Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Upholds Lubanga War Crimes Conviction

1 December 2014

At the International Criminal Court in The Hague, appeal judges have upheld the conviction of Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga. The ICC was handing down its first-ever appeals verdict.

Thomas Lubanga was given a 14 year prison sentence on July 10, 2012 after the court found him guilty of war crimes in March of that year. He was the first suspect to be convicted by the International Criminal Court ten years after its creation.

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