The Ongwen Verdict: A Step Closer to Acknowledgment and Justice for Victims in Northern Uganda
By Sarah Kihika Kasande and Jesse Mugero This post was originally published by ICTJ here. Dominic Ongwen listens to his guilty verdict in the ICC's Trial Chamber IX on February 4, 2021. (ICC-CPI) On February 4, 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its judgment in the case of the Prosecutor v Dominic Ongwen. A former child abductee and child soldier in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrilla group that formerly operated in northern Uganda, Ongwen rose thro