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Uganda gains independence from Britain
đź“… 9 October 1962Uganda became an independent state after negotiations among British authorities, the Buganda kingdom, and national political parties. The new state combined a central government with kingdoms and...
ICC opens investigation into Uganda
📅 29 July 2004Following Uganda’s self-referral, the Prosecutor opened the Court’s first investigation, focused on the Lord’s Resistance Army. The referral enabled ICC action but narrowed the initial focus toward...
ICC issues first arrest warrants in Uganda situation
📅 13 October 2005The Court unsealed warrants for five senior LRA figures, including Joseph Kony. The warrants marked the Court’s first arrest requests. Their practical force depended on governments capturing and...
Rome Statute Review Conference opens in Kampala
đź“… 31 May 2010States Parties met for the first review conference, hosted in Uganda. Negotiations addressed the crime of aggression and reviewed implementation of the Statute. Holding the conference in an African...
Dominic Ongwen is transferred to ICC custody
📅 21 January 2015Ongwen, a senior Lord’s Resistance Army commander who had himself been abducted as a child, was transferred to ICC custody. His case forced the Court to address victim-perpetrator complexity, forced...
ICC confirms 70 charges against Dominic Ongwen
đź“… 23 March 2016Pre-Trial Chamber II confirmed 70 charges and committed Ongwen to trial. The charges included attacks on civilian populations, sexual and gender-based crimes, forced marriage, forced pregnancy,...
ICC finds Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 crimes
đź“… 4 February 2021The Trial Chamber convicted Ongwen of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The case included forced marriage, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, torture and attacks on civilians. Judges...
ICC sentences Dominic Ongwen to 25 years
📅 6 May 2021The Chamber imposed a 25-year prison sentence for Ongwen’s crimes. The judgment engaged with the tension between his childhood victimization and adult command role. It affirmed that a person’s...
Appeals Chamber upholds Ongwen conviction and sentence
📅 15 December 2022The Appeals Chamber confirmed Ongwen’s convictions and sentence. The final judgment affirmed responsibility for a broad catalogue of crimes while maintaining the legal distinction between his...
Uganda is selected to chair NAM for 2024–2027
📅 6 July 2023At the Baku ministerial meeting, members endorsed Uganda as incoming chair. The handover shifted the movement’s center to East Africa and set the stage for Uganda to host the next leaders’ summit in...
Senior officials open preparations for the Kampala NAM Summit
📅 15 January 2024Officials began the final preparatory sessions ahead of the leaders’ meeting. Uganda framed its chairmanship around cooperation, development and a stronger voice for the Global South, continuing...
Uganda assumes NAM chairmanship for 2024–2027
📅 20 January 2024The summit transferred the chairmanship from Azerbaijan to Uganda. Kampala made East Africa the movement’s convening center and placed Uganda in charge of coordinating NAM positions through the next...
Third South Summit renews G77 and China’s development agenda
đź“… 22 January 2024Meeting in Kampala immediately after the NAM summit, leaders of the Group of 77 and China called for stronger South-South cooperation, policy space and reform of global economic governance. The...
NAM midterm ministerial meeting opens in Kampala
📅 15 October 2025Foreign ministers and delegations reviewed the movement’s work under Uganda’s chairmanship and considered the international situation. President Yoweri Museveni called for solidarity and development...