Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

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human militia leader war criminal

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a Congolese militia leader who became the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the use of child soldiers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
militia leader ⓘ
war criminal ⓘ
arrestDate 2005-03-17 ⓘ
arrestedBy UN peacekeepers ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeepers
arrestedIn Bunia ⓘ
chargedBy International Criminal Court ⓘ
conflict Ituri conflict ⓘ
Second Congo War ⓘ
convictedBy International Criminal Court ⓘ
conviction conscripting child soldiers ⓘ
enlisting child soldiers ⓘ
using child soldiers to participate actively in hostilities ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 2012-03-14 ⓘ
dateOfSentencing 2012-07-10 ⓘ
detainedAt ICC Detention Centre, Scheveningen ⓘ
educatedAt University of Kinshasa ⓘ
University of Kisangani ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hema people ⓘ
familyName Thomas Lubanga Dyilo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lubanga Dyilo
founderOf Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo ⓘ
surface form: Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo

Union des Patriotes Congolais ⓘ
surface form: Union of Congolese Patriots
givenName Thomas ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
legalBasisOfConviction Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
militaryBranch Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo ⓘ
surface form: Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo
name Thomas Lubanga Dyilo self-link ⓘ
nationality Congolese ⓘ
notableFor being the first person convicted by the International Criminal Court ⓘ
use of child soldiers in armed conflict ⓘ
occupation militia leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
warlord ⓘ
placeOfBirth Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Djiba ⓘ
Ituri Province ⓘ
surface form: Ituri

Orientale Province ⓘ
politicalParty Union des Patriotes Congolais ⓘ
surface form: Union of Congolese Patriots
regionOfActivity Ituri Province ⓘ
surface form: Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
roleInOrganization president of the Union of Congolese Patriots ⓘ
sentence 14 years imprisonment ⓘ
transferDate 2006-03-17 ⓘ
transferredTo International Criminal Court custody ⓘ
trialEndDate 2011-08-26 ⓘ
trialStartDate 2009-01-26 ⓘ

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Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo → defendant → Thomas Lubanga Dyilo ⓘ
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo → familyName → Thomas Lubanga Dyilo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lubanga Dyilo
International Criminal Court → hasFirstConviction → Thomas Lubanga Dyilo ⓘ
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo → name → Thomas Lubanga Dyilo self-link ⓘ