Democratic Republic of Congo and the International Criminal Court
Hearing to Confirm the Charges against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
November 2006
On November 9, the International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin a hearing to decide if there is sufficient evidence against its first suspect in custody, Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga, to move ahead with what would be the ICC’s first-ever trial.
Lubanga is the former leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (Union des patriotes congolais, or UPC), an armed group responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Ituri region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The ICC has charged him with enlisting and conscripting children as soldiers and using them to participate actively in the conflict in Ituri. Lubanga was transferred to The Hague on March 17.
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 Thomas Lubanga, President of the UPC. © 2003 Khanh Renaud
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