Bensouda and Gicheru lose bid to stop appeal

ICC Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou

Efforts by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and a Kenyan accused before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to block an appeal against a single judge hearing the case have been thwarted.

The ICC allowed the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) to challenge the decision on one judge instead of three hearing a case at the pre-trial stage, as it constitutes a significant precedent for future proceedings.