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The International Criminal Court handed down its first sentence Tuesday, imprisoning for 14 years a Congolese warlord convicted of using child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga was convicted in March of recruiting and using children in his Union of Congolese Patriots militia, sending them to kill and be killed during fighting in Congo’s eastern Ituri region in 2002-2003. Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford said the sentence reflected the need to protect children in wartime. “The vulnerability of children means they need to be afforded particular protection,” he said at the sentencing hearing. The 51-year-old Lubanga is the first person convicted by the 10-year-old permanent war crimes tribunal.

The International Criminal Court handed down its first sentence Tuesday, imprisoning for 14 years a Congolese warlord convicted of using child soldiers.

Thomas Lubanga was convicted in March of recruiting and using children in his Union of Congolese Patriots militia, sending them to kill and be killed during fighting in Congo’s eastern Ituri region in 2002-2003.

Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford said the sentence reflected the need to protect children in wartime. “The vulnerability of children means they need to be afforded particular protection,” he said at the sentencing hearing.

The 51-year-old Lubanga is the first person convicted by the 10-year-old permanent war crimes tribunal.

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    This is a real victory for victims of violence in the DRC. Which is still ongoing near the Rwandan and Ugandan boarders....
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