ICC convicts Congo militia leader of war crimes

[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Friday found [judgment summary, PDF] Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga [case materials; JURIST news archive] guilty of four counts of war crimes and one count of crime against humanity. The crimes were committed during an attack on a village in a diamond-rich region of Congo in 2003, in which approximately 200 civilians were killed and some sexually assaulted. During a public hearing Friday, presiding judge Bruno Cotte delivered [press release] a...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/icc-convicts-congo-militia-leader-of-war-crimes.php

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