ICC / Bemba case: NPWJ welcomes sentencing to 18 years imprisonment as a landmark step forward for victims of sexual violence

 

Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a sentence of 18 years imprisonment against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, President and Commander in Chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC) and former Vice-President of the DRC.  On 21 March 2016, he was found guilty in his capacity as military commander of two counts of crimes against humanity including murder and rape and three counts of war crimes including murder, rape...
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