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In 2004, Uganda invited the ICC to investigate an ongoing decades-long conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army and the government. In 2005, the ICC issued arrest warrants for five senior LRA members. One of them, Ongwen, is currently on trial.
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New Katanga trial shows DRC’s potential to try complex international crimes

25 August 2016
ComplementarityWar crimesCrimes against humanityNational prosecutions
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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#GlobalJustice Weekly – Uganda strains diplomatic ties by welcoming ICC suspect

20 May 2016
CooperationWanted#GlobalJustice Weekly
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SudanSoudanSudán
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#GlobalJustice Weekly – ICC resolution succeeds at UN while ICC suspect Omar al-Bashir welcomed by Uganda

13 May 2016
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#GlobalJustice Weekly – Victims sidelined in Kenya

22 April 2016
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KenyaKenya
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Guatemala: Advance bill on national prosecution of ICC crimes

20 April 2016
Campaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteRatification/accession
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Guatemala
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ICC to decide if LRA commander Ongwen to face trial

21 January 2016
War crimesCrimes against humanityProsecutionPre-Trial phase
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Uganda
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Côte d’Ivoire: The International Criminal Court with its back against the wall

03 December 2015
Victims firstProsecution
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ASP 14: Kenya and South Africa requests explained

20 November 2015
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Ongwen: Expanded charges would allow more victim participation

15 October 2015
Victims firstVictims participationWar crimesCrimes against humanityProsecution
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UgandaUganda
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Togo: Adopt law to fight atrocity crimes

07 October 2015
Campaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteImplementation
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First ICC witness tampering trial: All you need to know

26 September 2015
Global justice for atrocitiesWitness protection
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Democratic Republic of CongoRepública Democrática del Congo
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Improving victim participation in the Ongwen case: lessons from Lubanga

17 September 2015
Victims firstVictims participationProsecution
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Lubanga for early release? Views from Ituri

10 September 2015
Victims firstWar crimesConvicted
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Democratic Republic of CongoRepública Democrática del Congo
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Countering the anti-ICC agenda in Africa

03 September 2015
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Between hope and skepticism: Congolese await the trial of Ntaganda

01 September 2015
Victims firstWar crimesCrimes against humanityProsecution
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Democratic Republic of CongoRepública Democrática del Congo
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Trial of Congolese militia leader to open at ICC

27 August 2015
War crimesCrimes against humanityProsecution
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Democratic Republic of CongoRepública Democrática del Congo
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DRC: 10 facts about the ICC Ntaganda trial

26 August 2015
Sexual and gender based crimesWar crimesCrimes against humanityProsecution
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Lubanga: First ICC convict pleads for early release

24 August 2015
War crimesConvicted
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Democratic Republic of CongoRepública Democrática del Congo
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Judges to re-examine Kenya cooperation – what role for the ASP?

20 August 2015
CooperationAssembly of States Parties
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KenyaKenia
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Ghana: Time to prosecute atrocity crimes at home

12 August 2015
Global justice for atrocitiesCampaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteImplementation
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Benin: Adopt ICC law to prosecute grave crimes at home

14 July 2015
Campaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteRatification/accession
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Ntaganda trial opening pushed to September

06 July 2015
War crimesCrimes against humanityProsecution
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

In the first ICC trial, DRC rebel Thomas Lubanga was convicted in March 2012 of the war crimes of enlisting & conscripting children under 15 and using them in hostilities. Sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Reparations proceedings started on 7 Aug 2012.
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