ABSTRACTDominic Ongwen’s trial and judgment before the International Criminal Court (ICC) have elicited mixed reactions and views on the effectiveness of international criminal
justice. This brief reflection goes beyond the Ongwen case to take a wider view of transitional justice mechanisms to note that justice still remains elusive for [...]
AbstractThe establishment of the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda was conceived under the Juba Peace Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation
as a means of ensuring accountability for serious violations of international law that occurred in northern Uganda in the wake of conflict between the Lord’s Resistance [...]
AbstractIn the wake of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) conviction and sentencing of Dominic Ongwen, this article explores the complex justice landscape in Uganda.
It examines how the ICC’s selective focus on the crimes of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its reluctance to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes committed [...]
AbstractThe Ongwen trial and appeal judgments are an affront to child soldiers everywhere and to international criminal justice. The judgments fail to treat Mr Dominic Ongwen
as an individual within his own social context, in which culture and race are significant factors. [...]
AbstractThis article explores specific cases of children born of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) to ascertain the precise nature of their harm making them a unique
category of victims under international criminal law. It will identify and illustrate, inter alia, the nature, intent and impact of their victimhood, detailing precisely [...]
AbstractDominic Ongwen — child soldier turned warlord — was tried, convicted and sentenced by Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Using the theoretical
vehicle of expressivism, this article aims to look beyond the straightforward, normative consequences of his adjudication, identifying the Trial Judgment’s — [...]
AbstractInternational Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber IX’s decision in the Ongwen case in 2021 and the subsequent Appeals Chamber decision in 2022 have quickly become
benchmarks for a still nascent but steadily growing body of jurisprudence on the recruitment, enlistment, or use of child soldiers. [...]
AbstractThis article deals with the perspective from which situations of duress under the Statute of the International Criminal Court have to be evaluated, in particular in
cases in which (as in Ongwen) strongly individualised circumstances, such as a belief in spirits, have coloured the perception of the alleged threat. [...]
AbstractThe Ongwen case has so far involved one of the largest number of victims represented before the International Criminal Court, both in terms of participation in trial
proceedings (4,095) and potential beneficiaries for reparations (49,772). This piece offers some new insights following the trial from victims represented by both [...]
