{"id":24466,"date":"2012-06-14T09:48:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T07:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/24466-130612-icclubanga-prosecution-requests-30-years-in-jail-against-lubanga.html"},"modified":"2012-06-14T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T07:48:51","slug":"130612-icclubanga-prosecution-requests-30-years-in-jail-against-lubanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/24466-130612-icclubanga-prosecution-requests-30-years-in-jail-against-lubanga.html","title":{"rendered":"13.06.12 - ICC\/LUBANGA \u2013 PROSECUTION REQUESTS 30 YEARS IN JAIL AGAINST LUBANGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arusha, June 13, 2012 (FH) \u2013 Luis Moreno Ocampo requested Wednesday before the International Criminal court (ICC) a 30-year term against former militia leader Thomas Lubanga. \"The prosecution requests the chamber to impose a sentence of 30 years in prison,\" ICC Prosecutor told the judges, adding he was asking for a \"severe sentence\".<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Lubanga, 51, was convicted in March of war crimes for enlisting children under 15 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the ICC's first verdict since it started in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Ocampo said that \"The prosecution will request a sentence in the name of each child recruited, in the name of the Ituri region.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Children are particularly vulnerable,\" he added. \"This crime is of the most serious concern for the international community.\"<\/p>\n<p>A 37-year-old Congolese woman, testifying on behalf of the defence, earlier told the tribunal that Lubanga's \"chief aim, through his actions, was to pacify\" the volatile Ituri region. 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