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Ce rapport est le fruit d'une recherche menée par la consultante Olga Lucía Gaitán pour le Centre international pour la justice internationale (ICTJ) afin d'analyser les arrêts rendus par les Chambres Justice et Paix et la Chambre criminelle de la Cour suprême de justice de Colombie. Il a été édité et publié par l'ICTJ et financé par l'ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas et l'ambassade de Suède.

Ce manuel a été élaboré dans le cadre de l'Accord-cadre de coopération entre le Centre international pour la justice transitionnelle et le Bureau du procureur général de Colombie, visant à fournir une assistance technique à l'Unité nationale d'analyse et de contexte (UNAC) et à soutenir l'élaboration de protocoles, de procédures et de méthodologies relatifs aux enquêtes et à l'analyse des crimes systémiques.

This booklet presents information on how and when sexual violence committed in time of conflict becomes an international crime. Employing a simple question-and-answer format and illustrations, it is designed for those working in the field to assist survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among other clarifications, it helps to explain the difference between sexual violence as defined under common law and sexual violence as defined under international law. The booklet is based on training modules developed by ICTJ in workshops held with NGO partners in 2011 and 2013, in Kinshasa and Bukavu.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the proceedings against Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo before the International Criminal Court. The conviction and sentence against Katanga signifies first final judgment of the ICC.

This paper provides a description of the brief proceedings against Callixte Mbarushimana and Sylvestre Mudacumura before the International Criminal Court.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the proceedings against Thomas Lubanga before the International Criminal Court since the start of the prosecutor’s investigation in 2004 until the 2012 decisions of Trial Chamber I concerning the verdict, the sentence, and reparations. It identifies the most important rulings and issues surrounding the case.

This briefing paper analyzes and reflects on the development of the ICC prosecutor’s strategy and application of procedural rules, since operations began at the International Criminal Court more than a decade ago. The mixed results of the court’s first cases, which arise from the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, underscore that the ICC, as a complementary forum, is not mandated to investigate and prosecute all international crimes. National courts must step in. The paper recommends, among other reforms, that the court explore new ways to adapt the Rules of Procedure and Evidence to take into consideration the important role and participation of civil society.

This report analyzes the response of Congolese judicial authorities to international crimes committed in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2009 to 2014, with a particular focus on the war-torn East (North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri). It finds that the number of open investigations into international crimes remains very low compared to the number of atrocities being committed.

This briefing paper summarizes the findings of an ICTJ report (by the same name) on the judicial response to international crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It makes substantive recommendations to justice stakeholders in the DRC on how to advance prosecutions of international crimes in domestic courts, based on the finding that the number of open investigations related to serious crimes remains very low compared to the magnitude of atrocities committed in the DRC.

Par David Tolbert Le mois dernier, l’élection présidentielle a couronné quatre années d’une paix relative en Côte d’Ivoire. Le président Alassane Ouattara, nouvellement réélu, peut à présent s’impliquer davantage dans la reconnaissance et la prise en compte des violences du passé, afin de faire de ce pays de l’Afrique de l’ouest de 23 millions d’habitants un exemple dans la manière de gérer l’héritage de violents troubles internes.