What charges did the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor bring against Lubanga?
Lubanga is charged with the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years as soldiers and using them to actively participate in hostilities in 2002-2003. He was arrested in the Congo on those charges and brought into ICC custody in March 2006. In January 2007, Pre-Trial Chamber I confirmed the charges against him based on its determination that there was sufficient evidence against Lubanga to go forward with a trial. After several delays, the trial was supposed to begin on June 23. Appeals chamber decision of October 21, 2008 on Trial Chamber I’s “stay” of the Lubanga trial 3. What did the Appeals Chamber recently decide about the trial? In its decision on October 21, 2008, the Appeals Chamber unanimously confirmed Trial Chamber I’s decision of June 13 to stay trial proceedings against Thomas Lubanga. The trial chamber had decided to suspend the trial because the prosecution was unable to provide to the court and the defense over 200 documents that it had
