Thomas Lubanga fr

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was the founder and president of the Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) and the founder and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC). He is charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the basis of individual criminal responsibility with enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 and using those children to participate actively in hostilities. These crimes were allegedly committed in the Ituri region in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Thomas Lubanga was arrested on 19 March 2005 and imprisoned in Kinshasa, DRC. On 20 March 2006, Lubanga made his initial appearance before the ICC. On Monday 16 June, Trial Chamber I at the International Criminal Court (ICC) imposed a stay on proceedings.

Thomas Lubanga is the first accused to face trial before the ICC.

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