Former President of the Union des Patriotes Congolais/Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo (UPC/FPLC). Arrest warrant: 10 February 2006 - Unsealed on 17 March 2006
Found guilty, on 14 March 2012, of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities (child soldiers). Sentenced, on 10 July 2012, to a total of 14 years of imprisonment. Verdict and sentence confirmed by Appeals Chamber on 1 December 2014. On 19 December 2015, Mr Lubanga was transferred to a prison facility in the DRC to serve his sentence of imprisonment. On 15 March 2020, Thomas Lubanga was released after having served 14 years of imprisonment. The reparations proceedings for victims started on 7 August 2012.
Today, 18 July 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") delivered its judgment on two appeals filed, pursuant to article 82(4) of the Statute, by Mr Lubanga and the V01 group of victims, against Trial Chamber II's 'Decision Setting the Size of the Reparations Award for which Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is Liable', which was issued on 15 December 2017. It confirmed for the most part the impugned decision.
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its Judgment on the appeals against Trial Chamber II's Decision Setting the Size of the Reparations Award for which Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is Liable during a public hearing on 18 July 2019 at 09h30 (The Hague local time) at the seat of the Court in The Hague (The Netherlands).
On 15 December 2017, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision setting the amount of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo's liability for collective reparations at USD 10,000,000. The decision completes the Order for Reparations of 3 March 2015 in the case of The Prosecutor v.
On 15 December 2017 at 10:00 (The Hague local time), Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold a public hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). The Chamber will deliver its decision setting the amount of reparations for which Mr. Lubanga is liable and thus complete the Order of reparation of 3 March 2015.
On 22 November 2017, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) scheduled a public hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 15 December 2017 at 10:00 (The Hague local time), in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). The Chamber will deliver its decision setting the amount of reparations for which Mr.
Today, 21 October 2016, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") approved and ordered to start the implementation of a plan submitted by the Trust Fund for Victims ("TFV") for symbolic collective reparations for the victims in relation with the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. Mr Lubanga was found guilty of the war crimes of the enlistment and conscription of children under the age of 15 in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The TFV was ordered to file a report every three months.