The global movement for justice - especially international
justice - is growing. So what role can video play in
strengthening accountability and justice? On January 26 2009,
the International Criminal Court (ICC) began its inaugural trial
- a landmark case against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga
Dyilo, who stands accused of conscripting and enlisting children
under the age of 15 to fight in his militia between 2002 and
2003 during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC). The conflict in the DRC has left over 5 million people
dead and millions more displaced since 1998. Over the past
several years, video has played an integral role in helping to
put the issue of child soldiers onto the ICC's agenda. In this
page, we'll explore the trial in greater depth and also look
more broadly at the ICC and the quest for international justice.
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga *THE TRIAL OF THOMAS LUBANGA* July,
2009: This video - 6 months into the trial - aims to inform the
DRC public, especially in war-affect