SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Real Cases: Jean-Pierre Bemba Case

»Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He has served as the DRC's Vice Prime Minister and defence minister since 2023. He was previously one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006. He led the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC), a rebel group turned political party. He received the second-highest number of votes in the 2006 presidential election. In January 2007, he was elected to the Senate.
In 2008, during a trip to Europe, Bemba was arrested on International Criminal Court (ICC) charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. He spent the following 10 years in prison at The Hague, The Netherlands; 8 years awaiting trial and verdict, then 2 more years after conviction in 2016. In 2018, the verdicts were overturned on appeal.« -- More information: Wikipedia

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[Info] Amaral, Ana S.S. »Ntaganda Case: Lessons learnt from Katanga, Lubanga, and Bemba cases.« Revista Eletrônica de Diretio Penal e Política Criminal 11 (2023): 7-18.

[Info] Morris, Kara. "When elephants fight, it is the gras that is crushed": A critical evaluation of the treatment of rape victim-witnesses by the International Criminal Court. M.A. Thesis, University of Ottawa, 2013.

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