World court battles questions of legitimacy and relevance as it marks milestone Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 1 marked 20 years with few victories and many questions about its legitimacy. The fundamental question remains whether it can successfully prosecute the perpetrators of …
Read More »Dominic Ongwen hires new defense lawyer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dominic Ongwen, one of the former top commanders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA has appointed a new defense lawyer to represent him at The Hague-based International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Ogwen picked Charles Achaleke Taku, a Cameroonian lawyer early this month in what seemed …
Read More »LRA’s Thomas Kwoyelo asks high court to transfer case to ICC for speedy trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thomas Kwoyelo, 52, a former colonel in the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA has asked High Court in Kampala to forward his case to the International Crimes Division in the Hague if the Ugandan court cannot expedite his trial. Ugandan authorities took Kwoyelo in custody in 2009 …
Read More »Dominic Ongwen pleads for psychosocial support
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dominic Ongwen has pleaded with the International Criminal Court-ICC to offer him psychosocial support instead of 25 years imprisonment. Ongwen, the former Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army–LRA was on May 6, 2021, sentenced to 25 years in jail by the International …
Read More »Ongwen lawyer raises record grounds of appeal against conviction
The Hague, Netherland | THE INDEPENDENT | Krispus Ayena Odongo, the Defense Lawyer for Dominic Ongwen has raised a total of 90 grounds of appeal against the conviction and 11 grounds against the sentencing of Ongwen. Dominic Ongwen, the former Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army …
Read More »25 organizations to advice ICC on reparation of LRA war victims
Former commander of LRA’s Siniya brigade was convicted to 25 years in jail for committing 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Northern Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court-ICC has granted permission to 25 organizations to offer advice to the court on the …
Read More »Sudan to expand cooperation with ICC on trial of Darfur war crime suspects
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdelbari said Sudan will expand cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure trial of those accused of war crimes in the Darfur region, including former President Omar al-Bashir, official SUNA news agency reported on Thursday. Sudan signed six months ago …
Read More »Inside Museveni, Ruto election deal
What Ugandan leader hopes to achieve by backing the Kenya 2022 frontrunner Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Kenyan government may have blocked the deputy president William Ruto from travelling to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Aug. 2 but insiders say that the bond between the two politicians …
Read More »U.S. habitually ignores adverse international rulings
Biden administration has moved slow to reverse its predecessor’s attack on international dispute settlement Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, which has lectured China about respecting a so-called arbitral tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, is in itself a breacher of the international rule of law, …
Read More »Nine organizations request to advise ICC on reparation of LRA victims
Former commander of LRA’s Siniya brigade was convicted to 25 years in jail for committing 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Northern Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine organizations have written to the International Criminal Court-ICC seeking permission to advise the court on the proper …
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