Uganda has set up a special war crimes court to deal with cases of human rights violations committed during the 20-year insurgency in the north. The court will have the mandate to try Lords Resistance Army rebel leaders, who have mutilated hundred of victims, reports BBC online Monday.
The move is seen as an attempt to convince the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop indictments against top LRA commanders. They have refused to sign a peace deal until they are lifted.
Some two million people have been displaced during the conflict, notorious for atrocities against children.
It was agreed that the court, a special division of the Uganda High Court, would be set up at peace talks between the rebels and government. But LRA leader Joseph Kony refused to sign a final peace agreement last month, wanting further assurances about the ICC warrants.
