Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Uganda: First ICC Conviction of an LRA Leader

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Dominic Ongwen at his confirmation of charges hearing in ICC courtroom I on 21 January 2016 © ICC-CPI. (The Hague) – The conviction of Dominic Ongwen on February 4, 2021 is a major step for justice for widespread atrocities committed by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today. The guilty verdict at the International Criminal Court (ICC) shows that rights abusers can find themselves held to account even if years have passed since their crimes. Ongwen is the first LRA leader to be tried before the ICC, and the first…

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