article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the rome statute non international armed conflict

At the same time, a second decree officially established the FPLC. A few days later, in Bunia, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo signed the decree appointing the members of the first UPC/RP executive for the Ituri District. In early September 2002, the UPC was renamed Union des Patriotes Congolais/Réconciliation et Paix (UPC/RP) and Thomas Lubanga Dyilo appointed its President.

In August 2002, the UPC took control of Bunia.

On 15 September 2000, the statutes of the Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC) were signed by Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, as the first signatory, and several other persons who subsequently held leadership positions within the party and its armed military wing, the Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo (FPLC).

Soon thereafter, he was elected to the Ituri District Assembly.

t would appear that Thomas Lubanga Dyilo entered politics between late 1999 and early 2000.

During the second half of 2002, there was renewed violence in various parts of the district.

In the summer of 1999, tensions developed as a result of disputes over the allocation of land in Ituri and the appropriation of natural resources.

Its population is between 3.5 and 5.5 million people, of whom only about 100,000 live in Bunia, the district capital. It is bordered by Uganda to the east and Sudan to the north.

Ituri is a district in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC).

PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER I of the International Criminal Court (“the Chamber” and “the Court” respectively), having held the confirmation hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Similarly, in some of the texts used in the case studies, the facts may not always be proven nevertheless, they have been selected because they highlight interesting IHL issues and are thus published for didactic purposes. They are nevertheless worthy of discussion, if only to raise a challenge to display more humanity in armed conflicts. As per the disclaimer, neither the ICRC nor the authors can be identified with the opinions expressed in the Cases and Documents. Some cases even come to solutions that clearly violate IHL.

Article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the rome statute non international armed conflict