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Category Archives: Kwoyelo Trial
Taking Stock: An Interview with Nicholas Opiyo on Justice and the Rule of Law in Uganda
Dear readers, I wanted to share the a recent interview that I did with Nicholas Opiyo, the renowned Ugandan human rights lawyer and founder of the Human Rights organisation Chapter Four Uganda. Nicholas’ work is extraordinary and speaks for itself. … Continue reading
A Rebel’s Escape – An LRA Commander Tells His Story
Scott Ross joins JiC to report and share his thoughts on the story of Caesar Acellam, the rebel commander who defected from the Lord’s Resistance Army last year. Scott is the author of the blog Backslash Scott and is a graduate … Continue reading
The Path Towards Prosecution: An End to Amnesty in Northern Uganda
Mark Schenkel joins us for this insightful and thought-provoking guest-post on the expiry of Uganda’s Amnesty Act and its implications for transitional justice in northern Uganda. Mark is a Dutch journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. He covers developments in East … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty, Kwoyelo Trial, Transitional Justice, Uganda
Tagged Caesar Achellam, Thomas Kwoyelo
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Where to With Transitional Justice in Uganda? The Situation After the Extension of the Amnesty Act
Regular readers of this blog are aware that Uganda has both an amnesty law in force since 2000 as well as an International Crimes Division (ICD) at the High Court which is able to try crimes, including war crimes, crimes … Continue reading
The Kwoyelo Trial: A Final(?) Roundup
Last summer Justice in Conflict regularly reported on the trial of former LRA Commander Thomas Kwoyelo. After being arrested by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2009, the Ugandan Department of Public … Continue reading
Posted in Complementarity, International Criminal Court (ICC), Kwoyelo Trial, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Uganda, War crimes
Tagged Department of Public Prosecutions, DPP, ICD, International Crimes Division, JLOS, Judge Kiiza, Judge Owiny Dollo, Kwoyelo, Kwoyelo trial, Ugandan High Court
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The Lack of Context in Discussions of Justice in Conflicts
International criminal law and transitional justice are highly dynamic fields. 2011 has yet again demonstrated this by its sheer eventfulness. The year started by the extradition of Callixte Mbarushimana to the ICC in January. A sealed arrest warrant had been … Continue reading
Posted in Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Criminal Court (ICC), Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast and the ICC, Kwoyelo Trial, Libya, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Peace Negotiations, Peace Processes, Ratko Mladic, Sudan, Transitional Justice, Uganda, UN Security Council, Uncategorized, War crimes
Tagged Bashir, Darfur, Gaddafi, Gbagbo, ICC, Juba Talks, justice 2011, justice in context, Kwoyelo, LRA, Mladic, transitional justice, transitional justice 2011, Uganda
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Kwoyelo Granted Amnesty and Set Free But Questions Remain
As many readers will know, both Patrick and I have been writing about the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo in recent weeks (see here, here and here). Earlier this year, Kwoyelo became the first rebel commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army … Continue reading
Squashing the Amnesty Law in Uganda? Possible Implications of the Kwoyelo Trial
Regular readers of this blog will be aware of the Kwoyelo Trial at the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the Ugandan High Court. Thomas Kwoyelo was a high ranking LRA Commander who was arrested in the DRC in 2009 and … Continue reading
The Kwoyelo Trial: Sorting out this Amnesty Business
An LRA Commander on Trial. But Should He Be? Even before it started, the trial of former LRA commander Thomas Kwoyelo was controversial. His “day in court” was delayed for months; his application to the Government for amnesty was never … Continue reading
Uganda’s Controversial First War Crimes Trial: Thomas Kwoyelo
On July 11, I had the opportunity to attend some of the beginning of the first trial of Uganda’s International Crimes Division of the High Court, in Gulu, Northern Uganda. On the stand is Thomas Kwoyelo, a former senior Lord’s Resistance … Continue reading