Thomas Lubanga

Justice for "Bush Wives": The ICC and Bosco Ntaganda

Eva Smets | Posted 05.31.2012

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Eva Smets

Luis Moreno-Ocampo's recent decision to add separate charges on sexual violence against Bosco Ntaganda is a promising move. It may give voice to the many Congolese women and girls, abducted, raped and used as sexual slaves by their "commanders."

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A Video That Helped Convict a Warlord and What It Could Mean for Kony 2012

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm | Posted 05.19.2012

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Yvette Alberdingk Thijm

With much respect to the legitimacy of the debate around "Kony 2012," there is a single sentence that keeps pushing itself into focus before my eyes: we have to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses.

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Lessons From Lubanga

Morris Davis | Posted 05.16.2012

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Morris Davis

Whether you can put a price on justice is an interesting philosophical argument, but it is possible to have a meaningful discussion about whether international crimes tribunals are worth the costs.

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Congolese Warlord Convicted Of Using Child Soldiers

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.14.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Thomas Lubanga and Joseph Kony are accused of leading jungle militias that turned African children into killers. While ...

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CHILD SOLDIERS TRIAL

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.13.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Thomas Lubanga and Joseph Kony are accused of leading jungle militias that turned African children into killers, but wh...

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Angelina Jolie Attends Trial At The Hague

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Angelina Jolie sat in a courtside booth Tuesday at the International Criminal Court and watched the trial of a Congoles...

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Save Darfur: Why the UN Security Council Should Stop the ICC's Efforts to Indict al-Bashir

The Morningside Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Morningside Post

What's happening in Darfur is despicable, and al-Bashir is undoubtedly responsible -- if not for instigating the violence, but at least for his failure to attempt to stop it.

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Video for Change: The ICC and Justice for Child Soldiers in the DRC

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvette Alberdingk Thijm

The International Criminal Court commenced its first trial Jan 26, and I am inspired by the myriad and unprecedented ways video and technology have been incorporated into the proceedings.

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Congolese Militia Leader Denies War Crimes

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga has pleaded not guilty to charges of using child soldiers, at the International Criminal Court (ICC). ...

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