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Belgium officials accused in murder of former Congo leader
A team of Belgian lawyers on Monday filed a complaint in a Brussels court against 12 Belgian officials accused of planning the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba , the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D (More) |
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Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials, JURIST news archive] argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. H (More) |
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Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials, JURIST news archive] argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. H (More) |
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ICC postpones trial of Congo rebel leader Bemba until July
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials, JURIST news archive], originally set to begin April 27 , until July 5. The trial wa (More) |
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ICC orders Congo rebel leader Bemba to remain in custody until trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ordered [text, PDF; press release] former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba [ICC materials, JURIST news archive] to remain in custody until his trial next spring. (More) |
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ICC sets trial of Congo rebel leader Bemba for April 27
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday set the trial date [order, PDF; press release] for former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] for April 27. The trial date (More) |
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ICC upholds charges against accused DRC rebel leader
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday upheld the admissibility [judgment, PDF; press release] of the case against former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga had argued that charges of war crimes and (More) |
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ICC prosecutor argues against release of Congo rebel leader Bemba
Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday filed arguments against releasing former Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba [ICC materials; JURIST news archive]. The ICC orde (More) |
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Bemba conditional release order [ICC]
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, International Criminal Court, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Bemba. (More) |
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ICC orders conditional release of Congo rebel leader Bemba
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered the conditional release [text, PDF; press release] of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba [ICC materials; JURIST news archive], a decision which Chief Pr (More) |
Supreme Court upheld discriminatory districting
On June 10, 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld uneven congressional districting plans in Colegrove v. Green. The case challenged an Illinois districting plan that concentrated voters into large districts in the center of the state and did not balance for population. The Court reasoned that districting was a political question for the states to decide without judicial interference. This opinion was overturned less than 20 years later in Baker v. Carr, which set judicial standards for invoking political question doctrine.
Learn more about political question doctrine from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law.
