The main highlight of the Thomas Lubanga trial this week was the presentation by the defense of several documents, which allegedly showed that at least seven prosecution witnesses who claimed to have been child soldiers lied about their identities. The documents included school reports and registers from the institutions which various prosecution witnesses claimed they…
An investigator from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court is due to give evidence in the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga. Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford disclosed on Wednesday that the unnamed investigator, as well as two intermediaries of the ICC’s prosecution investigators, would be testifying at…
A former child soldier testifying in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga said today that he was reluctant to quit the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia, even when a relief worker repeatedly promised him financial support if he abandoned military service. ‘Witness 297’, who was testifying for the second day, told the trial…
A former child soldier in the group which war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga allegedly led today described a meeting Mr. Lubanga attended with the top commanders of the armed militia of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC). ‘Witness 297’ told court that he was grabbed from his school by soldiers led by Floribert Kisembo and…
A child protection specialist told victims’ lawyers today that she personally met with Thomas Lubanga to discuss the issue of forced enlistment. Witness Christine Peduto, who worked for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), said she met with Lubanga on May 30, 2003 at his home in the town of…
A child protection specialist told prosecutors today that she referred many children to reintegration centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including an 11-year-old. Christine Peduto, who worked for the United Nations Mission to the Congo (MONUC), said the boy was recruited when he was just 10, and was the bodyguard of the…
Questions were raised this week about Thomas Lubanga’s control over the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia, following testimony that as the group’s president, his role was largely political, not military. Lubanga is on trial at the International Criminal Court on charges of conscripting and using children to fight in the Ituri region of the…
Testimony in the trial of Thomas Lubanga took a turn on Wednesday as a witness suggested that Lubanga may not have had as much military control of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia as previously stated. Continuing his testimony from yesterday, a former UPC soldier known as Witness 17 told judges that he never…
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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