Information for the media: Lubanga trial to resume on 5 May 2009

ICC-CPI-20090408-MA38

Situation: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Case: The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

It should be noted that the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, which has adjourned after this morning’s session, will resume on Tuesday 5 May 2009 at 9.30 a.m. This takes into account the Court’s spring judicial recess (10 to 20 April 2009) and the official holiday of 30 April 2009 (Queen’s Day in The Netherlands).

Since the opening of the Lubanga trial on 26 January 2009, the Court’s Trial Chamber I, which is in charge of the trial, has held 44 days of hearing and has heard 17 witnesses, of whom 16 were called by the Prosecution and one by the Chamber itself.

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For further information please contact Ms Laurence Blairon, Spokesperson, at +31 (0)70 515 87 14 or +31 (0) 6 46 44 88 89 or at laurence.blairon@icc-cpi.int