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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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Feb
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Child victim, soldier, war criminal: unpacking Dominic Ongwen’s journey

Child victim, soldier, war criminal: unpacking Dominic Ongwen’s journey

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DOMINIC Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier, has been convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Three judges found him guilty of 61 of 70 charges. These ranged from the war crime of the forced conscription of child soldiers to the crime against humanity of forced pregnancy. KJELL ANDERSON, Assistant professor and Director of the Master of Human Rights program, University of Manitoba The presiding judge, Bertram Schmitt, read aloud the names of dozens of his victims in a stark reminder of the human consequences of Ongwen’s acts. Ongwen was impassive as the verdict was read out, only…
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Feb
04
2021
By The African Mirror
ICC to hand down judgment against former Lord’s Resistance Army commander

ICC to hand down judgment against former Lord’s Resistance Army commander

NEWS
STEPHANIE VAN DER BERG WAR crimes judges will today deliver their verdict in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned top commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group known for extreme violence and forcing women into sexual slavery. Ongwen, 45, faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and could be imprisoned for life if convicted. Judges will not address sentencing on Thursday. The ruling at the International Criminal Court will be the first dealing with crimes by the LRA, New York-based Human Rights Watch said. It highlights the difficulty of trying somebody…
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