WICC Sends Letter to Congress on ICC Verdict

In a landmark moment for international justice, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first ever verdict today, convicting Thomas Lubanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of abducting and conscripting child soldiers. In honor of this judgment, members of the Washington Working Group on the ICC (WICC), a group of the Washington-based NGOs committed to the cause of international criminal justice, sent a letter to Congress celebrating the verdict.

The letter was signed by twelve organizations, including: Citizens for Global Solutions, American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International USA, ENOUGH, The Fund for Peace, International Alliance of Women, International Criminal Court Alliance, International Criminal Court Student Network, Physicians for Human Rights, United to End Genocide, United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society, and Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

The full text of the letter can be found by clicking here.