DR CONGO / BEMBA

The International Criminal Court orders the release of Democratic Republic of Congo ex-vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba ahead of his war crimes trial, but was put on hold pending conditions of his release and which state would take him. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:16
• Production Date: 14 August 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUC
• Subject Topical: CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: U090814d

Description

STORY: DR CONGO / BEMBA
TRT: 1:16
SOURCE: MONUC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE – MONUC - 13 SEPTEMBER 2006, KINSHASA, DR CONGO

1. Med shot, Joseph Kabila, President of DRC and Azarias Ruberwa Manywa (one of four DRC Vice Presidents) shaking hands with Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo and Arthur Z’Ahidi Ngoma (one of four Vice Presidents of DRC)
2. Med shot, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo sitting down
3. Pan right, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to Arthur Z’Ahidi Ngoma
4. Zoom out, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to meeting

FILE – MONUC - 16 NOVEMBER 2006, KINSHASA, DR CONGO

5. Wide shot, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo’s campaign posters
6. Various shots, demonstrators in street

FILE – MONUC - 5 DECEMBER 2006, KINSHASA, DR CONGO

7. Med shot, Jean-Marie Guehenno, former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations shakes hands with Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
8. Close up, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo seated
9. Med shot, William Swing to Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
10. Close up, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo chatting
11. Wide shot, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Jean-Marie Guehenno, former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and William Swing

Storyline

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today decided to grant the request of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for a conditional release until the start of the former Congolese leader’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Bemba, the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), faces charges for alleged crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) between October 2002 and March 2003, including rape, murder and pillaging.

Bemba will be released once the conditions have been set, and it has been determined which country will take him in until his trial, added the Court, which is based in The Hague.

The ICC also announced that Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will appeal the decision to grant Bemba conditional release.

The ICC is an independent, permanent court that investigates and prosecutes persons accused of the most serious crimes, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.