The congo tribunal premieres in german cinemas on november 16. Open society initiative for southern africa, 2010, 8 9. The democratic republic of congo european council on. United nations ilibrary powers, duties and jurisdiction. The tribunal, as a peoples court, holds no jurisdiction and was an attempt to achieve symbolic justice for the crimes of 1965. For the congo tribunal, milo rau gathered victims, perpetrators, witnesses and. The democratic republic of the congo has a reported population of 68,692,542 people, the cities with the largest populations include kinshasa the capital with 7.
The government, however, failed to organize elections in. Icc tribunal finds katanga complicit in war crimes in. With the congo tribunal, milo rau completes his preoccupation with central africa, which he started. Many people see this conflict as one of globalisations crucial econimic distribution battles because the country has major deposits of many hightech raw materials. News icc tribunal finds katanga complicit in war crimes in congo. Filmed by seven cameras in front of 1,000 spectators, the congo tribunal is an impossible film, and yet, it. The congo further submits that, in issuing a warrant instructing police officers to examine the president of the republic of the congo as witness in the case, france violated the criminal. The international criminal court has found a congolese exmilitia boss complicit in war crimes in an attack on a village in the drc. Peoples tribunals are independent, peaceful, grassroots movements, created by members of civil society, to address impunity that is associated with ongoing or past atrocities. As a reaction to the passivity of the international community to the systematic attacks against the civil population, it was designed to counteract the decades of impunity in the region. In the form of a tribunal with an international cast in eastern congo may 2015 and in berlin june 2015, the project the congo tribunal. This book offers new and previously unpublished insights into the types of crimes committed in the 1965 genocide and how these crimes were prosecuted at the international peoples tribunal for 1965. Comparative law and justicedemocratic republic of the congo. There is a need to improve the collection of migrationrelated data, the development of migration policies including longterm solutions for the over 1.
As such, they offer society an alternative history and create a space for healing and reconciliation to take place that m. The democratic republic of the congo drc continues to face many challenges related to migration. Democratic republic of the congo trial international. Sections 33, 34 and 36 apply to correction or interpretation of the award or to an additional award. The evidence before the tribunal 76 i the position of the accused 76 ii evidence regarding the krupp concern 78. The congo tribunal films home german documentaries. Voters popularly elect the president and the lower house of parliament national assembly.
Milo raus the congo tribunal examines the causes and backgrounds to this, so far biggest and bloodiest economic war in human history in a unique and stunningly transmedia art project. The powers of an arbitral tribunal are those that the parties have conferred upon the arbitral tribunal in order that it can fulfil its task. List of arbitrators football list tribunal arbitral du. Although the war began in 1998, the icc can only indict lubanga for crimes committed after the courts inception in 2002. For the congo tribunal, milo rau gathered victims, perpetrators, witnesses and analysts of the congo war for a unique civil tribunal in eastern congo. The population is suffering, but the offenders stay with. The population is suffering, but the offenders stay with impunity. Through an unofficial tribunal, theatremaker and filmmaker milo rau exposes. The first decision declares null and void the minutes of the meeting by virtue of which.
Film engels congo tribunal, the movies that matter film festival. Refworld charter of the international military tribunal. In the form of a tribunal with an international cast in eastern congo may 2015 and in berlin june 2015, the project the congo tribunal examines the causes and backgrounds for this, a war now ongoing for almost 20 years in the great lakes region. The congo tribunal tribunals of public opinion are an alternative method of addressing crimes against humanity.
Germanled drc mission sparks controversy democratic. There have been frequent reports of murder, rape, torture, persecution and other crimes against humanity as well as of looting and pillage, forced servitude in the armed forces, intentionally. The congo tribunal art taking over where justice fails. The congo tribunal for more than 20 years an inexplicable civil war is turning a territory as big as western europe into hell on earth. Since 1998, member of the appeals tribunal and since 2007 of the arbitration tribunal of the international basketball federation fiba. Milo rau born january 25, 1977 is a swiss theater director, journalist, essayist and lecturer. This document, commonly known as the charter of the nurnberg tribunal or nuremberg tribunal formed an integral part of the agreement for the establishment of an international military tribunalq. Letter dated 9 february 2009 cited in afrimap and open society initiative for southern africa the democratic republic of congo. International institute of political murder the congo tribunal. Dispute at congo cobalt mine heads to court, halts supply.
In order to fund such a court, the german ngo doctivism has started a. Cinema documentary, germany switzerland 2017, 100 for more than 20 years an inexplicable civil war is turning a territory as big as western europe into hell on earth. Icc tribunal finds katanga complicit in war crimes in congo. The international criminal court icc has officially charged former militia leader thomas lubanga for forcefully recruiting children as soldiers in the democratic republic of congo s civil war. May 02, 2011 brussels the trial of two rwandan rebel leaders arrested in germany for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the democratic republic of congo makes the world a smaller place for. Professor trahan wishes to acknowledge her late mother, elizabeth welt trahan, a. Director milo rau manages to gather victims, perpetrators, observers, and analysts in a symbolic tribunal organized especially for the documentary. Presided over by a halfcongolese and halfinternational panel of experts, the congo tribunal created a humanly harrowing, profound analytic tableau. Triggered by the rwandan genocide in 1994, the congo war, also called the third world war, has claimed six million lives.
The international court of justice, which has its seat in the hague, is the principal judicial organ of the united nations latest decisions. The conflict in the democratic republic of congo drc is one of the worlds deadliest since world war ii. Triggered by the rwandan genocide in 1994 and based on the direct or indirect. Of trials of war criminals home library of congress. The international criminal court, established in 2002, has been gaining credibility with 104 nations because of its work against militia leaders, especially within congo, sudan and uganda.
Milo rau, one of europes most acclaimed theatre directors, succeeds in gathering victims, perpetrators, observes and analysts of the conflict for a unique civil tribunal in eastern congo. The democratic republic of the congo drc is a nominally centralized constitutional republic. International criminal court investigation in the democratic. In 2007, rau founded the theatre and film production company international institute of political murder iipm. The international criminal court investigation in the democratic republic of the congo or the situation in the democratic republic of the congo is an ongoing investigation by the international criminal court icc into crimes committed in the democratic republic of the congo drc during the second congo war and its aftermath, including the ituri and kivu conflicts. The icc will hold its first trial in march 2008, against the union of congolese patriots upc leader thomas lubanga. Swiss director milo raus portrayal of the civil war in the democratic republic of congo has been described as the most ambitious. The congo tribunal nomination for german film academy award for best documentary film 2018 cinema documentary, germany switzerland 2017, 100 for more than 20 years an inexplicable civil war is turning a territory as big as western europe into hell on earth. First, to organise a program of investigations that would give it a realistic chance to finish all its initial proceedings by 2008. Campaign lets create two, three, many congo tribunals. Republic of the congo report to ptc 1 in accordance with rule 89 paragraph 1 of the rules of procedure and evidence, and regulation 86 paragraph 5 of the regulations of the court 20 may 2005 icc010422confexp and accompanied by registry document situation democratic republic of the congo. He studied sociology, german studies, and romance studies in paris, zurich, and berlin, working.
Trial international is active since 2014 in the east of the democratic republic of the congo drc. For more than 20 years an inexplicable civil war is turning a territory as big as western europe into hell on earth. Triggered by the rwandan genocide in 1994, the congo war, also called the third world war, has claimed six million. The international peoples tribunal for 1965 and the. International criminal tribunal for drc save the congo. The expedition left hamburg in april 1884 under the command of lieutenant eduard shulze. Jul 01, 2015 part war crimes trial, part performance art. The arbitral tribunal should make the correction or give the interpretation within 30 days and make an additional award within 60 days. A humanly harrowing, profound analytic tableau of the neocolonial world order. The film shortens the massive sixday trial rau staged in bukavu the democratic republic of the congo drc, and berlin, germany to a 100 minutes. One year ago, the international criminal tribunal for rwanda ictr was mired in trouble, under serious time constraint because of the firm date by which its work had to be finished. President of the antidoping national disciplinary tribunal of argentina 2016. List of arbitrators general list tribunal arbitral du. The documentary film brings these spectacular court trials to life on the big screen and creates an unvarnished portrait of the largest and bloodiest.
Of all the existing provisions of treaty law, article 146 of the fourth 1949 geneva convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war an article that can also be found in the other three 1949 conventions is the one that offers the strongest support for the respondent states claim that criminal jurisdiction may be exercised on. Milo raus the congo tribunal examines the causes and backgrounds to this, so far biggest. Bordering on rwanda and burundi, this zone is the one most affected by the conflict. Sep 18, 2009 the congo river is the second largest river in africa with the nile river being the first.
In the form of a tribunal with an international cast and filmed onlocation in eastern congo and in berlin, the congo film examines the causes and backgrounds for the war now ongoing for almost 20 years in the great lakes region. Under the constitution, president joseph kabilas second and final term in office expired in 2016. At gabon, the botanist, richard buttner, was left to attend to the coffee plantation of dr soyaux 1. The german congo expedition was conducted by the german african association from 1884 1886. The first was the russell tribunal established in the 1960s to deal with the crimes of the vietnam war. These powers can be granted explicitly in the arbitration agreement or implicitly through reference to institutional or other rules e. Former chairman of the geman antidoping commission 19992002 and of the advisory group on legal issues of the monitoring group of the council of europe antidoping convention 20022004. The film is a germanswiss coproduction of fruitmarket arts and media and langfilm, in cooperation with iipm and. Filmed by seven cameras in front of 1,000 spectators,the congo tribunal is an impossible film, and yet, it. The congo tribunal by swiss director milo rau deals with crimes. Triggered by the rwandan genocide in 1994 and based on the direct or indirect involvement of all great powers of our time, the congo war, also called the third world war, has claimed up to six million lives. Civilians in the regions of ituri and north and south kivu have borne the brunt of fighting between government forces and local militias, often backed by.
There have been frequent reports of murder, rape, torture, persecution and other crimes against humanity as well as of looting. Jurisdictions congo, the democratic republic of the. Biography milo rau director the swiss director and author milo rau 1977 in bern studied sociology, german and romance languages and literature in paris, berlin and zurich under pierre bourdieu and tzvetan todorov, among others. Milo rau collects details from survivors and perpetrators. United states military tribunal, nuremberg 17th november, 194730th june, 1948 69 heading notis and summary 69 a. The war in congo has caused more than six million deaths over the last twenty years.
Dok leipzig, germany 2017 theatrical release in switzerland vinca film in november. The result is a humanly harrowing, profound analytic tableau of the neocolonial world order. Incessant fighting has been going on there since 1994 between the armed rebel factions and the national security forces. Rau won, amongst others, the swiss theater award in 2014 and the international theatre institute iti award in 2016. The congo tribunal art taking over where justice fails film. For more than 20 years the inexplicable civil war in congo has turned the territory into a hell that has claimed more than six million lives. Watch the congo tribunal online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Of interest to the international criminal court is the sheer brutality of the conflict in ituri, particularly in its effects on the civilian population. The arbitral tribunal may also make a correction to the award on its own initiative. The congo tribunal examines the causes and backgrounds of the congo war in a unique transmedia art project. Milo raus multimedia art project the congo tribunal calls for. A digest of the case law of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. His film the congo tribunal 2017 examines the causes and background of the congo war.
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