Historical Organization
Lord’s Resistance Army
Lord’s Resistance Army
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Organization Timeline
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...
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
📅 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
📅 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...