Joseph Kony - Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a Ugandan rebel group that has abducted, mutilated, and killed thousands of civilians in northern Uganda and across the region. The LRA has long engaged in particular brutality against children. In 2005, the ICC issued arrest warrants against its leader, Joseph Kony, and other top commanders, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In January 2015, LRA leader Dominic Ongwen surrendered himself, and after a four-year trial he was convicted on February 4, 2021. The LRA has continued to operate in the remote border areas of Sudan and South Sudan.

Africa

January 27, 2021
Q & A
Q&A: The LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen and the ICC
Africa

February 12, 2019
Dispatches
Remembering Alison Des Forges, 10 Years Later

Ida Sawyer

Deputy Director, Africa Division
Uganda

August 29, 2017
News Release
ICC: Support Victims in Choosing Counsel

Reports

More reports

March 28, 2010 Report

Trail of Death

LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo
February 16, 2009 Report

The Christmas Massacres

LRA attacks on Civilians in Northern Congo
September 20, 2005 Report

Uprooted and Forgotten

Impunity and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Uganda
March 29, 2004 Report

State of Pain

Torture in Uganda

News

January 27, 2021 Q & A

Q&A: The LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen and the ICC
February 12, 2019 Dispatches

Remembering Alison Des Forges, 10 Years Later

Rights Champion Wrote Definitive Account of Rwandan Genocide
August 29, 2017 News Release

ICC: Support Victims in Choosing Counsel

Lord’s Resistance Army Case Highlights Problems
June 19, 2017 Q & A

Ten Questions about the drawdown of the US Counter LRA-Operation
December 5, 2016 News Release

ICC: First Lord’s Resistance Army Trial Begins

Thousands of Victims Participating in Case
October 7, 2016 Dispatches

Remembering the Wisdom of Uganda’s Aboke Girls, 20 Years Later

Attacks on Education Persist
January 21, 2016 News Release

ICC: First Major Hearing on LRA Crimes

Brutal, Elusive Group Terrorized African Region
January 20, 2015 News Release

ICC: LRA Transfer Advances Chance for Justice

Ongwen First Lord’s Resistance Army Suspect to Appear in The Hague
January 9, 2015 News Release

Transfer LRA Commander to International Court

Ensure Ongwen’s Immediate Access to Counsel
January 9, 2015 Q & A

Questions and Answers on the LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen and the ICC

(updated January 2016)
July 9, 2012 Letter

Central African Republic: Letter to Minister of Justice on the Massacre in the CAWA Concession, Mbomou Prefecture
July 9, 2012 News Release

Central African Republic: LRA Attack Near Hunting Reserve

New Evidence That 13 Safari Company Employees Unjustly Jailed