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7 December 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Ugandan child soldier turned "war criminal" on trial at ICC The trial of Ugandan Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier turned commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), started at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday December 6. Ongwen is accused of crimes against h [...]
6 December 2016 by Samuel Okiror
Kony’s killers – are child soldiers accountable when they become men? The trial of Dominic Ongwen, a senior member of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army, opens on Tuesday before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Many horrors will be recounted, but the case also throws up deep ethical [...]
9 September 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
ICC Prosecutor puts sexual crimes at heart of Ongwen trial Crimes of sexual violence will be a big focus in the upcoming trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen before the International Criminal Court (ICC), although they were not part of the initial case. Th [...]
6 September 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana
More pressure on Lord’s Resistance Army as US targets Kony sons with sanctions On August 23, the US Treasury Department issued a press release announcing sanctions against Ali and Salim Kony, sons of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, who has been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC [...]
21 April 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Ugandan LRA Rebels Face Counterattack, Defections and Trials Inhabitants of Rafaï in the eastern Central African Republic often spend the night in the bush to escape attacks by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels from Uganda. But now they have had enough, and some people are starting to fig [...]
23 March 2016 by AFP
ICC confirms 70 charges against Ugandan LRA rebel leader War crimes judges Wednesday confirmed 70 charges against notorious Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen for crimes committed in Uganda, including keeping sex slaves and recruiting child soldiers. Judges at the Internati [...]
3 March 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Uganda: Odek's Defection will Undermine LRA Morale, says Expert Okot George Odek, a top Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel, was captured at the beginning of this month by Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR), which on February 6 handed him over to US Special Forces working along [...]
23 February 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Ugandan Polls Criticized as Museveni Rival Harassed  Since the end of campaigning for February 18 elections that extended Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year rule, his main rival has been either under house arrest or detained by police. Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested by pol [...]
28 January 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Justice for Victims before the ICC? The International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been working for over a decade, was hailed on its creation as having innovative provisions for victims. Its Statutes provide for victim participation and representation in trials, [...]
20 January 2016 by Jocelyn Kelly and Pauline Zerla
Communities Show Resilience but LRA Leaves Lasting Trauma, says HHI Report In the fall of 2015, three young men escaped the Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal rebel group that is known for the abduction and conscription of children. The three youth hiked through vast tracts of forest and remote land to the [...]
20 January 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
LRA Rebel Commander and Ex-Child Soldier Faces the ICC On Thursday, Dominic Ongwen, one of the most notorious leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, will again face judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in hearings set to last until January 27. This follows his [...]
4 November 2015 by International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Redress Needed for Children Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda and Their Mothers Children born as a result of wartime sexual violence in northern Uganda and their mothers face continued and compounded violations of their rights and dignity, says the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). Without [...]
29 October 2015 by AFP
ICC REJECTS UGANDA HEARINGS FOR FORMER REBEL COMMANDER Once again, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the idea of holding court hearings in the country directly concerned by the crimes it is dealing with. In the case of Ugandan Dominic Ongwen, the first and only senio [...]
5 October 2015 by Leila Ulrich
Doing ‘Gender Justice’ in Northern Uganda ‘The microcredit was the biggest benefit I received. It gave me dignity and made me respectable. I can even afford to make myself beautiful. Without that, I couldn’t have found a husband. Nobody wants to marry a woman who was rape [...]
31 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN UGANDA – IN BRIEF Context: Uganda experienced some two decades of civil strife under Milton Obote I (1962–1971), Idi Amin (1971–1979) and Milton Obote II (1980-85). During this period, it is estimated that over 300,000 people died. In 1979, exiled [...]