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International Criminal Court Delays Judgment in Al Hassan Case

International Criminal Court Delays Judgment in Al Hassan Case Posted on February 26, 2024

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands was scheduled to deliver its judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Al Hassan on January 18, 2024. From an image-based evidence perspective, this case is significant because the prosecution relied upon advanced visual representations of key location evidence as part of its case and presented the testimony of the technical personnel who created the representations and supplemental image comparison evidence from a qualified expert to assist the Chamber with fact finding. In my January 16, 2024 article about this case, I noted that this may be an important decision on the use of advanced visual representations in international criminal prosecutions, if the Chamber chooses to address this litigated issue. On January 15, the ICC announced that delivery of the decision has been delayed due to the illness of one of the judges. As of today, no new date has been posted. Once the case is rescheduled and the judgment is made public, I will follow-up with a further article on this issue.