Coalition for the International Criminal Court
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Anaga Dalal,
29 January 2007 (+)1.646.465.8517, dalal@iccnow.org
ICC confirms war crimes charges against THOMAS LUBANGA
DRC Child Soldier Case Will Be Court’s First Trial
WHAT: On Monday, 29 January at approximately 3 p.m. in The Hague, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed the charges against Mr. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, sending the case against him to trial. During Monday’s hearing, presiding Judge Claude Jorda read a summary of the Chamber’s decision. The Chamber found sufficient evidence to establish substantial grounds to believe that Mr. Lubanga is criminally responsible as a co-perpetrator for all three charges made against him for the period beginning September 2002, when the Force Patriotiques pour la Liberation du Congo (FPLC) was founded, and ending 13 August 2003.
The Prosecutor of the ICC has charged Mr. Lubanga with three war crimes: 1) enlisting children under the age of fifteen; 2) conscripting children under the age of fifteen; and 3) using children under the age of fifteen to participate actively in hostilities.
WHO: Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the alleged founder and leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and Commander-in-Chief of the UPC’s military wing, the (FPLC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Lubanga was arrested in March 2005, and subsequently imprisoned in the DRC capital, Kinshasa. He was transferred to the ICC on 16 March 2006.
COMMENT AND BACKGROUND: Experts from DRC human rights organizations and international NGOs are listed on the following pages for comment and background on this case.
Important notice: The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), an independent NGO movement, is dedicated to the establishment of the International Criminal Court as a fair, effective, and independent international organization. The Coalition as a whole, and its secretariat, does not endorse or promote specific investigations or prosecutions or take a position on situations before the ICC. However, individual CICC members may endorse referrals, provide legal and other support on investigations, or develop partnerships with local and other organizations in the course of their efforts.
Contact Info of NGO Experts on the Thomas Lubanga Case at the ICC
NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Alphabetical by last name
Bukeni W. Beck, Director and Founder of Jeunes pour le Developpement Integre-Kalundu/Projet Enfants Soldats (AJEDI-Ka/PES – Youth Development and Integration/Child Soldiers Project)
Uvira, South Kivu
Telephone: + 243 9940 11350; + 257 566 002
E-mail: bukenibeck@yahoo.fr
(English, French)
Christian Hemedi, Coordonnateur de la Coalition nationale pour la CPI (Head of the DRC National Coalition for the International Criminal Court)
Kinshasa
Telephone: + 243 99 99 166 96; + 243 81 700 5452
E-mail: coalition_cpi@yahoo.co.uk
Mpinga Tshibasu Michel Innocent, Président de l’Observatoire national des droits de l’homme (President of the Bar Association and of the National Council on Human Rights)
Kinshasa
Telephone: + 243 99 831 37 40; + 243 99 99 80 857
E-mail: batmpinga@yahoo.fr and tshilundu90@yahoo.fr
Roger Muchuba, Secrétaire Exécutif de Héritiers de la Justice (Secretary of the Inheritors of Justice)
Bukavu
Telephone: +243 99 86 76 6477
E-mail: rogermuchuba@yahoo.fr
Bisimwa Ntakobajira, Coordonnateur de l’Association de promotion et de défense des droits de l’homme (Head of the Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights)
Bukavu
Telephone: + 243 81 355 1835
E-mail: aedbukavu@yahoo.fr and matsobismwa@yahoo.fr
Anneke van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher on the DRC, Human Rights Watch
Kinshasa
Telephone: +243 81 085 2407
Email: woudena@hrw.org
(English, French)
Alpha Fall, Senior Associate, Centre International pour la Justice Transitionnelle (International Center for Transitional Justice)
Kinshasa
Telephone: +243 810 155 080 and + 243 812 746 859
Email: afall@ictj.org
(English, French)
International NGOs
Listed alphabetically by organization name
Matthew Heaphy, Deputy Convener, American NGO Coalition for the ICC
New York, New York:
Telephone: 212-907-1374
Email: mheaphy@unausa.org (English, French)
John Washburn, Convenor, American NGO Coalition for the ICC
New York, New York:
Office telephone: +1 212 907 1317
Mobile: +1 917 589 5988
Email: jwashburn@unausa.org
(English)
Christopher Hall, International Justice Project Senior Legal Adviser, Amnesty International
In London, England:
Office telephone.: +44 207 413 5733 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
Telephone.: +44 207 241 1728 (Monday and Thursday)
E-mail: chall@amnesty.org
Office telephone.: +44 207 413 5733 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
Telephone.: +44 207 241 1728 (Monday and Thursday)
E-mail: chall@amnesty.org
(English)
Dr. Karine Bonneau, Director of the International Justice Desk, Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de L’Homme (FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights)
Paris, France:
Telephone: +33 1 43 55 25 18
Mobile telephone: +33 6 72 34 87 59
Email: kbonneau@fidh.org
(French, English, Spanish)
Richard Dicker, International Justice Program Director, Human Rights Watch
New York, New York:
Office telephone: +1 212 216 1248
Mobile number: +1 917 747 6731
Email: dickerr@hrw.org
(English, French)
Géraldine Mattioli, International Justice Advocate, Human Rights Watch
Currently in The Hague, the Netherlands
Telephone: +31.6.27.44.52.84 or +32.485.57.79.62
Email: mattiog@hrw.org
(English, French)
Alison Smith, Legal Counsel, No Peace Without Justice
Brussels, Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 548 3912
Mobile phone: +32 486 986 235
Email: alison@sensible.it
(English)
Dr. David Donat Cattin, International Law & Human Rights Program Legal Adviser, Parliamentarians for Global Action
In New York, New York:
Office telephone: + 1 212 687 7755, ext. 105
Email: donat@pgaction.org
(English, Italian)
Mariana Goetz, ICC Outreach & Advocacy Adviser, REDRESS
London, England
Telephone : +44 20 7793 1777
Email: mariana@redress.org (English, French, Spanish)
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