3 CMU students to present at International Criminal Court conference

Three Central Michigan University students will present this week about child soldiers at the International Criminal Court conference. Grand Rapids senior Caitlin Cheevers, Mount Pleasant junior Erica Maylee and Clinton senior Randi Shaffer will educate students from across the globe about the criminal acts of engaging children for war at the International Criminal Court Student Network in The Hague, the Netherlands. The student network is holding a historical international conference on March 8 and 9 focusing on the Thomas Lubanga Dyilo trial, the first trial to be heard by the International Criminal Court. Dyilo was arrested in 2006 for enlisting children under the age of 15 to participate in hostile activities — a war crime.

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