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Fidèle BABALA a.
Mr Babala argues that, in the Impugned Decision, the Pre-Trial Chamber violates the principle of legality enshrined in article 22 of the Statute....
Guilty but Free: The ICC Renders its First Contempt Case Judgment
hOn 19 October 2016, the Trial Chamber VII of the International Criminal Court issued its verdict in the case The Prosecutor v Jean-Pierre Bemba Gobo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu, Narcisse Arido (Bemba et al.) – the ICC’s first contempt case.
The five men had been accused of offences against the administration of justice under Article 70 of the Rome Statute (RS) in the Main Case against Jean-Pierre Bemba.
They were (to different degrees) found guilty by the Chamber for corruptly influencing 14 defence witnesses in the Main Case, presenting false evidence, and giving false testimony when under an obligation to tell the truth.
Mr Bemba (the accused in the Main Case), his lawyer Mr Kilolo, Bemba’s defence team’s case manager Mr Mangenda, Mr Babala, a political ally of Bemba’s, and Mr Arido, Bemba’s financier, had briefed the witnesses, provided them with false testimonies