After Afghanistan: Taliban Power, Palestinian Terrorism and Islamist Sacrifice
“History is an illustrious war against death.” – José Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis (1958) Afghanistan and “Palestine”: Newly Emerging Linkages At first glance, there are no obvious connections between the Taliban victory over the United States in Afghanistan and Palestinian terrorism against Israel. Upon closer inspection, however, the recent Taliban triumph reflects more [...]
UN chief calls for increased help in tackling human trafficking and war crimes
UN Secretary‑General António Guterres on Monday expressed grave concern about increases in human trafficking in an open UN Security Council (UNSC) debate in New York. Guterres listed Da'esh, Boko Haram, Al‑Shabaab and the Lord's...
After days of discussions, the Ugandan military decided on Tuesday to send Dominic Ongwen , a rebel leader with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , to trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...
The Ugandan army on Wednesday confirmed that top Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen is now in the custody of US forces. Ongwen, the second-in-command of the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony...
Matthew C. Kane, University of Oklahoma College of Law & Oklahoma City University School of Law
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted a report on Wednesday to the UN Security Council concerning the situation of children affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. The...
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Thursday presented the Secretary-General's annual report on conflict-related sexual violence to the UN Security Council . The report documents numerous conflict-related sexual...
Ugandan Principal Judge James Ogoola said Monday that the newly established War Crimes Division (WCD) of the High Court will seek to recruit foreign judges. Ogoola explained the need for foreign...
The UN on Monday called for leaders of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be apprehended for war crimes in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between September...
ICC still seeking arrest of Uganda war crimes suspects after 4 years
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday that it is still seeking the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony and his deputies, four years after warrants for the...
