DRC: ICC to deliver its first judgement next month

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that it would deliver its first-ever verdict, a judgment in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese accused of participating in the recruitment of child soldiers. 'The verdict in the trial of Mr. Dyilo will be made in open court on 14 March. His trial started in January 2009 and the closing statements were presented by the parties and participants in August last year,' ICC said in a statement.