Edited sentence: A point that needs emphasizing, because so many people believe this to be a landmark trial that sends a message to war criminals that violate International Law.Amann also records that the majority ruled that only non-international conflicts are subject to rules against “Child Soldiers.Amann states that the Prosecutor investigated crimes allegedly to have happened after July 1, 2002 when The Rome Statute came into effect.Diane Amann reports that “Thomas Lubanga was captured in June of 2002 and kept under house  arrest” right up until the Congolese government turned the situation over to The International Criminal Court, where he was investigated and tried for crimes that occurred while he was imprisoned by the Congolese government.Here many may object that the United States would not allow such an injustice to take place.I agree with that; Lubanga was wrongfully tried and convicted.In 2006 two warrants were issued: one for Bosco Ntaganda who was shielded by the Congolese Government, and continued to lead a militia’s who actively recruited “Child Soldiers” (Amann); the other was for Thomas Lubanga who was already in custody.Leaving them safe from state militia, but open game to the armies of their nation (Amann).Setting the president that the rape and torture of children is not to be considered relevant in cases regarding “Child Soldiers” (Amann).Some of the problems were with the methods in which this case was handled.The International Criminal Court in 2004 was given its first opportunity to set an example with the trial of Thomas Lubanga who was released to them by the Congolese Government in 2004 (Amann).The International Criminal Court is now effectively set up to fail in its principle purpose to protect the rights of “Child Soldiers.The prosecutor also failed to enter sex crimes into the charges.The prosecutor used a third party to investigate the crime which led to the courts’ dismissal of hundreds of pages of testimony (Amann).This trial will set a standard of failure for all such trials to come.Ultimately, what is at stake here for our country is nothing because we may enforce International law but we do not adhere to.” Effectively allowing the continued use, recruitment, and abuse of children in International conflicts