'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
The International Criminal Court sentenced a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on Tuesday, a watershed moment for the 10-year-old tribunal and a potential landmark in the struggle to protect children during wartime.
"This sentence sends out a stark warning across the world to those engaged in the use of child soldiers that their criminal actions will land them in prison," said Armel Luhiriri of the Coalition for the ICC, a nongovernmental group that supports the court's efforts to end impunity for the world's worst crimes.
