[...] "It's really important that the court recognise the command responsibility .. and there's an opportunity here to provide a deterrent," said Comer, the permanent representative to the ICC for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
"If you knew, or you should have known, that these things were going on and you execute effective control over your troops then, yes, you're absolutely responsible for ... not preventing or punishing these crimes."
Read MoreLe Front citoyen 2016 s'est rendu mercredi et jeudi à La Haye pour rencontrer Fatou Bensouda, la procureure de la CPI, et son bureau. Objectif : sensibiliser sur les tueries à répétition à Beni, dans le nord-est de la RD Congo. Mais pas seulement.
Après la mobilisation sur la Toile, place au plaidoyer ! Floribert Anzuluni et Paul Nsapu, membres de la coordination de la plateforme Front citoyen 2016, accompagnés de Carrie Comer, représentante permanente de la Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’homme (FIDH), se sont rendus les 1er et 2 juin au bureau du procureur de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI).
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Rights groups like the Paris-based FIDH, or International Federation for Human Rights, have been pushing for a broad interpretation of victims' reparations that would include things like campaigns to limit stigmatization of victims and educational programs.
FIDH's representative at the ICC, Carrie Comer, said the group was still studying Monday's ruling, but she welcomed some aspects of it.
"The chamber also reinforced that both direct and indirect victims of the crimes for which Mr. Lubanga was convicted are eligible for reparations, but obviously excluding victims of sexual and gender-based crimes is a setback," she said.
Comer said it underscored the importance of having an effective prosecution strategy on sexual and gender-based violence. Last year, the ICC's chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced a new policy to attack sexual and gender-based violence. [...]
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