Angelina Jolie Spotlights Child Soldiers

From Just Jared, the kind of news I like :

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Angelina Jolie attends the trial of a Congolese warlord charged with using child soldiers held at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday (May 19).

The 33-year-old activist said the case against Thomas Lubanga is a “landmark trial for children.” She continued, “Children deserve special protection. Using children in conflict is a heinous crime and destroys the very fabric of a society. I imagined how difficult it must be for all the brave young children who have come to testify against him.”

One ICC attendee added, “I notice the petite figure which was supported by those shoes and that it was Angelina Jolie! She is much more beautiful in person than in any magazine or interview. If that’s what she looks like in print then she is not very photogenic… she spoke French to her colleagues.” More about Angie at Lauraware!

The United Nations estimates up to 250,000 child soldiers still fight in more than a dozen countries.

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Same story, from ContactMusic this time :

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ANGELINA JOLIE gave the trial of a Congolese warlord a celebrity edge on Tuesday (19May09) when she represented the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR in The Hague, Holland.
The movie star sat in a courtside booth at the International Criminal Court during the trial of Thomas Lubanga, who is charged with using child soldiers to carry out vicious killing raids.
Jolie, the UNHCR's goodwill ambassador, called the case "a landmark trial for children" and paid tribute to the former child soldiers who were among those testifying against Lubanga.
She said, "After watching the proceedings from the viewing booth, I stood up and found Thomas Lubanga Dyilo looking at me. I imagined how difficult it must be for all the brave young children who have come to testify against him."
Jolie was a guest of the court’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who she briefly met with during her low-key, private visit to the Netherlands.
Lubanga has pleaded innocent to charges of recruiting and using child soldiers in tribal conflicts in 2002 and 2003. His is the first international trial to focus solely on child soldiers.