ICC Appeals Chamber Confirms Bosco Ntaganda’s Conviction for War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in DR Congo

On 30 March 2020, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that Bosco Ntaganda, former Congolese rebel leader, was guilty of 18 accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2003. The Chamber further confirmed the verdict of 30 years of imprisonment. Among the conviction, there crimes of rape, slavery, forcible transportation, sexual slavery, use of child soldier, etc.