Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested
October 6, 2009
[JURIST] Former Hutu intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana [BBC profile; case materials], wanted for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder], has been arrested [ICTR press release] in Uganda, officials announced Tuesday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [offi....... [more] 
Uganda to arrest al-Bashir under ICC warrant if he enters country
July 13, 2009
[JURIST] Ugandan officials announced Monday that they plan to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on war crimes charges if he enters the country, pursuant to an International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] warrant [JURIST news archive]. The announceme....... [more]
ICC still seeking arrest of Uganda war crimes suspects after 4 years
July 9, 2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] said Wednesday that it is still seeking the arrest [press release] of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony [BBC profile] and his deputies, four years after warrants for the men were issued by the court. Kony, leade....... [more]
Rights group urges Uganda to end torture and illegal arrests
April 10, 2009
[JURIST] Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] has called on Uganda to end what it said was the use of torture and unlawful arrest [text, PDF; press release] by the country's Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (JATT). According to HRW, JATT engaged in 106 documented cases of ille....... [more]
Uganda high court rules death penalty constitutional
January 22, 2009
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Uganda on Wednesday ruled that the death penalty is not prohibited by Uganda's constitution because it does not constitute cruel and inhuman punishment. The decision comes on an appeal by over 400 inmates on death row of a....... [more]
Uganda generals could be prosecuted under new US child soldier law: report
October 6, 2008
'[JURIST] Senior officers in the Ugandan military could held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Monday report in Kampala''s Daily Monitor. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008, signed into law by US....... [more]
ICC prosecutor urges arrest of Uganda war crimes suspect after new attacks
October 6, 2008
'[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday renewed his call for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony after new attacks attributed to the rebels. Moreno-Ocampo said Kony''s....... [more]
Uganda war crimes court will only hear Lord's Resistance Army cases: judge
September 18, 2008
'[JURIST] The High Court of Uganda will not try soldiers from the Ugandan PeopleÂ?s Defence Forces (UPDF) if they are accused of human rights abuses, according to Wednesday statements by Justice Dan Akiiki-Kiiza, the head of the Court''s War Crimes....... [more]
Uganda establishes special war crimes court to try LRA rebels
May 27, 2008
'[JURIST] Uganda has established a special court to hear cases of alleged war crimes and human rights abuses related to an ongoing rebellion in the country, a High Court judge said Monday. Uganda''s government agreed to create the war crimes court in....... [more]
ICC investigating new Uganda attacks by Lord's Resistance Army
May 25, 2008
'[JURIST] Luis Moreno-Ocampo chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), told Reuters Sunday that the ICC was investigating possible new war crimes committed by the Ugandan rebel group the Lord''s Resistance Army (LRA) in recent attacks....... [more]
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