January 9, 2018
10:00 am
The International Criminal Court in the Hague heard the case of The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo.
He was found guilty, on 21 March 2016, of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging).
The crimes were committed in Central African Republic (“CAR”) from on or about 26 October 2002 to 15 March 2003 (“2002-2003 CAR Operation”) by a contingent of Mouvement de Libération du Congo (“MLC”) troops.
Mr Bemba was a person effectively acting as a military commander with effective authority and control over the forces that committed the crimes.
He was sentenced, on 21 June 2016, to 18 years of imprisonment.
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