The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered that victims of the Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, must receive reparations.
Commenting on the historic order for reparation, which includes a victim’s trust fund, an ICC spokesman said that “this is the first time the court has ordered reparations for victims”
The Trust Fun for Victims (TFV) will help those that suffered from Lubanga’s human rights violations of enlisting, conscripting and using children under the 15 years to fight.
The criteria to qualify for the reparations have been made broader than the original criteria that were used to select the victims for the trial, resulting in eligibility of approximately 1000 victims.
Lubanga, has been detained in The Hague since 2006, he was finally sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for his involvement in the conflict that resulted in the deaths of 60,000 civilians between 1999 and 2006.
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