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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kulawr</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Kutafin Law Review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Kutafin Law Review</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2713-0525</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2713-0533</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MSAL</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17803/2713-0533.2025.1.31.039-062</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">kulawr-495</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PROSECUTING INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND WHITE COLLAR CRIMES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Examining the Legal Implications of the Reparations Regime Principles of The Impugned Decision of The International Criminal Court in Thomas Lubanga’s Case</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Okereke</surname><given-names>O. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Obinna Nnanna Okereke, PhD in International Criminal Law, Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, Prince Abubakar Audi</p><p>Anyigba, Kogi State</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">obinnaokereke@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-3946</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nnawulezi</surname><given-names>U.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Uche Nnawulezi, PhD in International Humanitarian Law, Senior Lecturer, Department of Public and International Law, College of Law</p><p>Scopus ID: 57406905100</p><p>Iwo Osun State</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">uche.nnawulezi@bowen.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Kogi State University</institution><country>Nigeria</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Bowen University</institution><country>Nigeria</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>39</fpage><lpage>62</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Okereke O.N., Nnawulezi U., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Okereke O.N., Nnawulezi U.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Okereke O.N., Nnawulezi U.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/495">https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/495</self-uri><abstract><p>The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga’s case remains a notable decision that gave rise to the first reparative justice regime of the Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes of child soldiering. In line with the provisions of Art. 75(1) of Rome Statute of International Criminal Court (ICC), this work notes that ICC established several relevant principles related to reparations along with its application. It examines the implications of the evolved principles developed by ICC with respect to their implementation in International Criminal Law (ICL). The article touches on the impediments affecting the court as it relates to the enforcement of the emerged principles. The work argues amongst others that the legal consequences of the slow development of reparations principles under the ICL architecture through case-by-case analysis, unclear definition of collective reparation, large number of victims, unsettled view on causation, large beneficiary factors, financial constraints of the convicted persons, are some challenges facing the development of reparations regime of the ICC. Significantly, the work identified the existing gaps that affect the reparations process. It concludes by making recommendations capable of enhancing the growth of reparations principles in ICL.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Reparations</kwd><kwd>Victim’s Principle</kwd><kwd>Impugned Decision</kwd><kwd>Thomas Lubanga</kwd><kwd>International Criminal Court (ICC)</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Balta, A., Bax, M. and Letschert, R., (2018). Trial and (Potential) Error: Conflicting Visions on Reparations Within the ICC System. International Criminal Justice Review, 29(3):105756771880754, doi: 10.1177/1057567718807542.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Balta, A., Bax, M. and Letschert, R., (2018). Trial and (Potential) Error: Conflicting Visions on Reparations Within the ICC System. 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