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Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Defense 2023 to 2024, he was moved to the Deputy Prime Minister of Transportation.
Jun 15, 2013 · On 8 June 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court decided, by majority, to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo from the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
On 21 March 2016, Trial Chamber III declared, unanimously, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo guilty beyond any reasonable doubt of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging).
Jun 8, 2018 · Jean-Pierre Bemba had an extremely privileged childhood in one of the world's poorest countries but this did not saved him from being convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal...
Jun 21, 2016 · Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape and pillage committed by his troops, becoming the highest...
The ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) alleges that Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was the President of the Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC) and Commander-in-Chief of the MLC’s military branch Armée de Libération du Congo (MLC/ALC); Mr. Bemba formed and led the MLC in a rebellion against the government of the Democratic Republic of the ...
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, in which Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was charged, tried, and ultimately acquitted on appeal of crimes against humanity (murder, rape) and war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging) at the ICC.
Mar 21, 2016 · PARIS — The International Criminal Court convicted a Congolese politician, Jean-Pierre Bemba, of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Monday, finding him culpable for a devastating campaign...
INTRODUCTORY TEXT: Trial Chamber III found Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the President and founder of the political party Mouvement de libération du Congo (“MLC”), and Commander-in-Chief of its military branch, the Armée de libération du Congo (“ALC”) guilty, as military commander, of the war crimes of murder, rape and pillage.
National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; former Defense Counsel for Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo. Arrest warrant: 20 November 2013 – unsealed on 28 November 2013. Charges: Found guilty of various offences against the administration of justice related to the false testimonies of defence witnesses in the Bemba case.
