Katanga
Title
Katanga
About Defendant
Alleged commander of the Force de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FRPI) at time of arrest warrant. Arrest warrant: 2 July 2007 - Unsealed on 15 October 2007
Found guilty, on 7 March 2014, as an accessory to one count of a crime against humanity (murder) and four counts of war crimes (murder, attacking a civilian population, destruction of property and pillaging) committed on 24 February 2003 during the attack on the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri district of the DRC. The judgment is final, as both the Defence and Prosecution withdrew their appeals on 25 June 2014. Sentenced to a total of 12 years' imprisonment; time spent in detention at the ICC – between 18 September 2007 and 23 May 2014 – was deducted from the sentence.
Order on victim reparations : 24 March 2017
Katanga case: Reparations Order largely confirmed
: 8 March 2018
Today, 8 March 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its Judgment on the appeals confirming, for the most part, the Reparations Order in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga. Judge Howard Morrison, the Presiding Judge in this appeal, read a summary of the judgment in a public hearing.
Katanga case: Appeals Chamber to issue appeals judgment on Order for Reparations on 8 March 2018
: 27 February 2018
On 8 March 2018 at 15:00 (The Hague local time), the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold a public hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). The Chamber will deliver its judgment regarding the appeals against the order for reparations, filed respectively by Mr Germain Katanga, the Legal Representative of Victims and the Office of Public Counsel for Victims.
Trust Fund for Victims decides to provide $1 million for the reparations awarded to victims in the Katanga case, welcomes earmarked donations of €200,000 from the Netherlands
: 18 May 2017
On the second day of its 16th Meeting, occurring from 16 to 18 May 2017, the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims ("the Trust Fund" or "TFV") at the International Criminal Court ("ICC") decided to provide $1,000,000 USD to pay for the individual and collective awards for reparations ordered by Trial Chamber II in the case of The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga. This means that the full amount of the costs of the reparations awards ordered by the Trial Chamber on 24 March 2017 will be initially provided by the Trust Fund.
Source: Trust Fund for Victims
Katanga case: ICC Trial Chamber II awards victims individual and collective reparations
: 24 March 2017
- Ordonnance de réparation en vertu de l'article 75 du Statut
- Questions and Answers: English; Français
Delivery of order for reparations to victims in Katanga case on 24 March 2017: Practical information
: 15 March 2017
Situation: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Case: The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga
On 24 March 2017 at 10:00 (The Hague local time), Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its order for reparations to victims in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga at a public hearing in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). Trial Chamber II is composed of Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Presiding Judge, Judge Olga Herrera-Carbuccia, and Judge Péter Kovács.