from joseph kony he was not a puppet on a string i'm now joined by henri and nicole he is a human rights watch africa research based in iraq welcome to the program it's great to have you here what do you make of the judge's dismissing dominic on wednesday fans that he himself was a victim because he was once a child soldier well what i took from that was. that. she the evidence that was presented during the trial that he was on when i was very calculating and made decisions that he should be held accountable for to commit some of the abuses that is brigade and individual individually committed . my interpretation was that it wasn't so much about him being. formally abducted himself but about the fact that he made those decisions as an adult who had was fully aware of what was going on. right i mean what we have to point out that this is the 1st time that the crime of forced pregnancy is considered by the i.c.c. how significant is that. i think it's very significant because it takes cognizance of the impact of sexual and gender based violence in conflicts and that was one of . the big factors of what

from joseph koni he was not a puppet on a string i'm now joined by henri and nicole he's a human rights watch africa research based in iraq welcome to the program it's great to have you here what do you make off the judge's dismissing dominic wayne's defense that he himself was a victim because he was once a child soldier. well what i took from that was the. idea that. she the the evidence that was presented during the trial that he was on when i was very calculating and made decisions that he should be held accountable for are to commit some of the pieces that his brigade and he himself individual individually committed. my interpretation was that it wasn't so much about him being. formally abducted himself but about the fact that he made those decisions as an adult who had was fully aware of what was going on. right i mean what we have to point out that this is the 1st time that the crime of forced pregnancy is considered by the i.c.c. how significant is that i think it's very significant because it takes cognizance of the impact of sexual and gender based violence in conflict and that was one of.

from joseph koni he was not a puppet on a string i'm now joined by henri in miracle he's a human rights watch africa research of based in nairobi welcome to the program it's great to have you here what do you make of the judge's dismissing dominic on wayne's defense that he himself was a victim because he was once a child soldier. well what i took from that was the. idea that. she the evidence that was presented during the trial that he was on when i was very calculating and made decisions that he should be held accountable for to commit some of the abuses that his brigade and he himself individual individually committed. my interpretation was that it wasn't so much about him being. formally abducted himself but about the fact that he made those decisions as an adult who had was fully aware of what was going on. right i mean we have to point out that this is the 1st time that the crime of forced pregnancy is considered by the i.c.c. how significant is that i think it's very significant because it takes cognizance of the impact of sexual and gender based violence in conflicts and that was one of . th

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