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Mar
08
2024
By TONNY RAYMOND KIRABIRA and MIRACLE CHINWENMERI UCHE
Lord’s Resistance Army: ICC awards reparations to victims of commander Dominic Ongwen – what happens next

Lord’s Resistance Army: ICC awards reparations to victims of commander Dominic Ongwen – what happens next

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, EDITORS CHOICE
THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has recently ordered reparations for victims of Dominic Ongwen, an ex-child soldier turned commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that terrorised northern Uganda for two decades. The court’s order, the first in the Ugandan situation, awards collective community-based symbolic payment for each victim. International criminal law scholars Tonny Raymond Kirabira and Miracle Chinwenmeri Uche answer questions about the ruling. Who are the victims in this case? The victims are part of the post-war affected communities in northern Uganda. Ongwen is one of the top Lord’s Resistance Army commanders charged by the International…
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Mar
06
2024
By STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG
ICC allows in absentia hearings in case against Ugandan warlord Kony

ICC allows in absentia hearings in case against Ugandan warlord Kony

NEWS
JUDGES at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that prosecutors can bring a hearing on charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in his absence on October 15. Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is the ICC's longest-standing fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued against him in 2005. ICC prosecutors are looking to charge Kony with 36 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape, using child soldiers, sexual slavery, forced marriage and forced pregnancy. Led by the now 62-year-old Kony, the LRA sowed fear among Ugandans for nearly 20 years as…
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Feb
29
2024
By STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG
ICC orders record $56 million compensation for Uganda victims

ICC orders record $56 million compensation for Uganda victims

NEWS
NEARLY 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over 52 million euros ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself. Instead, they asked the tribunal's own Trust Fund for Victims to help cover the cost. The reparations will be in the form of a symbolic individual payment of 750 euros per…
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Jul
16
2023
By MARK TREVELYAN
Putin discusses grain deal, awkward BRICS summit with Ramaphosa

Putin discusses grain deal, awkward BRICS summit with Ramaphosa

NEWS
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in which they discussed the Black Sea grain deal, due to expire on Monday, and a summit in South Africa next month, the Kremlin said. Ramaphosa finds himself in an awkward position as host of the BRICS summit because of an arrest warrant issued against Putin in March by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which accused him of the war crime of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. The warrant means member states of the ICC - of which South Africa is one - are obliged to arrest him if…
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Jul
14
2023
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH
ICC investigating Darfur killings and rapes as violence surges in Sudan

ICC investigating Darfur killings and rapes as violence surges in Sudan

NEWS
THE International Criminal Court has launched an investigation into a surge of hostilities in Sudan's Darfur region since mid-April, including reports of killings, rapes, arson, displacement and crimes affecting children, the top prosecutor told the United Nations. The regular army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling in the capital Khartoum and other areas of Sudan in a power struggle that exploded in mid-April. More than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week that Sudan, Africa's third largest country by land area, was on the…
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Jun
30
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa to host BRICS summit despite Putin arrest warrant

South Africa to host BRICS summit despite Putin arrest warrant

NEWS
CARIEN DU PLESSIS SOUTH Africa said it will host the BRICS bloc summit in August as planned, amid speculation that it may move to China so Russia's President Vladimir Putin can attend in a nation not obliged to arrest him on war crimes accusations. South Africa has a duty as a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest Putin if he attends the talks between the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China, due to an arrest warrant over the deportation of children from Ukraine. Putin denies the charges. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with him on…
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Jun
06
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s role as host of the BRICS summit is fraught with dangers. A guide to who is in the group, and why it exists

South Africa’s role as host of the BRICS summit is fraught with dangers. A guide to who is in the group, and why it exists

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
SOUTH Africa will host the BRICS summit in August 2023. The event could offer the country an opportunity to exercise leadership in the BRICS’ efforts to reform the arrangements for global economic governance and in supporting sustainable and inclusive development in Africa and the Global South. However, the opportunity has morphed into an international challenge because Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court, has indicated that he will attend. South Africa could face the wrath of its BRICS partners if it fulfils its international obligation and arrests him. On the other hand, if it…
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Jun
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Putin overshadows ambitious BRICS Africa plan

Putin overshadows ambitious BRICS Africa plan

NEWS
AGAINST the backdrop of Table Mountain and a vista of the Atlantic Ocean, the five BRICS foreign ministers are meeting in Cape Town in preparation for the bloc’s leadership summit in South Africa in August this year. The picturesque setting, however, masks controversial issues on the table and a range of difficult issues to be resolved. The headline attention is, of course, on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine. The warrant has placed South Africa, a signatory to ICC protocols, on the…
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Jun
02
2023
By WENDELL ROELF
BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large

BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large

NEWS
BRICS foreign ministers asserted their bloc's ambition to rival Western powers but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia's president would be arrested if he attended a summit in August. South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor said her country was mulling options if Vladimir Putin, the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), came to the planned BRICS summit in Johannesburg. As a member of the ICC, South Africa would theoretically be required to arrest Putin, and Pandor was bombarded with questions about that as she arrived for…
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Jun
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Russia dares the West, signals Putin will visit SA

Russia dares the West, signals Putin will visit SA

NEWS
THE Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia would take part at the "proper level" in a planned summit in South Africa of the BRICS nations, responding to a question on whether President Vladimir Putin would attend the gathering. South Africa, a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), would theoretically be required to arrest Putin under a warrant issued by the court for his arrest for alleged war crimes. However, it has invited Putin to the August 22-24 summit of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, which comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. "Russia attaches enormous importance to…
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