Showing posts with label ICC. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

DR Congo's Lubanga awaits ICC verdict
International war crimes court to deliver first verdict in case of Congolese leader accused of using child soldiers.
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2012 05:36
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to hand down its first verdict in the case of Thomas Lubanga, the leader of a group accused of recruiting child soldiers during the Democratic Republic of Congo's 1998-2003 war.
Lubanga, 51, was detained in 2006, becoming the first suspect to be taken into custody by the Netherlands-based court since it was established a decade ago.
The former leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), an ethnic Hema group, is charged with