing technology and processing more evidence through AI and other tools, the ICC can also feed more effectively into domestic proceedings. In doing so, we can build a common front for justice across the national, regional and int. level”
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Watch: #ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanQC at Conference, ‘Is The Future of International Criminal Law Domestic?’:
“It doesn’t matter what flag is behind us, whether it’s the ICC, national or regional authorities, what matters is that we deliver justice together”
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📢 Calendar update #AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 11th witness called by the Prosecution (P-0020) has finished testifying today. The trial has adjourned and is scheduled to resume on 6 June with the testimony of the next witness.
📖 icc-cpi.int/darfur/abd-al- #Darfur
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🎥 Watch now – #AlHassan case: #ICC Appeals Chamber delivers its Judgment on the appeal against Trial Chamber X’s “Decision on second Prosecution request for the introduction of P-0113’s evidence pursuant to Rule 68(2)(b) of the Rules” dated 15/11/21 ➡️ icc-cpi.int/streaming-all-
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#WitnessProtection
#WitnessSupport
Local protective measures, where the witness lives, can include patrolling specific areas or implementing physical security improvements to a person’s environment.
#MoreJustWorld
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📺 #AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 11th Prosecution witness – ‘P-0020’ – starts testifying. Watch it here ➡ bit.ly/3v7Xq0S (Courtroom 1)
📖 More info about this trial ➡️ bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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Happening today: #ICC Principals & other officials will take part in online seminar “20 years of the ICC: looking back and the way forward”, organized by in cooperation with ICC &
ℹ More info & how to watch live at 09:00 AM (CEST) ➡ bit.ly/3stIxUD
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#WitnessProtection
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Witness safety starts at home with confidentiality, following best practices, and a good communication plan.
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📢 #ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanQC underlines commitment to support the Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic following address by Deputy Prosecutor, Mr Mame Mandiaye Niang at opening of first trial in Bangui. Read more ⤵️ #JusticeMatters
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ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanQC meets w/ ’s DG Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos; productive discussions on the need for coordination in the preservation of evidence & provision of psycho-social support to victims to deliver effective, impartial investigations
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📺 #AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 10th Prosecution witness – ‘P-0990’ – starts testifying. Watch it now ➡ bit.ly/3v7Xq0S (Courtroom 1)
📖 More info about this trial ➡️ bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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#WitnessProtection
#WitnessSupport
Assessments for safety, psychological well-being and needs for practical support start on the ground, before the witness travels to the Court. Assessments are integrated and individualized for each witness.
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#AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 10th Prosecution witness – ‘P- 0990’ – will start testifying tomorrow⬇
📺 Watch it on 11/05 at 10:00 (CEST) in Courtroom 1: bit.ly/3v7Xq0S
📖 Case info: bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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“Witness protection begins at home, well before a witness testifies at the Court.” – Michaela, #ICC Legal Officer
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📺 #AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 9th Prosecution witness – ‘P-0922 – starts testifying. Watch it now ➡ bit.ly/3v7Xq0S (Courtroom 1)
📖 More info about this trial ➡️ bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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📺 #AlHassan trial #ICC: The 1st witness called by the Defence – Witness ‘D28-0020’ – starts testifying. Watch it here ➡ bit.ly/3LVnBx2
(Courtroom 3)
📖More info about this trial for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity #Timbuktu #Mali: bit.ly/3kIVmDL
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#AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 9th Prosecution witness – ‘P-0922’ – will start testifying tomorrow ⬇
📺 Watch it on 10/05 at 10:00 (CEST) in Courtroom 1: bit.ly/3v7Xq0S
📖 Case info: bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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#WitnessProtection #WitnessSupport
“The Court shall take measures to protect the safety, physical+psychological well-being, dignity+privacy of victims+witnesses”, particularly “where the crime involves #SGBC or violence against children.”- #RomeStatute
📖 bit.ly/3w7Hlra
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📺 In case you missed it: Opening statement by the Defence in the #AlHassan case today before the #ICC.
1st session ➡ bit.ly/391BEDe
2nd session ⬇
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#AlHassan Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor: “The people of Timbuktu have a right to reparations. They have a right to justice for all that they have been through – but it is the Malian state that owes them this, not Mr Al Hassan.”
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“On one side, Mr #AlHassan faced the risk of torture and ethnic cleansing by the Malian army – and on the other side, the real risk that disobedience to Al Qaeda emirs would have engendered death or severe harm. […] He chose the least-worst option.” – Lead Counsel Melinda Taylor
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Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor: “Mr #AlHassan’s role in the Islamic police must be viewed in light of the totality of circumstances that existed in 2012 – he was simply one man – a petit poisson – in an impossible situation.”
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“The Defence will demonstrate that the Prosecution’s case falls at the first hurdle – there was no organizational plan to commit assaults or to mistreat the local population.” – #AlHassan Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor
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Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor: “It appears that the Prosecution raked through the coals of everything that happened in Timbuktu in 2012 to find and present as many allegations as possible – and they have decided to put Mr #AlHassan on trial for all these things.”
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Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor: “Mr #AlHassan played no role in the decision to set up an Islamic Tribunal in Timbuktu – it would have existed even if he never existed. As a member of the Islamic police – he was obliged to respect & execute the decisions of the Islamic Tribunal.”
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“Defence witnesses will describe Mr #AlHassan as someone who did what he could to help the local population. He had a reputation for being approachable and helpful. He did not discriminate and as an added bonus, he spoke local languages.” – Lead Counsel Melinda Taylor
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#AlHassan Defence Counsel Melinda Taylor: “Defence witnesses from the local population will […] testify that in their time of need, Ansar Dine saved them, protected them and helped them, that things would have been worse for them if Ansar Dine had not been there at that point.”
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Defence opening statement in #AlHassan case: “Mr Al Hassan should not be convicted because he happened to live in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong ethnicity.” – Lead Counsel Melinda Taylor
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📺 #AbdAlRahman trial #ICC: The 8th Prosecution witness – ‘P-0119’ – starts testifying. Watch it here ➡ bit.ly/3v7Xq0S (Courtroom 1)
📖 More info about this trial ➡️ bit.ly/2QywHJm #Darfur
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🎥 Watch now: The Defence makes its opening statement in the #AlHassan case
➡️ #ICC website: bit.ly/3LVnBx2 (Courtroom 3)
➡️ Facebook: bit.ly/32gXUn8
#Timbuktu #Mali
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#AlHassan case: After its opening statement, the Defence will start presenting its evidence on 10 May, with the testimony of its first witness.
📖 More info on this trial for alleged war crimes & crimes against humanity #Timbuktu #Mali ➡️ icc-cpi.int/mali/al-hassan
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