Radio Netherlands Worldwide

SSO Login

More login possibilities:

Close
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
Home
Sunday 27 May RNW - News and analysis from the Netherlands in 10 languages, worldwide 24/7 on radio, television and online
Enter a description of the photo here
Map
Paris, Guam
Paris, Guam

LRA/Uganda: ICC marginalized in interim agreement

Published on : 23 July 2007 - 12:00am | By International Justice Tribune
More about:

"Unless and only when the matter of the ICC [International Criminal Court] is settled, none of our soldiers will get out of the bush and government should forget about any signature." Quoted here by the IRIN Agency, on July 9, during peace negotiations with the Ugandan Government, Martin Ojur, head of the delegation of rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), comments the interim agreement reached between Kampala and the LRA. Three of their leaders are wanted by the ICC (IJT-33). The two parties accepted that authors of crimes against civilian populations be tried. The LRA fighters could face traditional justice in northern Uganda, while government soldiers could go before military tribunals. On July 4, Uganda's interior minister said that his country's criminal code would be amended to try war crimes, IRIN reports.

Discussion

Post new comment

Please be reminded all comments must be in English, short and to the point - guideline 250 words. Abusive and inappropriate comments will be removed.

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <br>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

More information about formatting options

RNW Player

International Justice

From the former Yugoslavia to Rwanda, Cambodia and Lebanon, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports on international justice. We offer background news and reporting on war crimes, human rights abuses and genocide.

RNW - News and analysis from the Netherlands in 10 languages, worldwide 24/7 on radio, television and online