International court rejects appeal of former Congolese militia chief

Bosco Ntaganda, head of the Congolese militia

Bosco Ntaganda, head of the Congolese militia

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld the appeal of Bosco Ntaganda, head of the Congolese militia, upholding his 30-year sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. According to Reuters, Judge Howard Morrison, the presiding judge of the appeals bench, said that all the questions raised in the appeal of Bosco Ntaganda were rejected and the sentence was upheld. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. The judges rejected almost all questions raised by Bosco Ntaganda’s lawyers against the sentence.

The head of the Congolese militia was sentenced in 2019 to 30 years in prison for murder, rape and other crimes. He was accused of committing war crimes when he was military chief of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2002 to 2003. Hundreds of civilians were killed during the war in the Congo and thousands were forced to flee. Earlier this month, International Criminal Court judges ruled that Bosco Ntaganda, the head of the Congolese militia, had been convicted and would have to pay 3 30 million to children and other victims used in the fighting. The ruling said Bosco Ntaganda did not have the means to pay compensation and the court ordered its trust fund to provide assistance to those affected by war crimes through vocational and other programs.

Judge Chang-ho Chung said the court had unanimously ruled in favor of Bosco Ntaganda and would review its obligation to pay 3 30 million to the victims. He said Bosco Ntaganda could not pay the amount, so the chamber encouraged the trust fund to pay compensation to the victims so that all necessary efforts could be made for fundraising. The judge said the victims would not be compensated individually by anyone but through institutions and funds set up to help the victims. Compensation will be for victims who were child soldiers and rape victims under his command in the attacks led by Bosco Ntaganda, and children born as a result of rape will also be funded.

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