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LONDON — Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese militia leader facing charges of recruiting child soldiers to rape and kill, on Monday became the first occupant of the defendant’s box at the new International Criminal Court at The Hague.
The court is the world’s first permanent venue to prosecute war crimes, genocide and other major crimes against humanity, most of which up to now have been tried at temporary courts. The court is designed to prosecute crimes referred to it either by national governments, which feel they cannot do justice at home, or by the U.N. Security Council.
