Ground-breaking case for the ICC reaches closing stages
Tomorrow, the closing oral statements are commencing in the case against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (Bemba) before Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
‘The Bemba Trial has broken new ground for the ICC, with evidence of sexual violence and charges for gender-based crimes comprising a significant part of the Prosecution case’, said Brigid Inder, Executive Director of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice.
Read the full Statement by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice.