A prosecution witness, who was unable to testify in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial last year due to ill health, will give evidence next Monday, according to presiding judge Adrian Fulford. ‘Witness 297’, a former child soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), the militia group that Mr. Lubanga is alleged to have…
Prosecutors in the trial of Thomas Lubanga suffered a setback today when their first witness abruptly changed his story, saying he lied and had been coached on what to say in court. The unnamed witness initially told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that militia men reportedly commanded by Lubanga had kidnapped him on his way…
Finally, it is here. After many months of delay, and the chance that Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo would go free because of fair trial concerns, he is now in the dock and the International Criminal Court’s first ever trial is ready to start. So was it worth the wait? Some say no. Critics…
Welcome! Today, Thomas Lubanga will finally stand in front of a crowded courtroom to answer charges of allegedly conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers to fuel the Congo’s brutal conflict during 2002 and 2003. This is the ICC’s first trial. We will be updating you daily on this trial from the courtroom, as well as…
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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