07 September 2011
ICC hears Congolese national conscripted child soldiers under 15
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard closing submissions in its first trial, which has run since January 2009, The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. The defendant is a Congolese national accused of having committed war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under 15 into the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo and using them to fight between 2002 and 2003. The trial has had over 220 hearings with 36 witnesses testifying and 123 alleged victims participating.
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