Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICC - Joseph Kony (“Joseph Kony and Vincent Otti”)

    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    Accused at large Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Direct Commission

    Reference link
    https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200204/related%20cases/icc%200204%200105/Pages/uganda.aspx
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Court
    Name of accused
    Joseph Kony
    Charges
    The arrest warrant against Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen was initially unsealed on 13 October 2005; they are/were all commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda, whose cases were joint (Lukwiya and Odhiambo have been removed from the case (they were not charged with sexual violence) due to their alleged deaths and Ongwen’s case has been severed from this case due to his transfer to the ICC for trial). Kony faces 33 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including: - Inducing rape as a war crime (article 8(2)(e)(vi)); - Rape as a crime against humanity; - Sexual enslavement as a crime against humanity. All under Articles 25(3)(a) and 25(3)(b).
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    ICC-02/04-01/05

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICC - Vincent Otti (“Joseph Kony and Vincent Otti”)

    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    Accused at large Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

    Reference link
    https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200204/related%20cases/icc%200204%200105/Pages/uganda.aspx
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Court
    Name of accused
    Vincent Otti
    Charges
    The arrest warrant against Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen was initially unsealed on 13 October 2005; they are/were all commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda, whose cases were joint (Lukwiya and Odhiambo have been removed from the case (they were not charged with sexual violence) due to their alleged deaths and Ongwen’s case has been severed from this case due to his transfer to the ICC for trial). Otti faces a total of 32 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including: - Inducing rape as a war crime (article 8(2)(e)(vi)); - Sexual enslavement as a crime against humanity. All under Article 25(3)(b).
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    ICC-02/04-01/05

  • Literature

    Lupig, Diane - Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual...

    Year
    2009
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Accountability Command Responsibility Gender-Based Crimes Investigation

    Reference link
    https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1030&context=jgspl
    Full reference
    Lupig, Diane, "Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes before the International Criminal Court", in American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, 2009, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 431-496.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Lupig, Diane
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Court

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