Lubanga Case

The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

ICC-01/04-01/06

Reparation/Compensation

Convicted

Thomas Lubanga Dylio

Former President of the Union des Patriotes Congolais/Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo (UPC/FPLC). Arrest warrant: 10 February 2006 - Unsealed on 17 March 2006

Charges: Found guilty, on 14 March 2012, of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities

  • Found guilty, on 14 March 2012, of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities (child soldiers). Sentenced, on 10 July 2012, to a total of 14 years of imprisonment. Verdict and sentence confirmed by Appeals Chamber on 1 December 2014. On 19 December 2015, Mr Lubanga was transferred to a prison facility in the DRC to serve his sentence of imprisonment. On 15 March 2020, Thomas Lubanga was released after having served 14 years of imprisonment. The reparations proceedings for victims started on 7 August 2012.

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Trial Chamber II

Judge Chang-ho Chung (President Judge)
Judge Péter Kovács
Judge Socorro Flores Liera

Office of the Prosecutor

Defence

​Catherine Mabille 
Jean-Marie Biju-Duval 
Marc Desalliers

Legal Representatives of the Victims

​Franck Mulenda, Luc Walleyn, 
Carine Bapita Buyangandu, Joseph Keta Orwinyo, and Paul Kabongo Tshibangu