AA / Peter Kum
The first trial organized by the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in Centrafrique, which was supposed to take place on Tuesday 19 April, was boycotted by defense lawyers, according to the Cour et des médias locaux.
“The first hearing of the special criminal court that was supposed to open today for the crimes of Lemouna and Koundjili has been boycotted by the lawyers,” the defense announced on local radio Ndeke Luka.
This information was confirmed to Agence Anadolu by the spokesman of the Special Court, Jean-Bruno Malaka, who also indicated that the hearing scheduled for April 19 has been reported for April 25.
Première publicum de la CPS qui devrait s’ouvrir ce 19 April à Bangui alleit traiter les meurtres de Lemouna et Koundjili dans l’Ouham-Pendé, où plus de 40 civilians avaient été massacrés i May 2019 par des Rebelles de 3R (“Rebelles de 3R “) , Réclamation et Réhabilitation”).
Trois presumés auteurs, membres du mouvement rebelle 3R sont ainsi attendue à la barre. The three accused, Issa Sallet Adoum alias Bozizé, Yaouba Ousmane and Mahamat Tahir are suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Aux chefs d’accusation by Issa Sallet Adoum s’ajute aussi le viol.
Denonçant several times la lenteur dans le travail de la Cour pénale spéciale, created en 2015, l’ONG Human Right Watch s’est félicitée de ce premier pas.
“The first trial held by the Special Criminal Court represents a historic moment for the victims of the Central African Republic, who have not stopped demanding justice for the heinous crimes committed during the successive conflicts in the country,” he declared on the 15th. a communiqué, Esti Tambay, senior juridique conseilère aupres du programe Justice International à Human Rights Watch.
Et d’agouter: «This innovative court – which combines international and national experience to demand accountability from those responsible for serious crimes – has the capacity to become an important model of justice that other countries could adopt. »
Il aura aussi fallu de longues années à la CPS pour rassembler ses magistrats. Le 2 février dernier, les Deux derniers juges de la chambre d’appel, le Français Olivier Beauvallet et l’Alemand Volker Nerlich, ont prêté ed à Bangui.
La CPS est, par ailleurs, souvent décriée pour son opacitet. In December 2021, the NGO Amnesty International condemned the court’s “lack of transparency” and confirmed that it was “very difficult, even impossible, to find information about the status of proceedings in the court”.
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