The Songo-Mboyo trial is significant because, for the first time, the court applied the principles embodied in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which qualifies mass rape as a crime against humanity.
151. “Songo-Mboyo”案的特别意义是，国际刑事法院《罗马规约》确定的将大规模强奸视为危害人类罪的原则首次得到执行。