International court convicts Ugandan rebel commander of war crimes

 
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS --
The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a one-time child soldier who morphed into a brutal commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages.
Dominic Ongwen, who was abducted by the shadowy militia as a 9-year-old boy and transformed into a child soldier and later promoted to a senior leadership rank, faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment after being convicted of 61 offences.
The judgment, which can be appealed, outlined the horrors of the LRA's attacks on camps for displaced civilians in northern Uganda in the early 2000s, and of Ongwen's abuse of women who were forced to be his "wives." Activists welcomed his convictions for crimes against women, which included rape, forced pregnancy and sexual slavery.

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