Uganda will “engage” the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek a review of the indictments (anklager) for war crime charges against leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
– The government will engage the ICC and present to it concrete evidence of agreed solutions to peace, impunity and reconciliation because we also don’t want to condone impunity, internal affairs minister Ruhakana Rugunda told IRIN on 21 June.
The request to the ICC will be made only after the government and LRA reach a comprehensive agreement on how to end two decades of conflict that killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more in northern Uganda, Rugunda said.
The ICC has indicted five LRA commanders on charges of war crimes, including murder and abduction of civilians. They include LRA chief Joseph Kony and his deputy Vincent Otti.
The LRA has insisted the ICC drops the indictments in favour of Uganda’s legal system, including the traditional Acholi justice system known as Mato Oput.
Kilde: www.irinnews.org
