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Just a few years ago, Dominic Ongwen sported the fatigues of a rebel commander in Central Africa. His time in the bush must have seemed like a lifetime ago as he sat in a grey suit, red tie and surgical mask, listening to judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as they determined his fate. In the end, they handed Ongwen a 25-year sentence for the 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity he was convicted of earlier this year.
Back in 2015, when Ongwen was surrendered to the ICC, his trial posed a moral challenge. On the one hand, had he not been abducted as a child by a rebel group called the Lord s Resistance Army (LRA), he could not have perpetrated the crimes he was charged with. On the other, Ongwen had remained in the LRA for many years, rising through the ranks and committing horrendous atrocities against civilians in northern Uganda and neighbouring regions. Did his victimhood make him any less guilty?
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Why hasn t Biden reversed one of Trump s most controversial sanctions orders?
Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
March 4, 2021
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It didn t take long for President Joe Biden to reverse many of former president Donald Trump s most controversial foreign policy decisions. Newly appointed U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield listed a number of those rollbacks as evidence that America is back at the table. The United States is recommitting to defending democracy and human rights across the board, she told reporters this week.
These high-profile U-turns include rejoining the Paris agreement on climate change and ending the Muslim ban. But one of the most contentious Trump sanctions decisions remains firmly in place: the use of measures usually reserved for dictators and terrorists against the staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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After months of deliberation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected a new chief prosecutor. Karim Khan becomes only the third prosecutor in the Court s history. The British national’s appointment comes at a crucial, difficult and promising time for the institution. He will have his work cut out for him for a variety of reasons, but he has many strengths to draw upon as he attempts to navigate through difficult political and legal waters in the coming months and years.
Mr Khan will take up his position in June, when the tenure of the current chief prosecutor, Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda, comes to an end. In 2012, Ms Bensouda inherited an office that had many faulty and floundering investigations and cases. Many of those cases collapsed, including, most famously, those against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. But Ms Bensouda cleared the decks, revised and improved prosecutorial strategies, and took a number of bold decisions. Non
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