Bemba
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Bemba
About Defendant
President and Commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (Movement for the Liberation of Congo) (MLC), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 10 June 2008
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II rejects Mr Bemba’s claim for compensation and damages
: 18 May 2020
Today, 18 May 2020, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") issued its decision on 'Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba's claim for compensation and damages'. Mr Bemba was arrested in May 2008 following an ICC arrest warrant and was acquitted by the ICC Appeals Chamber on 8 June 2018.
Statement of the President of the Court in relation to the case of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
: 14 June 2018
I have taken note of the Prosecutor's statement issued 13 June 2018 in relation to the judgment of the Appeals Chamber in the Bemba Case.
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, on the recent judgment of the ICC Appeals Chamber acquitting Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
: 13 June 2018
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ICC Appeals Chamber acquits Mr Bemba from charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity
: 8 June 2018
Today, 8 June 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") decided, by majority, to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo from the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert, Presiding Judge in this appeal, read a summary of the Judgment during a public hearing. Mr Bemba will remain in detention on account of another case in which he has been convicted of offences against the administration of justice, pending a decision of Trial Chamber VII in that case.
Bemba case: Appeals Chamber to issue appeals judgments on verdict and sentence on 8 June 2018
: 18 May 2018
On 8 June 2018 at 16:00 (The Hague local time), the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold a public hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands) to deliver its judgments on the appeals against the verdict and the sentence in the case.