Life In Northern Uganda After the IDP Camps
Michael Otim, Head of the Uganda Office of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), describes how life used to be in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps of northern Uganda, and now that they have been largely dismantled, the challenges faced in the return to normal life. He also weighs in on the Anti-LRA bill passed by the U.S. Congress requiring President Barack Obama to devise a strategy over the next six months to help capture the leadership of the Lord’s Revolutionary Army (LRA).
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Understanding Why the U.S. Does What It Does
John Washburn, Convener of the American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the ICC (AMICC), explains AMICC’s mission to help make the International Criminal Court a stronger institution and one that is attractive to U.S. citizens and policymakers. He also is at the Kampala ICC Review Conference to shed light on the reasoning behind U.S. foreign policy decisions, especially regarding its position vis-a-vis the ICC.
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Taking Stock of the ICC
Marieke Wierda, Director of Criminal Justice of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), talks about the ICTJ’s stocktaking of the International Criminal Court’s performance in the countries where it has opened investigations and cases, and where the ICTJ maintains in-country offices.
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Concerns About Gender Justice at Kampala ICC RC
Holly Porter came from the London School of Economics to work on a project in northern Uganda concerning rape and gender justice. On the way there she came to the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, and she explains why.
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Ambassador Rapp Articulates the U.S. Position on the ICC
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp is heading the U.S. delegation to the International Criminal Court Review Conference (RC) taking place in Kampala. The U.S. is very concerned about the outcome of the negotiations to define the Crime of Aggression. Even though the U.S. is not a member state of the ICC, it feels that it could be affected by the outcome of the RC. Ambassador Rapp summarizes the U.S. position in this clip.
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