Photo: Thomas Lubanga Dyilo sits in the International Criminal Court at the Hague in 2006.From CNN:
(CNN) -- A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo will go on trial later this month, charged with drafting children to fight for his militia's military wing. It will be the first trial held by the International Criminal Court.
The court, based in The Hague, said the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo will begin on January 26.
Lubanga is charged with committing war crimes consisting of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 into the military wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots in the Ituri region. Ituri is in the eastern part of Congo, the volatile African country that has been wracked by civil warfare over the years.
Lubanga is accused of using the children to "participate actively in hostilities in Ituri, from September 2002 to August 2003." He surrendered and was arrested in March 2006.
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