Factual Allegations

The ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) alleges that Joseph Kony is Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and that Mr. Kony is, along with Vincent Otti (Vice-Chairman and Second-in-Command of the LRA) and other senior LRA commanders, a member of the “Control Altar,” which is the leadership group that conceived of, planned, and implemented LRA strategy which included campaigns to attack civilian settlements and standing orders to attack, abduct, and loot civilians. 

From 2002 to 2004, as alleged by the OTP, Mr. Kony planned and implemented six separate attacks in which Mr. Kony and senior LRA commanders armed and ordered LRA forces to do the following: to attack Ugandan government forces and civilians in certain regions and internally displaced camps of Uganda; to murder civilians; to rape and inflict sexual violence against civilians; to abduct and enslave civilians including children as forced laborers, forced fighters, and sexual slaves; and to pillage and destroy property. Mr. Kony’s ordered attacks included not only murder, rape, abduction, and enslavement, but also physical mutilations and physical beatings, forced marches and forced labor under threat of death, and mass burnings and lootings of homes. 

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Charges

The Accused is alleged to have committed the crimes listed below as an individual, jointly with another or through another person under Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute, and to have ordered, solicited, or induced the commission of these crimes under Article 25(3)(b).

Under these two modes of criminal liability, the Accused is charged with the following atrocity crimes:

Murder (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(a)

Enslavement (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(c)

Sexual Slavery (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(g)-2

Rape (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(g)-1

Inhumane Acts (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(k)

Murder (War Crime): Article 8(2)(c)(i)-1

Cruel Treatment of Civilians (War Crime): Article 8(2)(c)(i)-3

Directing an Attack against Civilians (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(i)

Pillaging (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(v)

Inducing Rape (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(vi)

Enlisting Child Soldiers (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(vii)

Factual Allegations

The ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) alleges that Okot Odhiambo was Deputy Army Commander and former Brigade Commander of Trinkle and Stockree Brigades of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and that Mr. Odhiambo was, along with Joseph Kony (Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the LRA) and Vincent Otti (Vice-Chairman and Second-in-Command of the LRA), a member of the “Control Altar,” which is the leadership group that conceived of, planned, and implemented LRA strategy which included campaigns to attack civilian settlements and standing orders to attack, abduct, and loot civilians. 

Under Mr. Kony’s orders, as alleged by the OTP, Mr. Odhiambo armed and ordered LRA forces to do the following: to attack Ugandan government forces and civilians in certain regions and internally displaced camps of Uganda; to murder civilians; to abduct and enslave civilians including children as forced laborers, forced fighters, and sexual slaves; and to pillage and destroy property. 

In March 2015, the Government of Uganda exhumed a corpse which was identified through DNA testing as that of Mr. Odhiambo and certified that Mr. Odhiambo died on October 27, 2013. On September 7, 2015, Pre-Trial Chamber II terminated proceedings against Mr. Odhiambo.

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Charges

The Suspect is alleged to have ordered, solicited, or induced the commission of the crimes listed below under Article 25(3)(b) of the Rome Statute.

Under this mode of criminal liability, the Accused is charged with the following atrocity crimes:

Murder (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(a)

Enslavement (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(c)

Murder (War Crime): Article 8(2)(c)(i)

Directing an Attack against Civilians (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(i)

Pillaging (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(v)

Enlisting Child Soldiers (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(vii)

Factual Allegations

The ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) alleges that Raska Lukwiya was the Army Commander (third in command), former Deputy Army Commander, and former Brigade General of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and that Mr. Lukwiya was, along with Joseph Kony (Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the LRA) and Vincent Otti (Vice-Chairman and Second-in-Command of the LRA), a member of the “Control Altar,” which is the leadership group that conceived of, planned, and implemented LRA strategy which included campaigns to attack civilian settlements and standing orders to attack, abduct, and loot civilians. 

Under Mr. Kony’s orders, as alleged by the OTP, Mr. Lukwiya armed and ordered LRA forces to do the following: to attack Ugandan government forces and civilians in certain regions and internally displaced camps of Uganda; to murder civilians; to abduct and enslave civilians including children as forced laborers, forced fighters, and sexual slaves; and to pillage and destroy property.

In October 2006, at the request of the Government of Uganda and the OTP, the Netherlands Ministry of Justice-Forensics Institute reported its conclusion that the remains of the person killed on August 12, 2006 was that of Mr. Lukwiya, and the Government of Uganda provided notice that, in addition to DNA testing, there was body identification by Mr. Lukwiya’s family members and confirmation of death by LRA command. On July 11, 2007, Pre-Trial Chamber II terminated proceedings against Mr. Lukwiya.

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Charges

The Accused is alleged to have ordered, solicited, or induced the commission of the the crimes listed below under Article 25(3)(b) of the Rome Statute.

Under this mode of criminal liability, the Accused is charged with the following atrocity crimes:

Enslavement (Crime against Humanity): Article 7(1)(c)

Cruel Treatment of Civilians (War Crime): Article 8(2)(c)(i)

Directing an Attack against Civilians (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(i)

Pillaging (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(v)