A Press Conference on the commencement of the trial in the case The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang is scheduled on Monday 9 September 2013 at 12:00 (TheHague time) in the Press Briefing room of the International Criminal Court (ICC)in The Hague, Netherlands. The ICC Registrar, Herman von Hebel,will open the Press Conference. The ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, the DefenceCounsel for William Samoei Ruto, Karim Khan, the Defence Counsel for JoshuaArap Sang, Joseph Kipchumba Kigen-Katwa, and the Legal Representative of theVictims, Wilfred Nderitu, will then make short statements. There will also bean opportunity to ask questions for journalists attending the event in TheHague. The briefing will be web-streamed live on the ICC website. The trial in the case of TheProsecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang is scheduled to open on Monday, 10 September 2013, in the presence of the accused. Mr Ruto and Mr Sang are accused of crimes against humanity (murder, deportation or forcible transfer of population and persecution) allegedly committed in Kenya in the context of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. The trial will be held before Trial Chamber V(a) composed of Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji (presiding), Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia and Judge Robert Fremr.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:46:05 +0000
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