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title: Uganda
country: uganda
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date: 2015-02-23T18:45:00.000Z
phase: 'Situations & Cases'
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description: "The Situation in the Republic of Uganda involves a protracted conflict between the government of the Republic of Uganda and armed rebel groups, primarily the Lord's Resistance Army. Within the Ugandan Situation, there are two ongoing cases against four members of the LRA."
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The Situation in the Republic of Uganda involves a protracted conflict between the government of the Republic of Uganda and armed rebel groups, primarily the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA has waged an ongoing insurgency against the Ugandan government, the Ugandan Army, and local defense units since 1987. In carrying out their insurgency, the LRA has consistently targeted and directed attacks against civilians, including those which have been placed in internal displacement camps by the Ugandan Army in an attempt to better protect them against the LRA.

As part of these attacks, the LRA used a variety of tactics to brutalize the civilian population, including mass murder, mutilation, and forcefully abducting children to be child soldiers, servants, and sex slaves. The LRA's insurgency has caused tens of thousands of deaths and abductions, and has displaced up to two million civilians throughout the region. Although the Lord's Resistance Army has been inactive in northern Uganda since 2006, it still operates in the border region between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan.

The Republic of Uganda [ratified](https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/african%20states/Pages/uganda.aspx) the Rome Statute on June 14, 2002. This acceptance gave the Republic of Uganda to&nbsp;[refer](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/2004/Pages/president%20of%20uganda%20refers%20situation%20concerning%20the%20lord_s%20resistance%20army%20_lra_%20to%20the%20icc.aspx)&nbsp;the Situation to the ICC on December 16, 2003. Following a preliminary examination, the Office of the Prosecutor officially [opened](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/2004/Pages/prosecutor%20of%20the%20international%20criminal%20court%20opens%20an%20investigation%20into%20nothern%20uganda.aspx) an investigation on July 29, 2004. Within the Ugandan Situation, there are two ongoing cases against four members of the LRA, out of which, the cases against <NAME> and <NAME> were terminated due to the defendants' death.

For more information on the situation in Uganda, please visit the [ICC page](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200204/Pages/situation%20index.aspx).<commit_msg>Updated '/_situations/uganda.md' via CloudCannon<commit_after>---
title: Uganda
country: uganda
published: true
date: 2015-02-23T18:45:00.000Z
phase: 'Situations & Cases'
link_to_more_information:
description: "The Situation in the Republic of Uganda involves a protracted conflict between the government of the Republic of Uganda and armed rebel groups, primarily the Lord's Resistance Army. Within the Ugandan Situation, there are two ongoing cases against four members of the LRA."
slug: uganda
---


The Situation in the Republic of Uganda involves a protracted conflict between the government of the Republic of Uganda and armed rebel groups, primarily the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA has waged an ongoing insurgency against the Ugandan government, the Ugandan Army, and local defense units since 1987. In carrying out their insurgency, the LRA has consistently targeted and directed attacks against civilians, including those which have been placed in internal displacement camps by the Ugandan Army in an attempt to better protect them against the LRA.

As part of these attacks, the LRA used a variety of tactics to brutalize the civilian population, including mass murder, mutilation, and forcefully abducting children to be child soldiers, servants, and sex slaves. The LRA's insurgency has caused tens of thousands of deaths and abductions, and has displaced up to two million civilians throughout the region. Although the Lord's Resistance Army has been inactive in northern Uganda since 2006, it still operates in the border region between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan.

The Republic of Uganda [ratified](https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/african%20states/Pages/uganda.aspx) the Rome Statute on June 14, 2002. This acceptance gave the Republic of Uganda to&nbsp;[refer](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/2004/Pages/president%20of%20uganda%20refers%20situation%20concerning%20the%20lord_s%20resistance%20army%20_lra_%20to%20the%20icc.aspx)&nbsp;the Situation to the ICC on December 16, 2003. Following a preliminary examination, the Office of the Prosecutor officially [opened](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/2004/Pages/prosecutor%20of%20the%20international%20criminal%20court%20opens%20an%20investigation%20into%20nothern%20uganda.aspx) an investigation on July 29, 2004. Within the Ugandan Situation, there are two ongoing cases against four members of the LRA. Out of these four, the cases against <NAME> and <NAME> were terminated due to the confirmation of their deaths.&nbsp;

For more information on the situation in Uganda, please visit the [ICC page](http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200204/Pages/situation%20index.aspx).
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