Bosco Ntaganda, born in Rwanda in 1973, was a key military leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the 1990s. He was accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and using child soldiers. Ntaganda joined the Union of Congolese Patriots in 2002 and later became the leader of the National Congress for the Defense of the People. In 2012, he was arrested by the ICC for war crimes. He later became the leader of the M23, an anti-governmental group, and is the first accused of surrendering himself to the ICC. The ICC judgment is crucial for justice for all his victims due to the lack of domestic accountability.

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