Ongwen Trial Update || ICC Prosecutor to Focus on Gender-Based Crimes
In early 2015, former LRA commander and International Criminal Court (ICC)-indictee Dominic Ongwen surrendered to security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) and was later transferred to the custody of the ICC to await trial in The Hague, where he remains now that trial proceedings have begun. After being abducted by the LRA as […]
Speaking with US War Crimes Ambassador & ICC Chief Prosecutor about justice for Kony // IC CITIZEN
Last week, we were excited to report the Obama Administration’s announcement that three top LRA commanders — Joseph Kony, Okot Odhiambo, and Dominic Ongwen — were officially added to the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Program. This enables the U.S. government to offer up to $5 million to anyone that provides information leading to the arrest or […]
A personal video from the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC
On June 15, 2012, Fatou Bensouda became the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). For the Global Summit on the LRA at MOVE:DC, she sent Dianne Luping, a Trial Lawyer in the ICC’s division of Prosecution to speak on the panel. Soon thereafter, we received the below video from Ms. Bensouda. A personal video from […]
The International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor
Meet Fatou Bensouda. On June 15, 2012 she replaced Luis Moreno-Ocampo as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The new prosecutor is a native of the African nation of Gambia and studied law in Nigeria. She has previous experience as an attorney and legal adviser during the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, […]