Read our report on Ongwen
In our report, we examine the case history of Dominic Ongwen: an indicted war criminal and former child soldier.
Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) when he was around 10 years old, Ongwen's moral development and choices must be contextualized within the rebel group's organizational structure, norms and beliefs.
Ongwen's actions may have been his own, but they are necessarily conditioned by his past experience as a victim.
This is not to exonerate Ongwen. We have no reason to doubt the allegations against him.
Our point is to complicate his status, urging current justice pursuits in Uganda to do likewise. We argue a legal approach is limited in this regard, and that the ICC may have been incorrect in identifying Ongwen as one of the 'most responsible' given his ambiguous political status.
Read our report on www.justiceandreconciliation.com
