- The ICC Renders Its First Sentence: Is Justice Served for Congolese Child Soldiers? The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rendered it’s first ever sentence in the case of Mr. Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord and leader of UPC (Union Patriotique Congolais). Lubanga was convicted, as co-perpetrator, on three counts of war crimes including enlisting and conscripting of children under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities in the Ituri region, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between September 2002 and June 2003.
- Mother’s Day Reflections on Human Rights from WITNESS Moms The second Sunday in May is celebrated as Mother's Day here in the United States (and in other countries). With that in mind, I asked my colleagues who are also mothers at WITNESS if they'd be willing to share some thoughts on what human rights issues hit closest to home for them.
- TRUST Colorado: Understanding What It Means to Protect Our Atmosphere Justinian concluded that these essential, common, natural resources belong to everyone and not just the Emperor or the privileged. Consequently, the Roman Empire protected these resources in trust, for the public. This hallowed legal principle, referred to as the Public Trust Doctrine, is perhaps most simply explained by 11-year-old Xiuhtezcatl Martinez...
- Lubanga Verdict Brings Justice To Child Soldiers in DRC – Tomorrow The Work Continues Bukeni Waruzi, Program Manager for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS, and a long-time advocate for children's rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reacted with relief and hope to the guilty verdict of former rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo announced at the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier today.
- Video exposes child-soldier's identity [via GV/WITNESS] [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] If you’ve seen the guidelines for this site, you’ll know that there are types of footage that we wouldn’t post, and circumstances surrounding the shooting of particular videos that mean we wouldn’t even link to them. Today’s post is about one of those […]
