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29 Aug Ugandan Rebel Wanted by ICC Starts a PR Campaign
...that has seen more than 100,000 people die, some 1.7 million people uprooted from their homes and made internal refugees, and an estimated 38,000 children aged as young as seven and eight years abducted by the rebels to serve as guerrilla fighters, porters and sex slaves. “Thomas Lubanga was arrested because he was suspected of being a rebel, but if he had been the president of a country he would not be behind bars now in a European prison,” said Otti, who is deputy to the LRA leader Joseph Kony....24 Mar Weekly News Wrap: Monday, March 24, 2014
Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa The Pentagon has reported that the Obama administration is sending about 150 Special Operations troops along with military aircraft to Uganda to help in the search for warlord Joseph Kony. Suspected Boko Haram fighters have detonated a bomb in a crowded marketplace in northeastern Nigeria killing at least 20 people. Asia A Chinese court has handed an 18-month jail term to a man who applied to hold a protest on the anniversary of the 1989...08 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
...Rebel fighters in Mali have captured at least 12 government soldiers along with their vehicle and equipment. A new law passed by the US House and awaiting signature from President Obama will extend the Rewards for Justice Program, allowing for rewards for people wanted by the ICC (including Joseph Kony). President Obama’s new pick for the Secretary of Defense is Senator Chuck Hagel. Foreign Policy asks if Hagel will be able to stand up to the drone lobby and at Lawfare, they discuss whether a Hagel appointment at DoD and...
19 Feb Justice for the Yazidis in the Ishaq Case by the Stockholm District Court – Part II
...charges (para. 92) against Joseph Kony, children born to women enslaved by the LRA are also recognized as enslaved children Such children were not born into enslavement but simply with their mothers when they were slave traded and enslaved by IS (pp. 55 and 150). Relatedly, babies born, such as confidential victim-witness B, to enslaved mothers, such as confidential victim-witness A, are understood to be enslaved from birth (p. 201). The district court also finds that child soldiers can be considered enslaved children (p. 101, see comparatively OTP-ICC Policy on...
02 Jul The Use of Benchmarks in the Colombia Situation: An Opportunity for a Victim-Oriented Approach to ICC Complementarity
...victims, especially when directly balanced against a more lenient sentencing regime for their perpetrators. Thus far, the Court has not given victims’ rights and interests a prominent role in admissibility considerations. Concerns raised by victims in the situations in Uganda and Libya on their lack of access to justice, the absence of protective measures, limited possibilities to participate in proceedings and difficulties in obtaining reparations were not addressed by the Pre-Trial Chamber for either being premature (Kony et al ., paras. 47-51) or having already established the inability of the...22 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
...civilians as well as armed rebels and may amount to war crimes. Ugandan soldiers hunting Lord’s Resistance Army group leader Joseph Kony have killed one of his key bodyguards who earned notoriety for the abduction of children, according to an army spokesman. Over the weekend, over 140 nations met in Geneva to conclude four years of work on a new treaty to reduce exposure to mercury, which is known to have negative health and environmental effects. The ECHR Blog features a commentary on last week’s ECtHR decision in Eweida and...