Kenya: Can the ICC Compel Witnesses to Testify?

14 February 2014

Today, February 14, the Trial Chamber in the Ruto and Sang case at the International Criminal Court will hear oral argument on a prosecution motion that could have significant consequences both for the case and the institution.

The prosecution is asking the Trial Chamber to request the Government of Kenya to serve summonses on seven witnesses in Kenya who are refusing to come to The Hague to testify, and to ensure, by compulsion if necessary, that they appear at a designated location in Kenya to testify in the trial by video link (or before the Trial Chamber sitting in situ, though video link seems more likely).

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