Author archives: Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)

To read the Prosecution’s Notice of Appeal in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, please click here.…

To read Desmond Davies’ article on ‘AU “Concerned” about “Politicisation” of War Crimes Court’, please click here. …

To read Desmond Davies’ article titled ‘Call for Independent Review of the ICC’, please click here. …

To download the programme for the Symposium on ‘Lessons from the Gbagbo and Blé Goudé Case & ICC Review’, held on 13 September 2019, please click here for English and here for French. To register your participation, please email: a.khairy@africalegalaid.com…

To read the keynote address delivered by Femi Falana, please click here.…

To download AFLA’s report on Emerging Trends on Complementarity: Consultations with Stakeholders in Africa in English please click here and in French, please click here.…

To receive your free e-copy, please click: AFLA Quarterly- Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the ICC…

On 4th of March 2019, Malaysia became a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) applauds Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute as a positive step towards strengthening international criminal justice in the Asia-Pacific region. Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute comes at a time when…

Gbagbo and Blé Goudé’s Release: Too Little, Too Late  On 15 January 2019, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted Laurent Gbagbo (former President of Côte d’Ivoire) and Charles Blé Goudé (former Youth Minister in Gbagbo’s government) from all charges of crimes against humanity committed in Côte d’Ivoire in 2010 and 2011. It…

The Appeals Chamber (AC) has decided to conditionally release Gbagbo and Blé Goudé pending its resolution of the OTPs appeal. Gbagbo has already been released, with Belgium agreeing to the AC’s conditions. No word on which state, if any, will agree to take Blé Goudé. (Source: OpinioJuris) To read more, click here.…

To read the June 2014 dissenting opinion on the charges against Laurent Gbagbo of Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert, please click here.…

On February 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court may decide if it confirms the release of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé-Goudé, who were acquitted on January 15 by a Trial Chamber. Scholar Thijs Bouwknegt goes back into a case that has shaken the ICC and exposed a highly vexed Office of the…

A Historic Acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé (Photo credit: Coalition for the ICC). ICC Trial Chamber I has this morning acquitted Laurent Gbagbo, former President of Cote d’Ivôire, and his co-accused, Charles Blé Goudé, former Youth Minister, from all charges of crimes against humanity committed in Cote d’Ivôire in…