ICC: Bensouda and Gicheru lose bid to stop appeal

Appeal rejected: Lawyer Paul Gicheru. [File, Standard]

Efforts by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and a Kenyan accused before the international court to stop tactics being used to appeal against one judge hearing the case have been thwarted.

The International Criminal Court (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 pre-trial stage, since it constitutes a significant precedent for any future proceedings to be conducted on this basis.