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Lubanga Trial: Press and Meetings on the Day Before the Opening of the Trial
By: Bukeni Waruzi
Posted: Jan 23 09
Witnessed: 1819 times
Regions: Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Issues: Child soldiers
Tags: Bukeni Waruzi, Congo, Duty to Protect, icc, international criminal court, International Justice, Lubanga, war crimes
Second day in The Hague: Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS' Program Coordinator for Africa & the Middle
East, in the Netherlands for the opening of the International Criminal Court's first trial
ever - a trial against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for the
crime of enlisting children under the age of 15 to fight in his army
during the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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