Thomas Lubanga awaits his appeals hearing in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, May 19, 2014. The ICC is hearing arguments in the appeal of Thomas Lubanga, the Congolese warlord who was the first suspect to be convicted at the court since its establishment in 2002. Lubanga was sentenced in July 2012 to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers. REUTERS/Jiri Buller/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Thomas Lubanga (L) speaks with his lawyer Catherine Mabille as he awaits the start of his appeals hearing in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday May 19, 2014. The ICC is hearing arguments in the appeal of Thomas Lubanga, the Congolese warlord who was the first suspect to be convicted at the court since its establishment in 2002. Lubanga was sentenced in July 2012 to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers. REUTERS/Jiri Buller/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Thomas Lubanga awaits his appeals hearing in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, May 19, 2014. The ICC is hearing arguments in the appeal of Thomas Lubanga, the Congolese warlord who was the first suspect to be convicted at the court since its establishment in 2002. Lubanga was sentenced in July 2012 to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers. REUTERS/Jiri Buller/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Thomas Lubanga awaits his appeals hearing in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, May 19, 2014. The ICC is hearing arguments in the appeal of Thomas Lubanga, the Congolese warlord who was the first suspect to be convicted at the court since its establishment in 2002. Lubanga was sentenced in July 2012 to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers. REUTERS/Jiri Buller/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo listens to the first sentence delivered by the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the ICC courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012. Lubanga became the first person to be sentenced by the ICC on Tuesday, when judges sent him to jail for 14 years for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW PROFILE)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (R) stands in the International Criminal Court (ICC) courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012. Delivering its first sentence, the ICC jailed Lubanga for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW CONFLICT)

Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) sits in the ICC courtroom during the sentencing of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (not pictured) in the Hague July 10, 2012. Delivering its first sentence, the ICC jailed Lubanga for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW HEADSHOT)

Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (L) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) sits in the ICC courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012. Delivering its first sentence, the ICC jailed Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (C) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) sits in the ICC courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012. Delivering its first sentence, the ICC jailed Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga (C) shakes hands with his lawyers in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague March 14, 2012. The ICC on Wednesday found Lubanga guilty of war crimes in its landmark first ruling since it was set up a decade ago. Lubanga was accused of recruiting and deploying child soldiers during a five-year conflict until 2003. REUTERS/Evert-Jan Daniels/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga (C) is seen behind his lawyers in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague March 14, 2012. The ICC on Wednesday found Lubanga guilty of war crimes in its landmark first ruling since it was set up a decade ago. Lubanga was accused of recruiting and deploying child soldiers during a five-year conflict until 2003. REUTERS/Evert-Jan Daniels/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (rear C) sits in the ICC courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012. Delivering its first sentence, the ICC jailed Lubanga for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga was found guilty in March of abducting boys and girls under the age of 15 and forcing them to fight in a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/ANP/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW CONFLICT)

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga awaits the verdict whether he will be released from the International Criminal court in The Hague October 8, 2010. In July, judges halted Lubanga's trial and ordered his release after ruling that a fair process was no longer possible because the prosecution was refusing to hand over information to the defence.The world's first permanent war crimes court said the prosecution had failed to adhere to court orders to identify an intermediary, who had helped to put prosecutors in contact with prospective witnesses, to Lubanga's defence. REUTERS/Marcel Antonisse-ANP-POOL (NETHERLANDS)

Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga (R) enters court at the beginning of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague January 26, 2009. Lubanga trained child soldiers to kill, pillage and rape during the region's bloody 1998-2003 conflict, a war crimes prosecutor said at the start of his trial on Monday. REUTERS/ICC/Handout (NETHERLANDS)

Judge Sang-Hyun Song looks on during the verdict of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal court in The Hague October 8, 2010. In July, judges halted Lubanga's trial and ordered his release after ruling that a fair process was no longer possible because the prosecution was refusing to hand over information to the defence.The world's first permanent war crimes court said the prosecution had failed to adhere to court orders to identify an intermediary, who had helped to put prosecutors in contact with prospective witnesses, to Lubanga's defence. REUTERS/Marcel Antonisse-ANP-POOL (NETHERLANDS - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo speaks at a news conference about the apprehension of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague , the Netherlands, March 18, 2006. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese militia leader accused of conscripting and enlisting children aged under 15 for warfare, became the first suspect sent for trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). REUTERS/Michael Kooren

Thomas Lubanga, a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), talks to villagers near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bunia in Ituri district in this June 5, 2003 file photo. Congo has handed Lubanga, a militia leader suspected of ordering the killing of nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers, to the International Criminal Court on March 17, 2006, making him its first prisoner, the court said. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna/Files

An armed soldier from Congo's UPC rebel (Union of Congolese Patriots)
walks in front of his leader Thomas Lubanga during a rally at Barriere
village in the Democratic Republic of Congo June 5, 2003. The United
Nations has given the go-ahead for a French-led multinational force to
deploy to Bunia to try and stop fighting between militias allied to the
rival Hema and Lendu tribes. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna

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