Expand Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, waits for the start of court proceedings at the International Criminal Court in The Hague January 26, 2015. © 2016 Reuters 1. Who are the LRA? 2. What has the LRA been fighting for all these years? 3. ...
(Brussels) – The opening of the International Criminal Court trial of a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander is an important new chapter in holding the rebel group accountable for its brutal crimes in northern Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today. IJP_ICC_LRA_Ongwen1 Dominic Ongwen, a former ...
Français 1. What is the Lord’s Resistance Army? 2. Who is Dominic Ongwen? 3. How did the ICC come to bring charges against Ongwen? 4. What are the charges against Ongwen? 5. What are Ongwen’s rights as a defendant? 6. What is the role of victims in Ongwen’s case? 7. How will local communities ...
http://www.un.org/press/en/1998/19980615.sgsm6597.html (accessed November 8, 2016). [4] Assembly of the African Union, Twenty-Sixth Ordinary Session, ... Ababa, January 31, 2016, http://www.au.int/en ... (XXVII), Kigali, July 18, 2016, http://au.int/en ...
Cc: Ambassador Smail Chergui, Chairperson, AU Peace and Security Council CC: Alpha Oumar Konare, AU High Representative for South Sudan 1 November 2016 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned South Sudanese and international non-governmental organizations, write to share our thoughts with you on the ...
July 17, the Day of International Criminal Justice, is the anniversary of the Rome Statute, which paved the way for the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Anniversaries are often cause for celebration, but the ICC—the world’s only permanent tribunal set up to try atrocity crimes—is ...
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Language English Ending the Era of Injustice Advancing Prosecutions for Serious Crimes Committed in South Sudan’s New War Summary Recommendations To Both Parties to the Conflict To the Government of South Sudan To the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan and the African Union Peace ...
The peace agreement that President Salva Kiir finally signed on August 26 – that will hopefully ensure an end to South Sudan’s current conflict – includes justice provisions that offer a chance to break a decades-long cycle of brutal abuses that South Sudanese have endured with no hope of recourse. ...
http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2223(2015) [2] South Sudan Humanitarian Bulletin 15 May 2015 – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...
If the African Union (AU) decides to keep its report documenting wartime abuses in South Sudan under wraps, it could hinder bringing those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity to account. On Thursday, the AU Peace and Security Council is expected to consider the final report of ...
Français (Nairobi) – The United States, Uganda, and the Central African Republic should ensure the prompt transfer of a rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2005, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Dominic Ongwen for crimes against humanity ...
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Français (Nairobi) – South Sudan should make an unequivocal commitment to justice for serious crimes committed during the brutal war that began a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should acknowledge that a purely domestic effort will not assure fair, ...
Human Rights Watch welcomes the High Commissioner's update on Sri Lanka. We regret that senior officials in the Sri Lankan government have rejected the 2014 Human Rights Council resolution asking the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to independently investigate ...
South Sudan’s new war is characterized by horrific attacks on civilians, often because of their ethnicity and presumed allegiances. The abuses began with widespread and systematic attacks against and killings of Nuer in the capital Juba, ethnically profiled, pulled from cars, ordered out of their ...
Français Twelve South Sudanese civil society groups today sent a letter to President Salva Kiir Mayardi, expressing concern at the South Sudan government’s invitation to President Omar al-Bashir – sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) – to attend the April 2012 presidential summit in ...
Français In the past week, a 30-minute video about Joseph Kony and his rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has received more than 90 million internet hits. Viewers of the video now know, if they didn’t before, that he is a wanted man with much blood on his hands. For years Human Rights ...
More than 50 million viewers of the Kony 2012 viral video now know that Joseph Kony, founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, is a wanted man with the blood of many on his hands. Human Rights Watch has spent years investigating the horrors perpetrated by the LRA in Uganda, Democratic ...
Français As more than 50 million viewers on YouTube of the Kony 2012 viral video now know, Joseph Kony, founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, is a wanted man with the blood of many people on his hands. We’ve spent years investigating the horrors perpetrated by the LRA in central Africa ...
