On 3 September, the Trial Chamber I of the ICC rendered a decision in which it rejected the Prosecutors application to lift the stay of proceedings in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (we reported on this case earlier). The Court had imposed the stay of proceedings on 13 June this year based on the fact that numerous (appr. 200) documents available to the Prosecutor had not been made accessible to the defence or the judges. The decision is rather interesting which is why a summary of the findings will be cited here. i) The Application fails to address…
