Congolese Warlord Found Liable For $10 Million Reparations

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that a former warlord from the Democratic Republic of the Congo convicted of using child soldiers is liable for $10 million in reparations to victims in the African nation. The court said in a ruling Friday that it had approved applications for reparations from 427 direct or indirect victims of crimes by Thomas Lubanga, who was convicted in March 2012 and is serving a 14-year prison sentence in Congo. It adds that "further evidence established the existence of hundreds of even thousands of additional victims" affected by Lubanga's crimes.

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    Like Ntaganda’s sentence, the reparations award for his victims was also record breaking. In March, he was ordered to pay $30 million in compensation. He’s not expected to pay any of that penalty ...
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