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Dear Readers,
The following commentary first ran in a Special Issue of the Legal Eye on the ICC, a regular eLetter produced by the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, an international women's human rights organization that advocates for gender justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and works with women most affected by the conflict situations under investigation by the ICC. This Special Issue is the fourth in a series of four Special Issues reporting on the first trial Judgment handed down by Trial Chamber I in the case against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo on March14, 2012. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Open Society Justice Initiative. To read the full version of the fourth Special Issue Legal Eye eLetter, click here. To read the previous Special Issues, click here.
On March 14, 2012, Trial Chamber I[i] issued a Judgment in the ICC's first case, The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, convicting Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga) of the war crimes of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities within the meaning of Articles 8(2)(e)(vii) and 25(3)(a) of the Statute from early September 2002 to August 13, 2003 (Judgment ).[ii] Lubanga is the former President of the Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC).
In a scheduling order[iii] issued the same day as the Judgment , the Trial Chamber invited submissions from parties and participants, as well as the Registry, the Trust Fund for Victims and other interested parties, on the principles to be applied and procedures to be followed by the Chamber with regard to reparations. Specifically, the Chamber invited observations on the following five issues: (a) whether the Chamber should order individual or collective reparations; (b) to whom the reparations should be directed, how the harm is to be assessed, and which criteria to apply; (c) whether it is possible or appropriate to make a reparations order against the convicted person; (d) whether the Chamber should order reparations to be issued through the Trust Fund for Victims; and (e) whether the parties or participants seek to call expert evidence.[iv]
On March 28, 2012, the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice filed its request for leave to participate in the reparations proceedings, indicating that the filing would provide observations on, inter alia: ensuring a gender perspective in the elaboration of reparations principles, the recognition of harm caused by sexual violence, ensuring a gender perspective in the design of the reparations order, the importance of effective consultations with victims and the transformative role of reparations for advancing gender equality.[v] On April 20, 2012, the Trial Chamber issued its decision, granting the Women's Initiatives' request, along with four additional requests from national and international NGOs and inter-governmental organisations.[vi] On May 10, 2012, the Women's Initiatives filed its observations.[vii] The Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice has submitted legal filings to the ICC on six occasions, and has been recognized as amicus curiae in the Lubanga case[viii] and in the case against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (Bemba).[ix] The Women's Initiatives was the only international women's human rights organization to submit observations as part of these reparations proceedings, and is to date the only international women's human rights organization to be admitted as amicus curiae before the ICC.
As described in the first Special Issue in this series, discussing the Chamber's findings on sexual violence, Lubanga was tried for and convicted on limited charges and was not charged with gender-based crimes, with important potential implications for the scope of reparations. During the trial, however, Prosecution witnesses gave extensive evidence and testimony concerning sexual violence committed against child soldiers by the UPC. In the trial Judgment, the majority of the Trial Chamber found that it was precluded from considering evidence concerning sexual violence, pursuant to Article 74(2),[x] because such factual allegations had not been included in the Pre-Trial Chamber's confirmation of charges decision.[xi] In its July 10, 2012 decision on sentencing,[xii] a majority of Trial Chamber I[xiii] did not explicitly consider sexual violence in its assessment of the gravity of the crimes, nor did the Chamber find that the sexual violence committed against recruits constituted an aggravating circumstance. The Chamber indicated in both the Judgment and in the sentencing decision it would determine in due course whether sexual violence would be considered for the purposes of reparations.[xiv]
On August 7, 2012, Trial Chamber I issued its decision on reparations, setting out a series of principles relating to reparations and the approach that ought to be taken with respect to their implementation.[xv] This is the first reparations decision issued by the ICC.
In a statement issued on August 10, 2012, the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice welcomed the decision:
This decision recognises that reparations is a key feature of the Rome Statute and therefore of the mandate of the ICC. Reparations is possibly the most tangible representation of the justice process for victims, especially for those who have had little access to or information about the formal legal proceedings. [...] The Trial Chamber has recognised this significance by approving the widest possible reparative remedies with an emphasis on the principles of gender-inclusiveness, flexibility, responsiveness to the diverse needs of the victims and the recognition of victim/survivor agency in the identification and design of reparations programmes. This is very encouraging.[xvi]
The reparations decision as well as the filings submitted by the parties, participants and amici curiae in relation to reparations are discussed in more detail in the Gender Report Card 2012.
The Women's Initiatives' observations on ensuring a gender perspective in reparations
At the outset of the observations on reparations submitted to the Trial Chamber on May 10, 2012, the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice underscored that the Rome Statute contains 'unique provisions among international courts and tribunals, requiring [the ICC] to provide gender-inclusive justice' as well as 'specific provisions requiring the Court to apply and interpret law consistent with internationally recognised human rights and without any adverse distinction founded on grounds such as gender'.[xvii] Noting that 'gender discrimination is deeply rooted in most social and cultural contexts', including within the DRC, and that 'women and girls experience conflict differently from men and boys, and often bear a disproportionate burden in situations of armed conflict',[xviii] the filing proposed that the principles adopted by the Chamber should include specific gender-responsive methodologies and refrain from prejudicing the rights of victims, including victims of sexual violence, under national and international law.
Throughout the filing, the Women's Initiatives reiterated several key reparations principles for ensuring gender justice, including: a gender-inclusive approach; non-discrimination; the importance of effective consultations with women, girls and victims/survivors; a broad concept of harm; and the transformative function of reparations. Specifically, the filing underscored that reparation strategies and initiatives must effectively recognize and integrate gender issues in order for the particular needs of girls and women to be addressed and satisfied.[xix] Women and girls must be integrated into the consultation process, and have agency and voice in that process.[xx] The Women's Initiatives suggested that consultations should be conducted by a person or body with expertise on reparations for gender-based crimes, expertise and experience in gender analysis and in the area of sexual and gender-based violence.[xxi] The filing encouraged particular attention to the modalities of the consultation process, as well as to the substantive input provided on the form of reparations most needed by women and girls. It suggested that effective consultation was critical for obviating any unintended discriminatory impact.[xxii] The filing further emphasized the 'importance of an approach to reparations which fundamentally seeks to transform communal and gender relations through the development and implementation of programmes designed to achieve this goal'.[xxiii] Reparations should particularly seek to be transformative in addressing sexual violence and the conditions that existed prior to the conflict and that may have contributed to the crimes.[xxiv]
Collective vs. Individual Reparations Awards
The Women's Initiatives' observations noted that no single legal definitions of the terms 'collective' and 'individual' reparations exist, and the terms were used to refer to an array of concepts by the parties and participants. As the Registry noted, 'in practice such concepts are neither entirely distinct nor mutually exclusive';[xxv] in its filing, UNICEF suggested that they should be 'mutually reinforcing'.[xxvi] In general concurrence with all participants, the Women's Initiatives submitted that the Chamber 'should order both collective and individual reparations, with an emphasis on collective reparations'.[xxvii] The filing suggested that some forms of collective reparations may include individualized components and in this way acknowledge the individual and differentiated experiences of victims/survivors, which is key for restoring rights that were violated or eroded in the conflict, and to support the individual's personal healing and well-being.
Building on the Trust Fund for Victims' distinction between 'collective reparations that are "inherently collective and exclusive" (such as specialized health services for a targeted group of victims), and collective reparations that are "community-oriented and not exclusive" (such as schools that benefit the entire community)',[xxviii] the Women's Initiatives argued that both would be appropriate in this case. The observations suggested that the former could address 'the needs of individual victims/survivors within a collective context', such as for victims of sexual violence, and emphasized that the latter were necessary for effectuating reparations' transformative possibilities, particularly in 'addressing ingrained gender discrimination within a community or society'.[xxix]
The Women's Initiatives supported the use of collective reparations given that the harm affected not only individuals, but also had an impact 'at the level of family, village, community, society and ethnic group'.[xxx] Noting the limited number of victim participants (at the time of the trial Judgment 129, 34 of whom were female) and reparations applicants (85), the submission also argued that collective reparations would 'allow the Court to reach unidentified victims, including women and girls', and that, conversely, providing reparations only to individuals who applied would have an 'unintended exclusionary effect on women and girls who may be reluctant to come forward due to fears of stigmatisation and other obstacles preventing their access to services and justice generally'.[xxxi] The observations underscored that failing 'to incorporate a gender perspective in devising the reparations strategy' and to ensure women's and girls' inclusion in the process would have a discriminatory impact on women and girl victims.[xxxii]
According to the Women's Initiatives, the provision of collective reparations would be necessary 'to address the harms caused by sexual violence, which is a defining characteristic of the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and an integral component of each of the crimes for which Mr Lubanga was convicted'.[xxxiii] In this regard, the observations underscored the transformative potential of collective reparations to address the underlying gender inequalities that contributed to the sexual violence through the provision of programs that prevent violence against women and children, address the shame and stigmatisation experienced by victims of gender-based crimes, and advance gender equality.[xxxiv]
In the filing, the Women's Initiatives identified the following forms of collective reparations measures, many of which were also supported by other participants:[xxxv]
[R]ehabilitation programmes providing medical and psychosocial support to victims/survivors, specifically victims/survivors of gender-based crimes; support for rape crisis and health centres providing medical and psychosocial support for women to assist in their recovery from sexual violence, including sexual and reproductive health services and treatment of STDs and HIV/AIDS infections; social rehabilitation and demobilisation programmes for former child soldiers; the establishment of medical and psychosocial services and medical centres with specific expertise in addressing childhood trauma and working with child soldiers; community-wide anti-violence programmes; human rights and legal education programmes informing women of their rights to live free from violence; and community education programmes that are also directed towards men and encourage and embrace male community leaders in supporting these initiatives.[xxxvi]
While prioritizing collective reparations, the Women's Initiatives also recognized the importance of individual reparations. Individual reparations can acknowledge the individuals who participated in the justice process, assuming a risk to themselves and their families, and who have functioned in the judicial process as representatives for larger communities of victims/survivors.[xxxvii] The filing further noted that the needs of vulnerable people and victims/survivors may not be met through collective reparations strategies.[xxxviii] However, the filing also underscored several significant disadvantages to individualized reparations, including: the disproportionate costs of verifying victims, reducing the impact of the award; the potential for stigmatisation of individuals identified as receiving benefits; the potential to undermine community cohesion; and the fact that they may be viewed as a 'reward' to former child soldiers, thus encouraging future enlistment.[xxxix]
The Women's Initiatives emphasised the need for consultation with victims/survivors, in particular women and girls, 'to ensure that women and girls are effectively included in the process of designing and identifying appropriate reparations',[xl] as they could have different views on the types of reparations and modalities that would be meaningful to them, as well as to prevent the reparations order from replicating ongoing gender discrimination. The submission also underscored that consultations should assess:
[W]hether women have decision-making power in their families and communities, whether women are legally permitted or culturally able to keep and/or own any material form of reparations which may be provided, and will have full access to other forms of reparations, including to the full array of possible programmes, projects and services that may be offered.[xli]
Assessing the Harm
Noting that the statutory framework does not define 'harm', nor the causal relationship required between the harm suffered and the crime committed, the Women's Initiatives urged the Chamber to take a 'purposive' approach and to interpret 'harm' in a way that would not restrict the category of victims who could receive reparations.[xlii] Accordingly, the Women's Initiatives asserted that all types of harm suffered by victims/survivors as a result of the crimes for which Lubanga was convicted should be addressed, including, but not limited to: 'physical and psychosocial harm arising from abduction/forced conscription and being forced to fight; rape and other forms of sexual violence; sexual slavery; ostracisation from families and within communities; loss of family life, childhood, education, and other opportunities; and unwanted pregnancies, STDs, and PTSD, as well as other health and reproductive health complications'.[xliii]
As noted above, the Prosecution decision not to bring charges for sexual violence in this case could limit the provision of reparations for related harm, suffered primarily by former girl child soldiers. In the filing, the Women's Initiatives underscored that 'rape was an integral component of the conscription process for girl soldiers and sexual violence constituted an integral component to the crimes for which Mr Lubanga has been convicted'.[xliv] Asserting that 'reparations should not be limited to a narrow assessment of the harms attached to the charges, but should be inclusive of the breadth of harm suffered as a result of these crimes', the Women's Initiatives argued that harm resulting from rape and sexual violence should be addressed by a reparations order.[xlv] As the submission pointed out, failure to do so would have a clearly discriminatory impact based on gender.[xlvi]
As indicated in the first Special Issue in this series, while Lubanga was not charged with rape or other forms of sexual violence, evidence of such crimes featured extensively throughout the trial proceedings, including in Prosecution opening and closing statements, and witness testimony.[xlvii] In the filing, the Women's Initiatives recalled that the Chamber heard directly from witnesses regarding the multiple tasks performed by girl soldiers, which included being forced to fight, working as bodyguards, preparing food, providing sexual services, and serving as 'wives' to the commanders, and about the physical and psychological harm.[xlviii] The Women's Initiatives noted that witnesses: described being whipped or beaten with sticks; spoke about harm as a result of having been raped, including stigmatization and having contracted STDs; mentioned that girls were thrown out of the armed group when they became pregnant; testified about difficulties reintegrating in society; spoke about harm resulting from forced abortions, sometimes leading to death; described injuries suffered from being forced to fight in battles; spoke about loss of education; and described continuing psychological harm. The Women's Initiatives underscored that 'these harms are also documented in reports on child soldiers in DRC'.[xlix]
The Possibility of a Reparations Order against Lubanga
The Registry has indicated that Lubanga has a 'total lack of identified resources at this stage', and that his only participation in a reparation order would necessarily be non-monetary.[l] The Women's Initiatives supported the concept of symbolic reparations, noting that such an order 'would provide a powerful public recognition of wrong doing'.[li] In addition to the conviction, which can be considered a form of symbolic reparations, the filing suggested that this could take the form of 'a public acknowledgement of responsibility during a public ceremony broadcasted by local and national radio and television involving the victims/survivors, or a public apology'.[lii] The observations suggested other forms of symbolic measures, such as 'an acknowledgement that harm was done, an act of atonement or reconciliation measures involving Mr Lubanga or his representatives'. Furthermore, the Women's Initiatives suggested that 'while Mr Lubanga has been assessed as indigent for the purposes of legal aid, should he possess assets in the form of cattle, livestock or other material products, these should be considered by the Court in determining his personal contribution to reparations'.[liii]
The Role of the Trust Fund for Victims
Pursuant to Rule 98(5) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the Trust Fund's 'other resources' may be used for the benefit of victims at the discretion of its Board of Directors.[liv] The Trust Fund indicated that the Board of Directors recently increased the amount reserved to complement reparations awards in all cases before the Court to 1.2 million Euros.[lv] In light of Lubanga's indigence and the Trust Fund's expertise in implementing its general assistance mandate, the Women's Initiatives asserted that the Trust Fund would be an appropriate body to implement the reparations award, a role explicitly envisioned by the statutory framework.[lvi]
The Trust Fund provided extensive observations on its potential role in carrying out the necessary assessments prior to, and in implementing, the reparations award. Specifically, it suggested carrying out assessments to identify localities, consult with victims and communities, assess the harm, solicit victim and community expectations, and collect requests and proposals for reparations.[lvii] These assessments would inform a draft implementation plan, prepared by the Trust Fund, to be approved by the Chamber after a suggested hearing of interested parties.[lviii] The Trust Fund proposed that it would then implement the reparations order pursuant to the approved plan, monitor progress and provide periodic reports and a final report to the Chamber.[lix] The Women's Initiatives underscored that the consultation process and implementation plan should consider the following specific issues:
How will women participate/how are women participating? If country-based intermediaries are used to implement collective reparations: what requirements should be established to ensure the intermediary operates in ways fully inclusive of women, and includes where appropriate local women's organisations and actors? What are the modalities for project delivery and how inclusive are these mechanisms of gender issues? What is the involvement of women in the decision-making processes within the set-up of a specific reparations programme?[lx]
Calling Experts
In the filing, the Women's Initiatives noted that the Rome Statute and regulations 'provide for the appointment of experts at two distinct but complementary levels, one being the appointment of experts by the Chamber to assist them in respect of reparations proceedings, and two, the appointment of an expert panel to assist the Trust Fund with consultations with victims/survivors, assessment of harm and causation, design of the awards, and implementation of reparations orders in this case'.[lxi] The Women's Initiatives underscored the importance of ensuring that appointed experts have the necessary expertise in gender issues.
Specifically, the observations submitted that all teams of experts should include members with 'specific expertise in gender-based violence and working with victims/survivors, children, and other vulnerable groups, as well as specific expertise on reparations for victims/survivors of gender-based crimes and girl soldiers, in addition to expertise on the impact of sexual violence on boy soldiers (for instance, those forced to rape as part of enlistment/conscription or forced to find girls for commanders)'.[lxii]
Read the observations of the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice on reparations.
Read the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice request for leave to participate in reparations proceedings.
Read the decision granting leave to the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice to participate in reparations proceedings.
Read the reparations decision issued by Trial Chamber I on August 7, 2012.
Read the statement by the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice on the reparations decision.
Read a more detailed analysis of the reparations decision and the filings of the participants in the Gender Report Card 2012.
[i] Trial Chamber I was composed of Presiding Judge Sir Adrian Fulford (UK), Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito (Costa Rica) and Judge René Blattmann (Bolivia).
[ii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2842.
[iii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2844.
[iv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2844, para 8. The parties, the Legal Representatives of Victims, the Registry, the Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) and the Trust Fund for Victims all filed submissions. Prior to the Chamber's order, the Registry and the Trust Fund for Victims had submitted lengthy observations on the full range of issues to be considered by the Chamber. See ICC-01/04-01/06-2806; ICC-01/04-01/06-2803.
[v] ICC-01/04-01/06-2853. The filing is also available at .
[vi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2870, also granting leave to the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), the Fondation congolaise pour la Promotion des droits humains et la Paix (FOCDP), UNICEF, and the joint filing of the NGOs Terres des Enfants, Justice Plus, Centre Pélican, Fédération des Jeunes pour la Paix Mondiale and Avocats Sans Frontières.
[vii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876.
[viii] ICC-01/04-01/06-403, ICC-01/04-313, ICC-01/04-01/06-2853, ICC-01/04-01/06-2876.
[ix] ICC-01/05-01/08-447, ICC-01/05-01/08-466.
[x] Article 74(2) prescribes that the Judgment 'shall not exceed the facts and circumstances described in the charges'.
[xi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2842, para 631. Judge Odio Benito issued a Separate and Dissenting Opinion, in which she found that sexual violence was an 'intrinsic' aspect of the legal concept of 'use to participate actively in the hostilities'. Separate and Dissenting Opinion of Judge Odio Benito, para 16.
[xii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2901. The sentencing decision is discussed in more detail in the Gender Report Card 2012.
[xiii] Judge Odio Benito issued a Separate and Dissenting Opinion, in which she found that the severe punishments and sexual violence to which the victims were subject should have been considered in the Majority's assessment of the gravity of the crime pursuant to Rule 145 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. See Separate and Dissenting Opinion of Judge Odio Benito, paras 2, 6-23.
[xiv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2842, para 631; ICC-01/04-01/06-2901, para 76.
[xv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2904.
[xvi] See Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, 'Statement on the first reparations decision by the ICC', 10 August 2012.
[xvii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 8.
[xviii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 8.
[xix] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 8.
[xx] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 34, 35.
[xxi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 13, 24, 32.
[xxii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 32, 56.
[xxiii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 13.
[xxiv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 17.
[xxv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2865, para 29.
[xxvi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2878, para 12.
[xxvii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 10.
[xxviii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 12 citing ICC-01/04-01/06-2872, para 174.
[xxix] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 12.
[xxx] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 14.
[xxxi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 20-21.
[xxxii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 21.
[xxxiii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 15 citing Separate and Dissenting Opinion of Judge Odio Benito, ICC-01/04-01/06-2842, para 21.
[xxxiv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 17-19.
[xxxv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2878, para 41; ICC-01/04-01/06-2863; paras 94, 97, 101-107; ICC-01/04-01/06-2877; paras 29-34.
[xxxvi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 25. The ICTJ and the OPCV suggested that these measures be provided as individual reparations.
[xxxvii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 28.
[xxxviii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 29.
[xxxix] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 30. This concern was also expressed by the Legal Representatives of Victims. See ICC-01/04-01/06-2869, para 34.
[xl] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 31-32.
[xli] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 35.
[xlii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 39-42.
[xliii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 36.
[xliv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 37.
[xlv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 37-38.
[xlvi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 20. With the exception of the Defence, all parties and participants recommended that the reparations order encompass harm from sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, as 'part and parcel' of the harm caused by child conscription. ICC-01/04-01/06-2806, para 20.
[xlvii] The following Prosecution witnesses testified about sexual violence committed against girl soldiers by the
UPC: Witness 38 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-114-ENG), Witness 299 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-122-ENG), Witness 298
(ICC-01/04-01/06-T-123-ENG), Witness 213 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-133-ENG), Witness 8 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-
138-ENG), Witness 11 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-138-ENG), Witness 10 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-144-ENG), Witness 7
(ICC-01/04-01/06-T-148-ENG), Witness 294 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-151-ENG), Witness 17 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-
154-ENG), Witness 55 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-178-Red-ENG), Witness 16 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-191-Red2-ENG),
Witness 89 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-196-ENG), Witness 31 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-202-ENG) and Witness 46 (ICC-
01/04-01/06-T-207-ENG). The Prosecution also described the gendered aspects of the charges in its opening
statements in January 2009 (ICC-01/04-01/06-T-107-ENG) and closing statements in August 2011 (ICC-01/04-
[xlviii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 38.
[xlix] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 38.
[l] ICC-01/04-01/06-2865, para 27.
[li] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 54.
[lii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 55.
[liii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 54.
[liv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, paras 57-58.
[lv] ICC-01/04-01/06-2872, para 244. The availability of these complementary resources, coupled with the fact that reparations awards paid by Lubanga can only be directed to victims of the crimes for which he is convicted, will likely affect the Chamber's decision whether, and to what extent, to award individual and collective reparations.
[lvi] Article 75(2) provides that the Court may order that the reparations award be made through the Trust Fund.
[lvii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2872, paras 190-219.
[lviii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2872, paras 184, 230-231.
[lix] ICC-01/04-01/06-2872, para 183.
[lx] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 59.
[lxi] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 59, citing Women's Initiatives' presentations to the Board of the Trust Fund for Victims, including 21 April 2004, 22 November 2005, 3 June 2009, 20 March 2012, on file with the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice.
[lxii] ICC-01/04-01/06-2876, para 49.


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HOUSTON - Junior Alan Daniels recorded his second double-double of the season but it was not enough as Lamar dropped a hard-fought 81-75 decision at Rice in non-conference basketball action Thursday night at Autry Court.
Lamar, which dropped to 4-3 on the season, had its three-game winning streak snapped. Rice improved to 5-1 on the season. Lamar returns home for Wiley College Saturday night at 7 p.m. It's "Family Night" at the Montagne Center. A family can get four game tickets, four hot dogs and four cokes for just $35.
A conventional three point play by Patrick Britton gave Rice a seven-point lead, 49-42, with 13:38 remaining in the game. Lamar responded with a 20-7 run to take a six-point lead, 62-56, on a layup by Raymond Anthony. Brandon Chappell started the rally with a three-pointer and Daniels canned a pair of 3's during the run.
Brock Gillespie keyed Rice's comeback, scoring nine straight points. He converted consecutive layups, the latter of which gave the Owls the lead for good at 65-64 with 6:20 remaining. J.R. Harrison's layup gave the Owls their biggest lead of the half at 75-67 at 1:55.
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Daniels scored 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field, including 4-of-10 from 3-point range, and grabbed 10 rebounds. Anthony added 15 points on 3-of-9 shooting from 3-point range. Jason Grant also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds, which equaled his career-high.
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KENT, OHIO--The University of New Hampshire football team played its first Division I-A football team since 1978 and Kent State's size and speed proved to be too much as the Golden Flashes defeated UNH on Thursday night by a 34-7 margin.
UNH fell to 0-1 to start the season, while Kent State begins the 2002 campaign at 1-0.
UNH was down by a 14-0 margin early in the first half, but appeared to be crawling right back when sophomore quarterback Mike Granieri (Linwood, N.J.) connected on a 5-yard touchdown pass to senior running back Stephan Lewis (Coatesville, Pa.) to make it 14-7 with 13:00 to play in the first half.
It was all Kent the rest of the way, however, as the home team outstcored the visitors by a 20-0 the rest of the way.
The highlight of the game for the Wildcats was the play of Granieri, who completed 21x33 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown against a tenacious Golden Flash defense. Kent finished the day by outgaining the UNH offense (477yards to 336), with 399 yards all coming on the ground. Kent State was led by sophomore quarterback Joshua Cribbs, who carried the football 15 times for a career-high 191 yards and two TDs.
Lewis finished the evening with eight carries for 28 yards, but was impressive as a receiver with seven catches for 69 yards and 1 TD.
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The Aug. 29th contest vs. Kent State also helped to rewrite the history books as it was the earliest start to a season ever by Wildcat football team.
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expecting incremental but constant change to occur
in the ERP applications arena. Faster deployment times
and ease of customization will become even more
important issues than ever for customers. Against this
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seeking more modular, flexible apps offerings as
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from larger players.
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commercial open source peers, the profitable ERP apps
company has yet to take on any external funding. Of
course, lack of third-party investment means that
Norfolk, Virginia-based xTuple tends to grow at a slower
rate, but that situation appears to suit it. In
addition, xTuple is betting that its lack of funding and
thus lack of expansion into more services leaves more
room for channel partners, which have indeed grown.
Headcount for xTuple now sits at 25 fulltime staff, an
increase of only two employees over the past 12 months
or so. At the same time, the company is working a lot
closer with some of its partners, a move that along with
its open source community is helping to widen the number
of people continually working on enhancements and new
additions to its software.
XTuple offers a number of versions
of its ERP software. PostBooks is its community free
edition, which the firm recently began selling as a
commercial product. The idea is to provide partners
around the world with a paid offering that sits between
the free version of PostBooks and xTuple's two existing
paid editions ? Standard and Manufacturing. Partners can
also sell the commercial version of PostBooks themselves
and either add in more vertical capabilities to the
software or bundle the ERP application with third-party
products. While Standard and Manufacturing have a
minimum five-user purchase, there's no such limit on the
commercial license for PostBooks. All paid licenses
include product updates and online customer support.
The vendor will end the year having
unveiled two major releases of its ERP: xTuple 3.5.0,
which appeared in the spring, and xTuple 3.6.0, which is
about to be released. The upcoming release will include
fresh time and expense management capabilities as well
as a new project-accounting module. In adding new
features, xTuple has looked to appeal to two particular
audiences as well as its existing clientele. For smaller
companies, it's offering more ease-of-use functionality
as provided in its QuickStart Wizard and Desktop
interface software with custom workflows. The idea is to
guide users step by step as they both set up and then
begin using the ERP apps.
For larger organizations, the focus
is on increasing product sophistication. One example of
that is xTuple Connect, a stand-alone integration
platform that grew out of the company's Batch Manager
and aims to hook into third-party apps such as
computer-aided design and project lifecycle management
software. In 2011, xTuple plans to promote Connect more
strongly, particularly around the type of integrations
that it makes possible.
Over the past few years, the most
requested xTuple user feature has been better email
integration. The firm really wanted to offer
multiplatform email integration and realized that it
needed help to do so. It hit upon the 'feature mob'
concept whereby xTuple reached out to everyone who had
expressed interest in that feature and encouraged them
to help sponsor the development. As more people signed
up, the proposed cost for sponsorship went down, and
xTuple has attracted 56 paid sponsors for the project so
XTuple's apps have long run on
Windows, Linux and Mac servers and the company also
offers a hosting service known as XTN Hosted. Earlier
this year, xTuple also started providing some cloud
capability, dubbed Cloud Access, so that users could run
any of the versions of the xTuple database on
Amazon EC2. It stresses that this paid service is
aimed at smaller firms that are looking to have all of
their IT needs managed by a third party, whereas XTN
Hosted is for organizations requiring administrator
access to the hosted servers. It's early days for Cloud
Access; of xTuple's 260+ customers, only a dozen are
using the commercial cloud service.
Customers and partners
XTuple's customer base includes
Bausch Advanced Technology Group, Bergin Fruit
& Nut Company, Cedarlane Natural Foods,
Ebénisterie St-Patrick, E.A. Patten,
Katoomba Trading, Stone Plastics &
Manufacturing and Windkits. We continue to
keep an eye on one potentially large rollout at
self-storage and shipping company U-Haul. The
project, in which xTuple replaces Oracle apps in
U-Haul's truck fabrication and assembly operations, is
continuing, with around five facilities so far having
made the migration.
The community version of PostBooks
has now been downloaded more than 420,000 times since it
first debuted on SourceForge several years ago.
Community-wise, xTuple boasts 25,000+ active users, and
the health of that community is demonstrated by the
number of features that it both requests and helps
develop. As for open source, xTuple says interest and
use center on community and or reliability, which is
consistent with a couple of our findings among open
source software users and customers: first, there is
increasing concern about vendor lock-in, thus driving
the desire for a community of fellow users and
developers; the second finding is the changing rewards
of open source software, which appear to be expanding
beyond cost savings and time to more innovative factors
such as performance and reliability. Perhaps the
biggest, most consistent reward of open source software
among users, however, is flexibility, and xTuple reports
that its customers and partners are demanding
flexibility in the form of features such as support for
add-ons or extensions and compatibility with legacy and
other technology that is not necessarily open
Partners are also very important to
xTuple, and they number about 50, with a mix of local
and regional VARs and systems integrators with plenty of
ERP knowledge. The partners function as a valuable first
focus group for the company given that they are on the
front lines with customers that are managing ERP
implementations on a daily basis. As we hear from other
open source players, xTuple's partners often function
almost as though they're an extension of the company
itself, which is how close the working relationship can
be between vendor and partner. Earlier this year, xTuple
signed up new partners in countries including Brazil,
Canada, Japan, Mexico and Singapore.
The xTuple customer base is a mix
of those deploying their first formal ERP apps and those
replacing existing, typically older on-premises ERP
installations. In the former camp, the commercial open
source player is most often attracting users moving
up-market from Intuit's QuickBooks accounting or
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software. Among the
latter group, xTuple's primary rival is Microsoft with
its four Dynamics ERP families ? AX, GP, NAV and SL.
SAP is another longtime rival, but xTuple hasn't
run into SAP's Business One apps suite lately and has
yet to face off against the troubled SaaS midmarket
Business ByDesign suite, which remains in limited
availability; xTuple is more likely to encounter SAP's
on-premises and partner-hosted Business All-in-One
More customers than in the past are
coming to xTuple from acquisitive apps vendor Infor
Global Solutions, particularly users that have been
running Infor's ERP on IBM's midrange servers.
After many name changes, Big Blue's AS/400 ? also known
as iSeries or System i ? servers are now part of the
Power Systems family and, as there has been for many
years of the AS/400's life, there continues to be lively
debate as to whether IBM might sunset the servers. We
have also seen Oracle's strategy for its JD
Edwards ERP customers that rely on IBM's servers be
impacted by Oracle's purchase of IBM server rival Sun
Microsystems. Some of xTuple's partners are already
helping some users in conversions off of their existing
ERP apps and AS/400 servers. There has always been a
strong sense of community around the AS/400, one that
xTuple hopes migrating customers might also see
reflected in the open source arena.
XTuple is bumping into on-premises
and SaaS ERP player Epicor Software more often.
In general, it doesn't tend to encounter SaaS pure
plays, although xTuple recently signed up a couple of
former NetSuite customers that have found
subscription renewal rates for the SaaS apps suite much
higher than the promotional rate they enjoyed in their
first year as NetSuite customers.
To date, xTuple doesn't tend to vie
with fellow commercial open source ERP players in the US
on a regular basis; such firms include the likes of
Belgium's OpenERP and Spain's Openbravo,
both of which recently opened offices in Silicon Valley.
The vendor has benefited from the fallout following ERP
rollup merchant Consona's purchase
of commercial open source ERP player Compiere
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customers tend to be larger and more internal IT
projects, xTuple hasn't seen many users coming to it so
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Dustin Chandler and Josh Bacon combined for 326 rushing yards and six touchdowns in Daniel Boone's 42-6 romp over David Crockett in the 43rd annual Musket Bowl.
Chandler ended with 185 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while Bacon finished with 141 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Trailblazers over the Pioneers on Friday night at Nathan Hale Stadium. It was Boone's 11th straight victory in the series.
"We just wanted to establish the run and make them stop us. And they couldn't," Chandler said. "We wanted to take over the game and that's what we did."
Bacon had touchdown runs of 19, seven and 20 yards for the Trailblazers.
"It starts up front with our line," Bacon said. "We wouldn't get any of our yards without the five big people up front."
Boone finished the regular season 3-3 in the Big Seven Conference and 4-6 overall. Crockett fell to 2-4 in the league and 5-5 overall.
As the backs stated, the game was won in the trenches for Boone. Overall, they had 342 rushing yards on 50 carries to just 43 rushing yards for the Pioneers.
"We just challenged our kids to take over the line of scrimmage," Boone head coach Jeremy Jenkins said. "Hats off to our defensive staff too. They did a good job on that side of the ball mixing up some coverages."
The overall statistics weren't as skewed as the final score.
Total offense favored Boone 367-305 and first downs were a 17-15 advantage as the Pioneers made some headway through the air. Crockett quarterback Ryan Burger hit 19 of 39 passes for 262 yards and receiver Eric Day made five catches for 95 yards.
Still, it was the inability of the defense to stop the Trailblazers' running game which was the biggest difference.
"That's been our Achilles heel all season," Pioneers head coach Jeremy Bosken said. "That's my fault for not adjusting sooner. The kids played their hearts out, but that's just one of the weaknesses of the program right now."
Boone scored first on Bacon's 19-yard run right up the middle with 2:34 left in the first quarter.
Crockett responded through the air with Burger hitting DJ Britton on a 24-yard pass for the last play of the first quarter, which put the ball at the Boone 2-yard-line. Burger then had a pair of one-yard runs to score, but a missed extra-point left the Pioneers trailing 7-6.
However, they had no answer for Boone's running game and it resulted in 35 unanswered points.
Chandler ran through the Crockett defense 15 yards on the next drive and with the extra-point, the 'Blazers led 14-6.
After Crockett's next drive stalled on the Boone-15, Bacon broke free on a 51-yard run. He finished the drive a minute later with a seven-yard touchdown for a 21-6 halftime lead.
The Trailblazers salted it away in the third quarter with touchdown runs of 20 yards by Bacon and 34 yards by Chandler.
Chandler added a five-yard TD run for the final score.
Both teams now await today's TSSAA playoff announcements for their postseason fates.
After the game, Jenkins and his team weren't worried as much as about the future as celebrating their continued dominance of the Washington County rivalry.
"Right now, we're going to enjoy this," Jenkins said. "Come tomorrow, we'll know if we're going to be playing next week. If not, we know we ended it like we wanted to end it."
The Pioneers will also be listening for the news late this morning. They hope their work throughout the season is enough to secure a playoff bid.
"We're crossing our fingers," Bosken said. "We are thankful we're still in the hunt. Earlier in the season, the kids took care of five opponents and got the wins like we were supposed to. Obviously, we wanted to send our seniors out on a better note here, but that's on me. I have to put them in a better position to be successful."


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Rating: 5.0
By Daniel Farey-Jones, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 05 December 2012 08:00AM
Atkinson has been group marketing and digital officer at Tesco, reporting to Mason, since joining the company in summer 2011 from a role as group chief executive of Tesco agency EHS 4D.
He will retain his group marketing and digital officer title and now report directly into chief executive Philip Clarke.
Mason, also chief executive of Fresh & Easy and deputy group CEO of Tesco, had been with the company since 1982 and became marketing director of the UK operation, going on to spearhead the ambitious launch into the US in 2007.
However, Tesco today admitted defeat on its attempt to grow Fresh & Easy over the Atlantic, saying: "It is now clear that Fresh & Easy will not deliver acceptable shareholder returns on an appropriate timeframe in its current form."
According to a Tesco spokesman, Clarke decided it was not appropriate for Mason to lead the strategic review and as a result Mason is leaving.
Clarke praised Mason's contribution to the retailer but added: "It's always sad when colleagues leave but it gives opportunities for others. I'm delighted with the team I've got and there will be more additions in the future."
All options are on the table as part of the review, including selling the chain or finding a partner.
It claims to have had "a number of approaches from parties interested in acquiring either all or part of Fresh & Easy, or in partnering with us to develop the Fresh & Easy business" in recent months.
Clarke said: "It's likely but not certain our business in America will come to an end."
There are currently 199 Fresh & Easy stores, all based in Arizona, California and Nevada.
At the time of the launch of Fresh & Easy, Mason said: "The Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market format is designed to draw customers back to their local neighbourhoods by offering high quality, fresh and nutritious food at affordable prices."
The review of the US operations follows Tesco's decision earlier this year to exit Japan.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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So seems to be BRS might want to figure out what is up with the gears stripping out and fix it.. Just hope my second one on my other tank lasts long enough for me to come up with a better system.. Great for top offs By Brent on 8/16/2014 Brent would recommend this product to a friend I bought this to suck from a 5 gallon RO/DI top off container and connected it to a timer to come on an intervals throughout the day. I have a HOT skimmer that requires a nearly constant water level to operate effectively, and this top off doser does that perfectly. I am very happy with this product. Please do be aware, though, that as the description stated, if you mount this inside of a cabinet (like I did), you can hear it when it is running. Works great! By Brooks on 6/30/2014 Brooks would recommend this product to a friend Got product installed mounted without any issues. A bit slower than I expected but does the job flawlessly. Have it hooked up through a Apex IO Breakout box. Great ATO pump By Moni on 6/26/2014 Moni would recommend this product to a friend This pump has been a great ATO solution for me - the lack of siphon and ability to raise a good head let me put my reservoir in a closet, well away from my display tank. The previous aqua lifting pump I had used couldn't even get water raised from the floor into the tank, so I had to leave my ATO jug on a shelf or chair to give it a head start. I've been using this for a month now with no problems. Overall good so far By Justin on 4/29/2014 Justin would recommend this product to a friend I bought the 50ml top off pump and won a pair of 1.1ml dosers so I am using all three for a couple months now. No complaints yet, a little noise but running in the basement offers no issues for me. I hope to get more than a year out of these otherwise I would have to agree with the others above. Limited lifetime doesn't sound too appealing but I like them so far. don't buy. By mike d nyc on 3/19/2014 mike d nyc wouldn't recommend this product to a friend i bought this pump to push RO/DI from my reservoir through a kalk-stirrer. a peristaltic pump with a regular rate connected to a controller seems like a safer choice than relying on a variable rate of evaporation dictating when and how much kalkwasser is introduced into my system which would have been the scenario if i just piggybacked the kalk-stirrer onto my level-sensing ato. the reasonable price and italian-origin of the pump made it easy to pull the trigger. and since many people might be considering this setup, i'll offer my experience as a warning: from the very beginning, the pump immediately made a moderate grinding noise when activated. within days, the noise had intensified some. i contacted BRS to ask if this was normal for this unit. the BRS rep asked if i'd been running the pump for extended periods of time... which i had not. he explained that this pump was meant to run for "30-40 minutes" at a clip. i'd never exceeded this runtime but after hearing this, i took note that the pump housing got very warm after a few minutes of use. the grinding noise continued to get worse and increased to the point where it was clearly audible over the other ambient sounds of my reef despite being buried inside a stand made of 3/4" plywood and lined with sound absorbing foam sheets. and so i arranged to exchange the pump for an identical replacement. the replacement pump makes a very loud "clunk" sound whenever it activates, but does not have the grinding sound of its predecessor. the clunk, however, is sufficient to cause featherdusters and coco worms to retract, startle my fish, and annoy my wife. also, it being unadvisable to run this pump for more than 30-40 minutes without a cooldown period made it insufficient for my needs. unfortunately, BRS says i'm past the 30-day return window and so i'm not eligible for a refund. i won't editorialize further except to say that despite being out $90, i'm going to throw this pump in the trash rather than risk using a product that doesn't do the job i require of it, and that i don't trust at all. i'm always optimistic when a manufacturer resists the urge to bang out junk in a chinese sweatshop - and i'm happy to pay more for a better product made by skilled workers earning a fair wage - but this pump and its replacement were completely useless. Awesome so fa By Reefercraze83 on 3/12/2014 Reefercraze83 would recommend this product to a friend This pump is working great so far. Minimal noise from gears. Much better than I was expecting from reading reviews prior to purchase. I use it as top off so it's precision does not need to be exact. But I love not having to top off by hand. We will see its longevity and hopefully my review will stand. Really easy to install. Gears stripped. By Jon on 2/14/2014 Jon wouldn't recommend this product to a friend I like the pump but this is the second one I've owned in two years both of them the gears stripped out. The 1.1 ml pumps work Great had them for two years with no problems Great Dosing System By Steve on 2/13/2014 Steve would recommend this product to a friend I bought 2 pumps and calibrated their flow at 1.2 ml/min each. They are working flawlessly. Great Pumps Great Price By DIYReefer on 2/13/2014 DIYReefer would recommend this product to a friend I really like these pumps for ATO on tanks up to 150 Gallons. Anything tanks larger than that with a lot of evaporation will work these pumps for hours. At least it did on my 700 gallon system. CON-- The last one I ordered did not have the mounting plate in the box. I contacted Customer Service and did not get a response back. Pump Failed By Jason on 2/10/2014 Jason wouldn't recommend this product to a friend This is the second pump in less than 2 years. First one the gears stripped out on it. This one completely Froze on me. Haven't had time to take it apart yet. They Should last longer than 1 year. Guess I will look at a different brand Good paired with my reefkeeper to ATO By Mtthbrook on 2/9/2014 Mtthbrook would recommend this product to a friend Working great to ATO with my reefkeeper I set it to run for 5 minutes once the switch calls for water. 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Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology by Stephen Spotte, Wiley Interscience, pp 942, £75/ $113
'Technical books take many forms, but those that are truly original radiate both a purpose and a point of view. The ideas presented are alive and vibrant, suspended in a force field between the poles of imagination and scholarship. The writing is clear and bold without fear of solecisms.' Not my words, but those of Stephen Spotte in the preface to his book. I admit to blinking at these and other florid preliminary comments made on what, from the title, one might assume is a conventional textbook on the culture of marine fishes. Not so, says Spotte: 'Anyone expecting a handy reference volume faces disappointment; this book is organised to be read, not consulted. Captive fishes demand an intellectual tithe from those who curate them.'
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The Age October 22, 2009
Dear Editor,
I read your article about MacDonald's free maths online program (Wednesday, October 21). I shake my head in disbelief to hear the criticism of "free advertising".
The online program is an absolute lifesaver for many maths students - anyone who has missed lessons or is not keeping up (or has a dud maths teacher). I use it to brush up my own maths too. There is only the tiniest mention on the opening screen that it is supplied by MacDonalds.
THIS SENTENCE EDITED OUT BY THE AGEThe real question to me is why the critics, who operate a multi-billion-dollar tax-funded monopoly, never provided this brilliant service to the youth of Australia themselves!
Philip O'Carroll Co-Founder, Fitzroy Community School


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Contractor for Snowden Background Check Is Investigated
June 20 (Bloomberg) -- A federal contractor that conducted a background check on Edward Snowden, the former national-security worker who leaked secret documents on U.S. surveillance programs, is under criminal investigation, a lawmaker said.
USIS, a unit of Falls Church, Virginia-based Altegrity Inc., performed the check in 2011, Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said at a congressional hearing today.
The probe by the federal Office of Personnel Management's inspector general is tied to the company's "systemic failure to adequately conduct investigations," McCaskill said.
USIS conducts about 45 percent of the background checks contracted out by the personnel office. Closely held Altegrity was awarded $451 million in federal contracts last year.
Snowden, who held a top-secret clearance, is a former National Security Agency contractor who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. His disclosures have drawn attention to the government's process of vetting people who handle classified material.
Passing a background check is a requirement before a federal employee or contractor can be granted a security clearance. The personnel office is responsible for most of them, conducting more than 2 million investigations a year. The federal government spends more than $1 billion annually on clearance probes, according to McCaskill.
Snowden Review
Patrick McFarland, inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management, said he believed there may have been problems with USIS's review of Snowden.
While the inspector general's office is investigating the company, McFarland declined after the Senate hearing to say whether it was a criminal probe or whether the investigation was tied to the Snowden matter.
USIS was responsible for a "re-investigation" of Snowden that was tied to his clearance renewal, McFarland said. It isn't clear who conducted Snowden's original investigation, which wasn't done by the personnel office, according to the inspector general's office.
"USIS has never been informed that it is under criminal investigation," according to a company statement released after the hearing.
USIS said it received a subpoena in January 2012 from the inspector general of the personnel office. It complied with the subpoena and has "cooperated fully with the government's civil investigative efforts," the company said.
Contractor Probe
USIS has been under investigation since late 2011, said Michelle Schmitz, assistant inspector general for investigations.
"A complicated contract fraud case typically takes several years," Schmitz said at the hearing of two Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittees. She declined to offer details on why the 2011 probe was initiated.
McFarland said he has been alarmed about the lack of oversight for background investigations. "Our resources remain woefully inadequate, preventing us from performing the level of oversight that such an important program requires," he said.
In one case, a worker fabricated 1,600 credit checks before it was discovered her own background investigation had been falsified, according to McFarland's prepared testimony. The company wasn't identified.
Of 3,500 investigative reports the Pentagon used to make security clearance decisions, 87 percent were missing required documents, a review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found in 2008.
While 18 investigators, including contract and government employees, have been convicted of falsifying reports since 2006, McFarland said the inspector general's office lacks the resources to clear a backlog of an additional 36 cases.
He said he believes there may be more fraud beyond the 18 cases.
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This custom supposedly arose during the time of Emperor Constantine when Christians were able to touch the crucifixion cross of Christ as it was carried in public processions. After the central cross was placed in Constantinople the practice was to touch any wooden cross or crucifix and later extended to include anything made of wood.
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