An appeal by Thomas Lubanga, the first person convicted by the International Criminal Court, has been rejected.
The Congolese militia's leader attempted to overturn his conviction and 14 year sentence for recruiting child soldiers under the age of 15 and sending them into battle.
A five-judge panel at The Hague rejected or dismissed the seven parts of Lubanga's appeal.
"The trial chamber's assessment of the facts was reasonable," said presiding judge Erkki Koroula.
The panel also rejected Lubanga's appeal over the length of his sentence.
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