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11 Jun Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Symposium: Conversations under the Rome Statute –Enslavement and Slave Trade
...Violence in Conflict for raising the critical comparison of the international crime of the slave trade and the transnational crime of trafficking in the special issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (JICJ). While we recognize these advancements, what do these two laudatory events have in common? Not enough. The case of Dominic Ongwen, a subordinate to the infamous, and still uncaptured, Commander Joseph Kony, illustrates the quintessential criminal conduct inflicted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. Ongwen, a former child soldier who survived and proceeded through...
04 Oct Distant Justice Symposium: A Reply by Phil Clark
...in Distant Justice that the ICC only displays a willingness to cooperate with domestic institutions when they pose no challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction over particular cases. To take the northern Ugandan example Agirre cites, Ocampo stated consistently that no complementary combinations would be possible if Uganda attempted to use traditional mechanisms to deal with the ICC’s targets, Joseph Kony and the other Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders, as proposed during the Juba peace talks. Tellingly, Agirre makes no mention of one of the key findings in Distant Justice –...01 Aug Emerging Voices: The Preliminary Examinations in Iraq: A Net Loss for the ICC’s Political Capital
...of the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Program, which offers financial rewards for information leading to the arrest of suspects sought by the ICC (and especially leaders of the Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army). At first glance, these seem to be rather weighty indicators of the evolution of America’s relationship with the Court. The handover of alleged Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda from the American Embassy in Rwanda to the custody of the ICC further supports the notion of the ‘Obama thaw.’ Closer examination, however, shows that the relationship is not...18 Mar Lubanga Decision Roundtable: Lubanga in Context
...about the impunity they have traditionally enjoyed, and to a lesser extent, a warning to others elsewhere too. So, when Joseph Kony demands that a set of criminal lawyers march for miles into the bush to advise him on his potential exposure to liability for international crimes, there is some nominal gain in the world. This benefit is also apparent when the head of the British army demands a single written sentence from the British Attorney General and Prime Minister describing the Iraq War as legal before he sends in...
05 Nov Managing Expectations of Victims and Sustaining Community Outreach
...since there is a large number of victims in this case. Some victims will have suffered individual crimes like rape, bodily injury, and other harms that will require individual reparations. Other people may be less interested in communal reparations because in their view, such reparations have no direct benefit to them. Reparations must be meaningful to those receiving them to fulfill their purpose. Lastly, designing multifaceted reparations programs maximize impact, resources, and victim satisfaction regardless of the reparation’s mechanism. Concluding recommendations International Criminal Court Since LRA Commander Joseph Kony has...27 Jun John Bellinger on the ICC at 10
...I negotiated), it has hindered the Bush and Obama administrations from providing some forms of assistance to the court, even in cases for which there is strong bipartisan support for holding war criminals such as Bashir and Kony accountable. There is very little I disagree with in the editorial, although I think that judging the ICC’s success in terms of the number of trials it has completed is a bit too simplistic. That statistic misleads more than it informs, because a number of other trials should wrap up in the...20 Apr ICC Update
...the Lord’s Resistance Army, such as Joseph Kony — from government amnesty. The Minister of Internal Affairs will submit a list of names to the Parliament for approval. The law proved quite contentious, with numerous MPs insisting that it would undermine efforts to negotiate a peaceful solution to the LRA insurgency. The Pre-Trial Chamber I provisionally concluded that Thomas Lubanga does not possess the financial resources to pay for adequate legal representation. The Court thus agreed to pay the expenses of his attorney — which he has yet to select...14 Jul The Case for Indicting Bashir
...the spotlight on Bashir provides a significant point of pressure that if backed by key governments and the UN Security Council could lead to real protection for the civilian population. Enough also points out that unlike in Uganda, where popular sentiment is mixed — although opponents of the ICC often grossly overstate Ugandans willingness to let Kony and his henchment go free — the vast majority of Darfurians want the government officials responsible for the atrocities to be prosecuted: Absent from all too many discussions about peace and justice in...02 Jul LRA Leader Was a Child Soldier Himself
...Terrified, Dominic did not resist or beg. The LRA’s fighting force is made up primarily of child soldiers, many forced into gruesome killing rituals to cut them off from their communities. Humanitarian agencies say 20,000 children have been abducted or killed in the war, and nearly two million people displaced. Ongwen was indicted by the ICC in July 2005, along with four others, including Joseph Kony, the LRA’s head. But his circumstances present “a fundamental dilemma”, an ICC source in Uganda acknowledges, as he is a “veteran child soldier”. The...05 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
...has handed out prison sentences of up to five years to 43 pro-democracy NGO workers, including 16 Americans. Environmental NGOs have released a report accusing Joseph Kony and his militia of poaching elephants for cash and have called upon governments, particularly in Asia, to do more to combat the illegal trade in ivory. The EU Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, has imposed a 12% import duty on Chinese solar panel products that will increase to an average of 47% unless a solution is negotiated within 60 days. China has already...