Congo-Kinshasa: ICC - Congolese Warlord to Go to Trial - Bosco Ntaganda Case Shows Need to Bring Ranking Officials to Justice

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The Hague — The International Criminal Court's confirmation of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against the warlord Bosco Ntaganda should pave the way for broader justice in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.

On June 9, 2014, three pre-trial judges unanimously found substantial grounds to believe that Ntaganda committed war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder and attempted murder, attacks against the civilian population, rape and sexual slavery, pillaging, and persecution in northeastern Congo's Ituri district in 2002 and 2003. The ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was based on evidence presented by the Office of the Prosecutor at a February hearing.

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