Coalition for Darfur

Finally, the international community is putting to trial those who ruin the lives of children. I wish they would also get to trial the members of the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda...(Do a search on the blog using the search function on the left side bar of the evils committed by this regime...)

Coalition for Darfur: "A Congolese militia leader, the first suspect to face trial at the International Criminal Court, made an initial appearance in The Hague on Monday on charges of conscripting children for war.

Thomas Lubanga was transferred to the ICC on Friday night after he was flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo aboard a French military plane the day after Congolese authorities surrendered him to the court.

Lubanga, dressed in a dark suit, confirmed his identity and heard a list of his rights, but refused to hear a readout of his arrest charges, saying he had already been informed about it earlier in The Hague.

'I was born on the 29th of December 1960 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am a politician by profession,' Lubanga said speaking in French.

He was the founder and leader of one of the most dangerous militia in Congo's lawless northeastern district of Ituri, the ICC has said.

Presiding Judge Claude Jorda set the next hearing on June 27, when the court would confirm the precise charges."