{UAH} Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years’
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The net beginning to tighten around the neck of blood-soaked Rwandan mass murderer Yoseri kayibanda Rubatasirwa AKA Kaguta Museveni as his hired guns and hacthetmen get caught by the long arm of the law one after the other. Bosco Ntaganda was one of the war lords sponsored by Rubatasirwa and Paul kagame to wreck havoc in the DR Congo, causing one of the worst holocausts of the past and present centuries in a genocide that claimed over 11 million innocent lives.
Rubatasirwa was the prime mover and architect of the horror that the people of the DR Congo have gone through since he overthrew the corrupt government of Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997.
Rubatasriwa Kayibanda Kaguta Museveni has committed far worse crimes in the DR Congo than he did in his homeland of Rwanda and in Uganda combined.
The biggest task of international criminal law and its advocates is to bring war criminal Rubatasirwa Kayibanda Kaguta Museveni to justice.
Press Release : 7 November 2019
Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment
ICC-CPI-20191107–PR1494
Bosco Ntaganda during the delivery of the sentence in Courtroom 1 of the International Criminal Court on 7 November 2019 ©ICC-CPI
On 7 November 2019, Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court ("ICC"), unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years of imprisonment. The time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC - from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 - will be deducted from this sentence.
To make its decision, the Chamber received submissions from the parties and participants regarding the possible sentence, heard witnesses and admitted evidence, and held a hearing on the matter on 17-20 September 2019. The Chamber considered the gravity of the crimes and the degree of harm caused by each crime as well as Mr Ntaganda's culpability, namely his level of intent and degree of participation. The Chamber also considered potentially mitigating circumstances but found them either not to be established or considered the weight accorded to be too limited to impact on the individual and overall sentences. While the Chamber did find specific aggravating factors to exist with respect to a number of the crimes, it did not consider the allegations about witness interference, which were presented as aggravating circumstances by the Prosecution and one of the Legal Representative of Victims, because the alleged interference was not proven to the standard required for aggravating circumstances, namely beyond reasonable doubt.
On the basis of its overall assessment, and in accordance with the Rome Statute, the Chamber imposed a specific sentence for each of the crimes committed by Mr Ntaganda. These sentences ranged from eight years to 30 years of imprisonment. In addition, the Chamber imposed a joint overall sentence. Since the Chamber considered that the conditions warranting life imprisonment were not met, and because in such a situation the total period of imprisonment may not exceed 30 years in accordance with the Rome Statute, the Chamber considered that it had no further discretion in the determination of the overall joint sentence. It therefore sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years of imprisonment.
In the circumstances of the case, taking into consideration the nature and gravity of the crimes, as well as Mr Ntaganda's solvency, the Chamber did not consider it appropriate to also impose a fine or forfeiture of proceeds in addition to imprisonment.
Next steps: The Defence and the Prosecution may appeal this Sentencing Judgment within 30 days. Reparations to victims will be addressed in due course.
Background: On 8 July 2019, Trial Chamber VI found Mr Bosco Ntaganda guilty, beyond reasonable doubt, of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 2002-2003, namely the following crimes against humanity: murder and attempted murder, rape, sexual slavery, persecution, forcible transfer and deportation ; and the following war crimes: murder and attempted murder, intentionally directing attacks against civilians, rape, sexual slavery, ordering the displacement of the civilian population, conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 years into an armed group and using them to participate actively in hostilities, intentionally directing attacks against protected objects, and destroying the adversary's property. The verdict is currently subject to appeals.
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