Congo child soldiers awarded $10M compensation in landmark ruling
Source: CBC
Posted: Dec 15, 2017 8:07 AM ET
International war crimes judges awarded $10 million US in compensation on Friday to child soldiers recruited by convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga — the largest reparation of it kind.
The International Criminal Court said Lubanga was liable to pay the full amount to his young victims and their relatives, but added it recognized there was no way he would be able to afford it.
It said part of the payment would be made by a court trust fund for victims — and the fund should ask for contributions from the government of Congo.
Lubanga was convicted in 2012 of committing war crimes for 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.
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