Democratic Republic of Congo warlord who recruited and used child soldiers is the first person convicted by the ICC

Thomas Lubanga sentenced to 14 years for Congo war crimes

Children as young as 11 were recruited from their homes and schools to take part in brutal ethnic fighting in 2002-03. They were taken to military training camps and beaten and drugged. Girls were used as sex slaves.

The ICC has been criticised for focusing too heavily on war crimes in Africa and not the rest of the world.

Thomas Lubanga

The Hague, International Criminal Court

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jan/17/mali-icc-lessons-learned-investigations