All Africa (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... whether the ICC can try Kony, his former deputy, Vincent Otti, commanders Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen or to leave the trial to the local special division of the High Court in Kampala to try them.Otti was killed by Kony last year in a leadership dispute. "Considering that in the present circumstances, where none of the persons for whom an arrest warrant has been issued is yet...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Uganda: Pre-Trial of Kony SetMilton OlupotTHE International Criminal Court (ICC) is to conduct a pre-trial to determine if it should try rebel chief Joseph Kony or let Uganda's High Court do so.The ICC appointed Jens Dieckmann to defend Kony and his commanders in the pre-trial.The Lord's Resistance Army leader and his generals, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, were in 2005...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... 2005 the requests for (the) arrest and surrender of Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, were submitted to the DR Congo, following information from Uganda that the LRA had been based in that country for more than three years, specifically in Garamba National Park," the statement read.The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber II noted that Article 87 (7) of the Rome Statute,...
