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| Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
said "grave errors" were made in acquittal last year of former Ivory
Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, as they began their bid to overturn the
decision at an appeals hearing on Monday.
The ICC, the world’s first permanent war crimes
court, said in January last year that prosecutors had failed to prove any case
against Gbagbo.
Prosecutors at the Hague-based court in the
Netherlands have appealed the decision mainly on procedural grounds, arguing
that there were legal faults with the way the decision was announced and the
way evidence was assessed.
They have said they will seek a re-trial for
Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity for his role in post-election
violence in Ivory Coast in 2010-2011.
Monday's hearing was streamed online as the ICC
is closed due to measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The 75-year-old former president, who is living in Belgium on conditional release after spending more than seven years in custody in The Hague, joined Monday's hearing via video link.
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