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By Mustafa Fetouri
Published 4 Apr, 2026 08:03 | Updated 4 Apr, 2026 09:05
The Council Chamber of the Brussels Court of First Instance last month made the historic decision, subject to appeal, to open a criminal trial against Étienne Davignon, a former Belgian diplomat, for his alleged role in the abduction and transfer of Patrice Lumumba.
This March 17 ruling delivers a blow to decades of Western legal immunity, challenging the long-standing practice of burying the 1961 assassination under the vague ‘moral responsibility’ of diplomatic apologies. The court must now decide if this will finally be prosecuted as a war crime. It is a live-wire legal precedent that connects the ‘Decapitation Doctrine’ – the strategic removal of a head of state to induce systemic national collapse.
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