The Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui trial will resume on 26 January, 2010

Situation: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Case: The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

Today, 2 December, 2009, Trial Chamber II decided to postpone the hearings in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui. The trial will resume, as scheduled, on 26 January, 2010.

Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese nationals, are charged with three crimes against humanity and seven war crimes allegedly committed in the context of an armed conflict in Ituri which began in Djugu territory and in the town of Mongbwalu, and in particular during the joint attack by combatants allegedly led by Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and Germain Katanga on Bogoro village on 24 February, 2003, which was part of a widespread attack and was allegedly directed not only against a military camp located in that village, but also against the civilian population of the village.

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