Germain Katanga
The international criminal court decided to pay individual and collective compensation for the victims of the rebel Congolese Germain Katanga (Germain Katanga), who participated in the attack on the village of Bogoro in 2003. On Friday, March 24, according to the website of the ICC.
Victims from actions of Katanga, the court found 297 people. They should be paid at $ 250. The ICC noted that even though the amount is symbolic and does not compensate all the harm caused, it “will bring to the victims of substantial relief from the recognition of the fact of damage”.
Collective reparation is assistance in housing and income-generating activities, psychological support and assistance in education. According to africanews., its size will be a million dollars.
The ICC also added that the extent of the physical, material and psychological damage that the victim suffered during the attack on Bogoro, estimated at more than $ 3.7 million. However, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, personal liability of Katanga is estimated at one million dollars.
To the court in this case stated that the rebel’s have no funds for compensation, and therefore compensation will be engaged in the Trust Fund for victims at the ICC. It shall prepare a plan for implementation of the tasks by June 27.
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), called the Second Congo war lasted from 1998 to 2003. It was attended by over 20 armed groups. The victims of the war and subsequent events, according to some data, there were 5.4 million people. The cause of death were mainly starvation and disease.
Germain Katanga was the leader of the rebels from the Front for the Patriotic resistance of Ituri. In 2007, he was brought to the International criminal court on six charges of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity. After seven years, he was found guilty on five episodes, including the massacre in the village Bogoro.