UN pledges no arrest of Uganda rebels during peace talks with government
Leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will not be arrested if they attend peace talks with the Ugandan government in Sudan, a UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) official said Monday. The talks began...
JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that as the Ugandan government starts peace talks...
Uganda official asks ICC to quash LRA war crimes indictments
Ugandan Security Minister Amama Mbabazi on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to retract its indictments against several leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for war crimes in an effort to encourage senior...
Rebels in Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rejected an offer of amnesty from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday, calling the offer redundant. Museveni promised rebel leader Joseph Kony conditional amnesty...
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony must be arrested, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday, a day after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni promised Kony conditional amnesty ....
Uganda president pledges conditional amnesty to LRA leader indicted by ICC
Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, will be granted amnesty if upcoming LRA negotiations with the southern Sudanese government proceed smoothly and if he renounces terrorist...
UN official urges Security Council to protect civilians better in armed conflict
The UN's top humanitarian expert told the UN Security Council Wednesday that immediate action must to be taken to prevent civilian deaths in ongoing armed conflicts in several countries. Jan Egeland , UN Under-Secretary-General...
Uganda rebel leader wanted by ICC insists he is "not guilty"
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony told the Times of London in an interview published Wednesday that he was "not guilty" of atrocities attributed to him, describing himself as a "freedom fighter" rather than a terrorist. Kony, leader...
State Department lawyer says torture concerns complicate Guantanamo closure
John Bellinger , the top legal adviser for the US State Department , said Monday that the US would like to close its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , but must first make sure that...
UN reports drop in refugees, increase in internally displaced people
The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by...
