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The crime of conscripting children under the age of 15 into the Sinia brigade and using them to participate actively in hostilities.

Victims of Uganda's notorious warlord hail ICC guilty verdict By RFI © via REUTERS - ICC-CPI Handout The International Criminal Court on Thursday found a child soldier-turned-Lord's Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity during a reign of terror in Uganda. Victims and rights groups hailed the verdict as "historic" as it the first conviction to date at the ICC of any leader of the LRA. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges including multiple murders, rape and sexual enslavement by the rebel group, plus the first ever conviction by the Netherlan...

International Court convicts Ugandan commander of war crimes The International Criminal Court in The Hague has convicted a former commander in the Ugandan rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages. Dominic Ongwen faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. By Stefan J. Bos Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt took his time to outline horrific crimes he said were committed by the commander of a feared Ugandan militia. The judge said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had convicted ...

ICC finds Ongwen fully responsible of his crimes as a LRA commander 4 February 2021By AFP The Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander is fully responsible. “The chamber did not find evidence for the claim by the defence that he suffered from any mental disease or that he committed the crimes under duress,” said the International Criminal Court (ICC), today, in a long-awaited judgment. Dominic Ongwen, 45, is guilty of 61 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy. Share Republish ×...

Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes Issued on: 04/02/2021 - 12:46 4 min The Hague (AFP) The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord's Resistance Army commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy. The court said Ongwen ordered attacks on refugee camps as a senior commander in the LRA, which under its fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody cam...