10/17/2023 0 Comments Definition of armed conflict given by appeals chamber of the international criminal tribunal![]() Document B: Trial Chamber I Judgment SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN THE CASE OF THE PROSECUTOR v. The UPC/FPLC, as an organised armed group, was involved in an internal armed conflict against the Armée Populaire Congolaise (“APC”) and other Lendu militias, including the Force de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (“FRPI”), between September 2002 and 13 August 2003.īetween 1 September 2002 and 13 August 2003, the armed wing of the UPC/FPLC was responsible for the widespread recruitment of young people, including children under the age of 15, on an enforced as well as a “voluntary” basis. The UPC and its military wing, the Force Patriotique pour la Libération du Congo (“FPLC”), took power in Ituri in September 2002. The Union des Patriotes Congolais (“UPC”) was created on 15 September 2000 Thomas Lubanga was one of the UPC’s founding members and its President from the outset. Document A: Case Information Sheet Situation in Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Prosecutor v. Similarly, in some of the texts used in the case studies, the facts may not always be proven nevertheless, they have been selected because they highlight interesting IHL issues and are thus published for didactic purposes. ![]() They are nevertheless worthy of discussion, if only to raise a challenge to display more humanity in armed conflicts. ![]() As per the disclaimer, neither the ICRC nor the authors can be identified with the opinions expressed in the Cases and Documents. Some cases even come to solutions that clearly violate IHL. Danielle Breitenbücher, Master student at the Faculties of Law of the Universities of Geneva and Basel (Switzerland), under the supervision of Professor Marco Sassòli and Ms. ![]()
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