The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), scheduled to deliver its Judgment on next Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at 14:00 the Hague local time, in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII's 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo' of 17 September 2018 on next Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at 14:00 the Hague local time
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court
("ICC" or "the Court"), will deliver next Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at 14:00 the Hague
local time, its Judgment in the
appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII's 'Decision Re-sentencing
Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda
Kabongo' of 17 September 2018. The judgment will be delivered in open court by
the Appeals Chamber.
Scheduling order for delivery of judgment on the
appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against the decision of Trial Chamber VII
of 17 September 2018 entitled 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba
Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo'.
It should be noted as background that on 19 October 2016, Jean-Pierre Bemba
Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu
and Narcisse Arido were found guilty of offences against the administration of
justice related to intentionally corruptly influencing witnesses and soliciting
false testimonies of defence witnesses in the other case against Mr Bemba at
the ICC. On 22 March 2017, Trial Chamber VII delivered the sentences in the
case.
On 8 March 2018, the ICC Appeals Chamber reversed the
initial sentences against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba and
Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo and remanded the matter to Trial Chamber VII for
a new determination. On 17 September 2018, Trial Chamber VII issued its re-sentencing
decision.
On 18 October 2018, Mr Bemba's Defence filed its
Notice of Appeal against this decision and the appeal was filed on 17 December
2018. The Appeals Chamber held a hearing on 4 September 2019 to hear the
arguments of the parties in this appeal.
Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor
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