- Appeal against the order to terminate proceedings filed by late Norbert Zongo's family
before the
Criminal Appeal Chamber of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal, which
dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision to terminate the proceedings (August 2006)
17. In its memorandum of response registering preliminary objections and response on
the Merits, the Respondent confirmed the setting up of an ICE (Decree of December 1998
as amended on 7 January 1999) and of the Committee of the Wise (mentioned in the
speech of the President of Faso on 21 May 1999 and effectively established on 1 June
1999) and provided details on the composition and mandate of the two structures as well
as on the task they had accomplished.
18. Furthermore, the Respondent in particular made reference to the following procedures
and actions:
- Arrival of the Sapuoy Police at the crime scene on 13 December 1998 at 16.45 hours;
-Arrival of the State Prosecutor of the Ouagadougou High Court at the crime scene on
14 December 1998;
- Identification of the bodies on 15 December 1998 by a physician of the Lew Medical
Centre;
-The 24 December 1998 request by the State Prosecutor for investigations to be initiated
to determine the cause or causes of the death of the occupants of the car with Registration
Number 11 J6485 BF, and for the matter to the referred to Investigating Magistrate of
chamber 1 to that effect;
- Submission of the ICE Report on 7 May 1999;
- Forwarding of the ICE Report to justice by the Government;
- Forensic and ballistic reports ordered by the Investigating Magistrate;
-The 21 May 1999 application by the State Prosecutor of Burkina Faso, for investigations
to be initiated against X for the murder of Norbert Zongo, Ernest Zongo, Blaise llboudo
and Abdoulaye Nikiema alias Ablasse;
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