UN chief calls for arrest of indicted LRA leaders, experts in Uganda discuss “Beyond Juba”

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for governments to do “everything within their power” to apprehend LRA leader Joseph Kony and three other LRA commanders indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He was speaking at the UN headquarters in New York at the annual meeting of countries who have ratified the agreement creating the ICC. Read more at The New Vision. 

In Kampala, civil society and government officials gathered for the launch of “Beyond Juba,” an initiative to help chart the way for recovery, reintegration and reconciliation in Uganda after the Juba peace talks. The initiative will focus primarily on research and lecture series and workshops that will focus on transitional justice, gender and social issues related to the conflict. It is spearheaded by the Refugee Law Project, Human Rights and Peace Centre and Makerere University. Speaking at the event, Ugandan Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda said the LRA would be removed from Uganda’s terrorist list once it had signed a peace agreement and demobilized. Read more at The New Vision.