Arido

Title
Arido
About Defendant

National of the Central African Republic. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013 - unsealed on 28 November 2013

Babala Wandu

Title
Babala Wandu
About Defendant

National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Member of Parliament in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013, unsealed on 28 November 2013

Kabongo

Title
Kabongo
About Defendant

National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a former Defence team member of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013 – Unsealed on 28 November 2013

Kilolo

Title
Kilolo
About Defendant

National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; former Defense Counsel for Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013 – unsealed on 28 November 2013

Bemba et al.

Title
Bemba et al.
About Defendant

President and Commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo, at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013, unsealed on 28 November 2013

Case
  • Closed

Guilty verdicts on 19 October 2016 and sentences on 22 March 2017. Appeals on verdict and sentence on 8 March 2018. New sentences for Mr Bemba, Mr Mangenda and Mr Kilolo pronounced on 17 September 2018. Convictions and acquittals in relation to all five accused are now final. Imprisonment sentences were served.

Bemba et al. case: ICC Appeals Chamber confirms re-sentencing decision

: 27 November 2019

On 27 November 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), delivered its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII's 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo' of 17 September 2018. The Appeals Chamber rejected all three grounds of appeal of Mr Bemba and confirmed the re-sentencing decision.

Bemba et al. case: ICC Appeals Chamber to deliver appeals judgment on re-sentencing decision on 27 November 2019

: 18 November 2019

On Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at 14:00 (The Hague local time), the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), will deliver its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII's 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo' of 17 September 2018. The judgment will be delivered in open court by the Appeals Chamber.