By Tagawah
Reports reaching Kenya Today
indicates the ICC has removed
Nigerian Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji
whom a section of the prosecution
had felt uncomfortable with in the
case Prosecutor Vs Uhuru Kenyatta.
Osuji, under whose watch Uhuru’s
case has nearly collapsed, has
consistently sided with President
Uhuru in rulings which his critics
argued weakened the case against
Kenyatta, who is accused over the
post-election violence which rocked Kenya in 2007 elections.
Here is further information from the ICC Website.
Kenyatta case: Judge Geoffrey A.
Henderson to replace Judge Chile
Eboe-Osuji in Trial Chamber V(b)
ICC-CPI-20140130-PR980
Situation: The Republic of Kenya
Case: The Prosecutor v. Uhuru
Muigai Kenyatta On 30 January 2014, the Presidency of the International Criminal Court
(ICC) decided to reconstitute Trial
Chamber V(b) in the case The
Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai
Kenyatta, following the request of
Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji. As of 1
February 2014, Judge Geoffrey A.
Henderson will replace Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji on the bench.
Geoffrey A. Henderson (Trinidad
and Tobago) was elected during the twelfth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (ASP) in November 2013 for a term that will run until 10 March 2021. He was sworn in on 12 December 2013 at a ceremony held at the seat of the
Court in The Hague (Netherlands).
Trial Chamber V(b) will hence be
composed of Judge Kuniko Ozaki,
Judge Robert Fremr, and Judge
Geoffrey A. Henderson.
Background: Mr Kenyatta is
charged, as an indirect co-
perpetrator, with five counts of
crimes against humanity consisting
of murder, deportation or forcible
transfer, rape, persecution and
other inhumane acts allegedly
committed during the post-election violence in Kenya in 2007-2008. Charges were confirmed on 23 January 2012, and the case was committed to trial before Trial Chamber V(b). The trial commencement date of 5 February 2014 was vacated by the Chamber on 23 January 2014 and a status conference will be held on 5 February 2014 to address the issues raised by the parties and participants in relation to the Prosecution request for a 3-month
adjournment.
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