{"id":1425,"date":"2025-11-07T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:10:20","slug":"icc-confirms-war-crimes-charges-against-ugandas-rebel-leader-joseph-kony-icc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1425","title":{"rendered":"ICC confirms war crimes charges against Uganda\u2019s rebel leader Joseph Kony | ICC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The International Criminal Court confirmed 39 charges against Kony, paving the way for a trial if he is ever captured.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 7 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">7 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"502\">Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, nearly two decades after the court first issued a warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"645\">Kony, who remains at large, faces 39 charges, including murder, sexual enslavement and rape, making him the ICC\u2019s longest-standing fugitive.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"945\">Judges from the ICC\u2019s Pre-Trial Chamber III said there are \u201csubstantial grounds to believe that Mr Kony is criminally responsible for the crimes\u201d committed in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005, when he commanded the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1146\">Besides crimes committed by his rebels, the judges said Kony could also be held responsible for 10 crimes he allegedly committed himself, linked to two women he forced to become his wives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1146\">\u201cMr Kony issued standing orders to attack civilian settlements, kill and mistreat civilians, loot and destroy their property and abduct children and women to be integrated into the LRA,\u201d the judges said in their ruling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1146\">The ruling marks the first time the ICC has confirmed charges in a suspect\u2019s absence, meaning the case can formally proceed to trial if Kony is ever captured. Under ICC rules, a full trial cannot begin without the defendant\u2019s presence in court.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1146\">Prosecutors said efforts to track down and arrest Kony, now 64, are ongoing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3116359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3116359\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3116359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2008-12-04T120000Z_1400290886_GM1E4C50F9F01_RTRMADP_3_UGANDA-REBELS-1723539976.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"LRA\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3116359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers pose during peace negotiations between the LRA and Ugandan religious and cultural leaders in Ri-Kwangba, southern Sudan, in 2008 [File: Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2188\">The ICC\u2019s decision followed a three-day hearing in September in which prosecutors and victims\u2019 lawyers presented evidence and testimony without Kony present \u2013 an unusual procedure that set the stage for Thursday\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2374\">Years of investigations and witness accounts formed the basis of the decision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2374\">Emerging from northern Uganda\u2019s Acholi region in the late 1980s, Kony\u2019s LRA combined Christian mysticism with an armed rebellion against President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2374\">The United Nations estimates about 100,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2974\">Even after being pushed out of Uganda, LRA fighters launched deadly raids across South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, burning villages, looting communities and abducting tens of thousands of children \u2013 the abducted boys forced to fight and girls forced into sexual slavery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2974\">Kony came back into international focus in 2012 when a viral video about his crimes led to the #Kony2012 campaign on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2974\">Despite the global attention and years of military operations to apprehend Kony, he remains at large.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Criminal Court confirmed 39 charges against Kony, paving the way for a trial if he is ever captured. 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