Djokaba Lambi Longba, a witness in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) trial of Thomas Lubanga who has requested asylum in the Netherlands, must be returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Trial Chamber at the ICC confirmed recently. After considering submissions from Longba’s lawyers, Trial Chamber I refused to revoke its previous…
In May 2011, four International Criminal Court (ICC) witnesses filed applications for asylum in the Netherlands. The witnesses had been brought to The Hague from a prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where they had been imprisoned for over five years for their alleged role in the murder of UN peacekeepers. They…
Thomas Lubanga on trial at the International Criminal Court. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court. A former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubanga is accused of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers. More
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