August 2020 - International Criminal Court Updates

By: Shraddha Dubey, Junior Research Associate, PILPG-NL

In the past month, the international criminal court took the decision to adjourn the evidentiary hearings in the al Hassan case.

AFRICA

Mali | Evidentiary hearing of Al Hassan trial adjourned

On August 18, 2020 Trial Chamber X decided to adjourn the evidentiary hearings in the case of The Prosecutor v. Al Hasan. This decision was taken in light of Judge Tomoko Akane’s request to delay the hearing since her father is at the end-stage of a terminal illness. The hearing was scheduled to start on 25 August, 2020 and has now been postponed by a two week adjournment. [August 18th, 2020]