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Child Soldiers

Congolese Warlord Found Guilty in Court’s First-Ever Trial

• March 14, 2012

Thomas Lubanga, the Congolese militant accused of war crimes by recruiting child soldiers under age 15 to fight in conflicts in the eastern region of his country, has been found guilty of the war crimes by a three-judge chamber presiding at his case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The decision was …

Africa, Child Soldiers, ICC

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Verdict on Congolese Rebel About to Be Made

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• February 29, 2012

The International Criminal Court is ready to announce its first-ever verdict, in the trial of Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord accused of committing war crimes for recruiting child soldiers under age 15. The verdict will be read on March 14 at the court’s headquarters in The Hague, where the judicial body began operating in …

Africa, Child Soldiers, ICC

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Fighting the Use of Child Soldiers With a List

Dulcie Leimbach

• February 11, 2012

The “naming and shaming” tool has been the most successful mechanism so far in the United Nations’ arsenal on ending the practice of child soldiers in the last 10 years, said Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for children and armed conflict since 2006. Yet pockets of child soldier use still elude efforts …

Child Soldiers, Human Rights

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