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War crimes court orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims
Source: Reuters
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MARCH 8, 2021 6:59 AM UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
War crimes court orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims
By Stephanie van den Berg
2 MIN READ
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Monday, in their highest ever reparation order.
The judges said Ntaganda did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself. Instead they asked the tribunal’s own Trust Fund to help set up and finance vocational and other programmes to support victims of his crimes.
Ntaganda was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2019 for murder, rape and other atrocities committed when he was military chief of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-2003.
Hundreds of civilians were killed and many thousands forced to flee during the fighting.
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MARCH 8, 2021 6:59 AM UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
War crimes court orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims
By Stephanie van den Berg
2 MIN READ
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Monday, in their highest ever reparation order.
The judges said Ntaganda did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself. Instead they asked the tribunal’s own Trust Fund to help set up and finance vocational and other programmes to support victims of his crimes.
Ntaganda was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2019 for murder, rape and other atrocities committed when he was military chief of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-2003.
Hundreds of civilians were killed and many thousands forced to flee during the fighting.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-warcrimes-congo-ntaganda/war-crimes-court-orders-record-30-million-compensation-for-congo-victims-idUSKBN2B016U
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