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| INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JUSTICE | Uganda Warrants Issued | ||
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ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for LRA Rebels October 14, 2005 — Following last week’s media leaks, the ICC confirmed today that it has issued arrest warrants for five high-ranking Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The LRA 's self-proclaimed “spiritual leader,”
Joseph Kony, is one of the five people for whom the ICC has issued
warrants. The group has been engaged in warfare in northern Uganda
for nearly twenty years. While the group initially targeted the Ugandan
government, it soon turned on the civilian population and became notorious
for abducting children. In the past two decades, the LRA has kidnapped
thousands of children and brutalized them, forcing them to serve as child
soldiers and sex slaves. The LRA is also accused of
committing widespread killings of civilians, torture, mutilations and sexual
abuse, including rape and forced marriages. The warrants were issued in Uganda as well as in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan in an effort to ensure the leaders’ arrests. Kony is reported
to be hiding in Southern Sudan, and the Sudanese government has agreed to
cooperate with the ICC in locating and arresting him. The ICC has urged the
international community to assist in the arrests. Last Updated October 26, 2005 |
Links + ICC’s press release on the arrest warrants + CGS’s press release on the ICC arrest warrants + In-Depth Report with background of DRC and Uganda cases and next steps for ICC
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