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Dominic Ongwen declared guilty of war crimes and crimes against Humanity committed in Uganda The verdict may be appealed by either party to the proceedings within 30 days after the notification of the Judgment THE HAGUE, Netherlands, February 4, 2021/APO Group/ -- Today, 4 February 2021, Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) (www.ICC-cpi.int) found Dominic Ongwen guilty for a total of 61 comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in No...

GULU Northern Uganda’s peace process looks to be on its last legs. Talks have all but collapsed between Uganda’s government and the troublesome rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), as both sides take to the bush to resume full hostilities. But have they really blown their last chance for peace? It is eight months since the Ugandan government and LRA first decided to talk to each other. For 16 years, all they had ever exchanged was gunfire. Then on 14 July 2002, the rebels held a landmark s...

ICC finds LRA commander Ongwen guilty of 61 counts of war crimes February 4, 2021 Written by URN The former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Dominic Ongwen has been found guilty on...

The International Criminal Court will hand down its verdict on Thursday on a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen, 45, faces 70 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, whose fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody campaign to set up a state based on the Bible’s Ten Commandments. The case is the first at the ICC to involve an alleged perpetrator and victim of the same war crimes...

Ongwen trial opens at International Criminal Court ICC-CPI-20161206-PR1262 On 6 December 2016, the trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen opened before Trial Chamber IX at the seat of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Dominic Ongwen is accused of 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in northern Uganda. Trial Chamber IX is composed of presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt, Judge Péter Kovács, and Judge Raul Cano Pangalan...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Dominic Ongwen, former commander of Sinia Brigade of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in the dock at the ICC recently. PHOTO/ ICC Summary During 2002-2005, seven of these women were forced to be Ongwens "so-called wives" and two gave birth to children, leading to the historic conviction for forced pregnancy. Children and mothers with babies tied to their backs were among those killed, said judge Schmitt, who read out the names of the victim...

Sumy Sadurni / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on February 4, 2021 10:31 am The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lords Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday. Ongwen, was the first LRA commander to face trial for its campaign of terror and violence in the early 2000s. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy. Ongwen, who is now in his 40s, has that beca...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Margaret Labol, 50, who lost 15 family members and her husband, a Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) soldier, during the Lukodi massacre caused by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in 2004, poses for a portrait in front of the memorial for the victims of the massacre in Lukodi, Uganda, February 3, 2021. PHOTOS/ AFP Summary The memory of LRA across much of northern Uganda is that of a group that abducted children as soldiers, pillaged villages for food and ...

Women in Lukodi, Uganda, celebrate after hearing on a radio that the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, found Dominic Ongwen guilty of war crimes, including a massacre in their village back in 2004. The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lords Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday. Ongwen, was the first LRA commander to face trial for its campaign of terror and violence in the early 2000s. The ch...

Home/News from NPR/Ugandan Child Soldier-Turned-Rebel Commander Is Convicted Of War Crimes A former child soldier, Ongwen was the first LRA commander to face trial for the groups terror campaign. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy. Ugandan Child Soldier-Turned-Rebel Commander Is Convicted Of War Crimes By Bill Chappell  February 4, 2021 The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander Domini...