JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the recent meeting at Chautauqua of nine of the twelve living international prosecutors, spanning the Nuremberg...
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Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda told the BBC Monday that Uganda has begun the process of consulting with victims to determine the best way to hold accountable those responsible for atrocities committed during Uganda's...
ICC seeking UN peacekeepers' help in arresting Uganda rebel leader
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will enlist the help of UN peacekeepers in arresting Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony , according to a Reuters report Saturday. A document dated December 8 posted...
Uganda officials say rebel leader willing to face justice at home, not at ICC
Ugandan officials said Wednesday that Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army , has expressed a willingness to face justice in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court . ICC prosecutors charged...
Uganda rebel leader asks UN humanitarian chief for help lifting ICC warrants
Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, asked UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland Sunday to work with the International Criminal Court in lifting arrest warrants ...
Uganda LRA rebels renew threat of violence unless ICC pulls arrest warrants
Leaders of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on Monday repeated their call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to lift international arrest warrants against five top LRA leaders, and threatened to continue their violent...
UN humanitarian chief wants Uganda LRA rebels tried for crimes at ICC
UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland said on a visit to a refugee camp in northern Uganda Saturday that indicted leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be brought before the...
Uganda to ask ICC to retract war crimes indictments for LRA rebels
The Ugandan government said Thursday that it will ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw its plans to arrest leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) . If the indicted...
UN pledges no arrest of Uganda rebels during peace talks with government
Leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will not be arrested if they attend peace talks with the Ugandan government in Sudan, a UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) official said Monday. The talks began...
JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that as the Ugandan government starts peace talks...