International Criminal Court judges have sentenced Thomas Lubanga for conscripting and recruiting children under the age of 15 years and using them in armed conflict. But they lashed out at former ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for failing to include sexual violence charges in the trial.
Convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, but he will have six years knocked off his sentence for the time he has already served in detention in The Hague.
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday handed down their first-ever sentence: 14 years to Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga for enlisting and using child soldiers during a civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Focus On: Congolese Warlord Sentenced for War Crimes
, Tue 10 Jul, 04:18 pm
International Criminal Court judges have sentenced Thomas Lubanga for conscripting and recruiting children under the age of 15 years and using them in armed conflict. But they lashed out at former ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for failing to include sexual violence charges in the trial.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Warlord Gets 14 Years for Using Child Soldiers
Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 10 July 2012
Convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, but he will have six years knocked off his sentence for the time he has already served in detention in The Hague.
Congo-Kinshasa: Warlord Lubanga Jailed for 14 Years
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 10 July 2012
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday handed down their first-ever sentence: 14 years to Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga for enlisting and using child soldiers during a civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.