From WaPo: For the first time, a man has been sentenced for sexual slavery by the International Criminal Court. He got 30 years. On Thursday, Bosco Ntaganda, 46, sat stoically in a suit and tie as a court in The Hague laid out his conviction of 18 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers, and sentenced him to 30 years in prison, the BBC reported.
The ICC has made only a few convictions since its creation in 2002, and the former Congolese rebel’s sentencing is the longest the court has issued.
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In July, the ICC found him guilty of the 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges stem from his time as a rebel leader in Ituri, a mineral-rich part of northeastern Congo, between 2002 and 2003. He was then high up in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), a rebel group with a military wing known as the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC).
Judge Robert Fremr described Ntaganda as a “key leader” giving orders to “target and kill civilians,” the BBC reported. The judge highlighted several specific crimes committed by Ntaganda and his men, including the brutal rape of a 13-year-old girl and the murder by the rebel leader himself of a Catholic priest.
