Helen Saulnier 
Former Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Dominic Ongwen is yet to make a official submission to the Presidency of the Global Legal Court docket (ICC) of a preferred place in which he will be serving his 25-years’ jail sentence.
This was disclosed by Dahirou Sant-Anna, the Intercontinental Cooperation Adviser in the Business of the Prosecutor of the ICC when addressing journalists at Resort Africana on Friday, 27th January, 2023.
Dahirou spelled out that the Presidency is one of the 4 organs of ICC that makes the determination on the site wherever a convicted human being would go.
Ahead of creating the determination the Presidency would consider a ask for submitted by the convict of his or her region of alternative.
Further more, Dahirou instructed journalists that representatives of the victims and the prosecution team would also be able to give their submissions on how to enforce the sentence which is carried out via prepared point out events that have signed agreement with the ICC.
There are 123 doable nation destinations including Uganda which are point out events to the Rome Statute that proven the ICC on 1 July 2002 pursuing a diplomatic conference held in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998.
They consist of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Germany, Ghana, DRC, Ireland, Liberia, Nigeria, Korea, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Venezuela and Tanzania among many others.
Ongwen was sentenced to 25 a long time in jail on 6th, May perhaps, 2021 by the ICC’s Trial Chamber IX following getting convicted on 61 counts of war crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity.
The crimes were being committed in Northern Uganda in between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2005.
Amid the war crimes and crimes from humanity comprised murder and attempted murder rape sexual slavery compelled relationship torture enslavement conscription and use of children beneath the age of 15 to take part actively in hostilities pillaging destruction of house and persecution, between many others.
Subsequent the sentence, Ongwen’s defence lawyers led by Krispus Ayena Odongo raised a whole of 90 grounds of enchantment against the conviction and 11 grounds in opposition to the sentencing.
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But the Appeals Chamber on 15th, December 2022, confirmed the conclusions of Demo Chamber IX on Ongwen’s guilt and sentence.
Notably, on 24th, November, 2022, ICC Prosecutor Karim Asad Ahmad Khan filed a request right before the Pre-Demo Chamber II of the Court seeking authorization to keep a hearing on the confirmation of expenses against Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA in his absence.
In accordance to Dahirou, judges of the Pre-Trial Chamber II of the Court are nonetheless to pronounce themselves on the make a difference.
As soon as the judges authorize the course of action, the Courtroom will appoint a legal counsel that will represent Kony during the listening to of confirmation of the charges.
Hearing of affirmation of rates is expected to be a breaking ground for a renewed hunt for fugitive Kony, mobilize more resources and rally a lot more concerted effort and hard work by point out get-togethers to apprehend Kony, who the US Government has levied 18 billion Shillings bounty on his head to facial area justice.
Kony, the LRA Chief is envisioned to confront additional expenses. The ICC issued an arrest warrant against him in 2005 along with 4 some others who bundled Ongwen, Okot Odhiambo, Raska Lukwiya, and Vincent Otti.
Charges in opposition to Odhiambo and Lukwiya have considering that been dropped just after they were set out of action and their DNA verified.
Having said that, Otti’s arrest warrant however stands as his purported demise is still to be confirmed by the Courtroom.
