The International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to compensate victims resulting from atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) Dominic Ongwen in Northern Uganda.
The ICC based in Hague, Netherlands has now earmarked 52.4m Euros, approximately sh200bn for the exercise.
Each victim is expected to receive at least 750 Euros about sh2.8m. For over 20 years of war in Northern Uganda by rebels of the Lord Resistance Army of Joseph Kony left thousands of people dead and thousands of victims.
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The government of Uganda referred the atrocities committed by the commanders of the LRA to the ICC in December 2003 following the arrest of Dominic Ongwen, one the rebel commanders.
In February 2021, the ICC found Ongwen guilty of the 61 crimes against humanity and war crimes that included sexual crimes, torture, murder, attempted murder, attacks against civilians, persecution and destruction of property.
On Thursday February 20, 2025, officials from the Trust Fund of the ICC met the Undersecretary in charge of pacification and development Robert Ssemwogerere in the office of the Prime Minister to brief them on the ongoing process to compensate 49,772 victims in Northern Uganda.
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Scott Bartel, the programme officer from the Trust Fund of the ICC revealed that the court has earmarked 52.4m Euros approximately sh200bn for the exercise and each victim is expected to receive 750 Euros about sh2.8m.
Currently, the ICC is carrying out outreach to several stakeholders and the victims to understand how this process will be carried out.
Out of the 52.4m Euros, the government of Uganda is also expected to make a contribution.