Bosco Ntaganda

Infobox Person
name = Bosco Ntaganda
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nationality = flagicon|Rwanda Rwanda
ethnicity = Tutsi
other_names = Bosco Tanganda, Bosco Ntanganda, Bosco Ntangana, Bosco Ntagenda, Bosco Baganda, Bosco Taganda, "the Terminator"
known_for = Indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes

Bosco Ntaganda (born c. 1973)Trial Watch (2008). " [http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/bosco_ntaganda_761.html Bosco Ntaganda] ". Retrieved on 13 May 2008.] International Criminal Court (29 April 2008). " [http://www.icc-cpi.int/press/pressreleases/362.html Warrant of arrest against Bosco NTAGANDA unsealed] ". Retrieved on 13 May 2008.] is the military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Human Rights Watch (29 April 2008). " [http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/29/congo18670.htm DR Congo: Suspected War Criminal Wanted] ". Retrieved on 13 May 2008.] Institute for War and Peace Reporting (1 May 2008). " [http://www.iwpr.net/?p=acr&s=f&o=344432&apc_state=henh Nkunda Faces ICC Dilemma] ". Retrieved on 13 May 2008.] He is a former member of the Rwandan Patriotic Army and allegedly a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the "Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo" (FPLC).

As of May 2008, he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of fifteen and using them to participate actively in hostilities.International Criminal Court (22 August 2006). PDFlink| [http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/cases/ICC-01-04-02-06-2-tENG.pdf "Warrant of arrest"] . Retrieved on 13 May 2008.]

He is also known as "the Terminator" and his surname is sometimes given as Tanganda, Ntanganda, Ntangana, Ntagenda, Baganda or Taganda.

Career

Ntaganda fought with the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the early 1990s and participated in the overthrow of the genocidal Rwandan regime in 1994.

He subsequently joined the "Forces Patriotiques pour la libération du Congo" (FPLC), the military wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), and became its chief of military operations. During this time, he is alleged to have been involved in numerous massacres and other serious human rights abuses.

In January 2005, Ntaganda was appointed a general in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a peace process, but he refused the offer. On 1 November 2005, a United Nations Security Council committee imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on him for violating an arms embargo.Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (7 November 2007). PDFlink| [http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/pdf/1533_list.pdf "List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005)"] |52.3 KB. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.]

In 2006, following conflicts within the UPC, he returned to North Kivu, his home province, and joined Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP).Bavier, Joe (9 May 2008). " [http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL09924925 Congo rebels demand proof of ICC suspect's guilt] ". Reuters. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.] As of April 2008, he was believed to be living in the Masisi district of North Kivu, serving as the CNDP's chief of staff.International Criminal Court (29 April 2008). " [http://www.icc-cpi.int/press/pressreleases/363.html DRC: ICC Warrant of Arrest unsealed against Bosco NTAGANDA] ". Retrieved on 13 May 2008.]

International Criminal Court proceedings

On 22 August 2006, a Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC found that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Ntaganda bore individual criminal responsibility for war crimes committed by the FPLC between July 2002 and December 2003, and issued a warrant for his arrest. He was charged with the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of fifteen and using them to participate actively in hostilities.

The arrest warrant was originally issued under seal because the court decided that "public knowledge of the proceedings in this case might result in Bosco Ntaganda hiding, fleeing, and/or obstructing or endangering the investigations or the proceedings of the Court". In April 2008, the court ruled that circumstances had changed and unsealed the warrant.International Criminal Court (28 April 2008). PDFlink| [http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/cases/ICC-01-04-02-06-18-ENG.pdf "Decision to unseal the warrant of arrest against Bosco Ntaganda"] . Retrieved on 13 May 2008.]

As of May 2008, three other Congolese rebels, including UPC leader Thomas Lubanga, are in custody of the ICC, awaiting trial.Thomasson, Emma (29 April 2008). " [http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL29210838.html Global court seeks arrest of Congo's "Terminator"] ". Reuters. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.]

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.icc-cpi.int/cases/RDC/c0206/c0206_doc.html The Prosecutor v Bosco Ntaganda] — public court records relating to the ICC trial

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NAME=Bosco Ntaganda
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes
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