Congo child soldiers awarded $10 million compensation in landmark ruling


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Dec 2017

FILE PHOTO: Former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga awaits the judges' verdict in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, December 1, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Kooren

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - International war crimes judges awarded $10 million in compensation on Friday to child soldiers recruited by convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga - the largest reparation of it kind.

The International Criminal Court said Lubanga was liable to pay the full amount to his young victims and their relatives, but added it recognised there was no way he would be able to afford it.

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