ICC Witness Statements: summary of arguments

[Onyango Oloo]

A link to a summary of the defence, prosecution and African Union Commission submissions on whether Trial Chamber V(a) was right to allow the statements five witnesses gave to prosecution investigators to be used as evidence in the trial of Deputy President William Samoei Ruto and former journalist Joshua arap Sang.

www.ijmonitor.org/2016/02/ruto-and-sang-defense-want-trial-chamber-decision-on-witness-statements-reversed/

[Onyango Oloo]

The Appeals Chamber has decided key evidence against Deputy President William Samoei Ruto and former journalist Joshua arap Sang cannot be used in their ICC trial.

Here's a link to an article on the judges' reasoning and their conclusions about whether there was any commitment not to use Rule 68 in the Kenya case:

www.ijmonitor.org/2016/02/appeals-chamber-reverses-decision-on-witness-statements/