the international criminal court and the Lord's Resistance Army /
First Statement of Responsibility
Tim Allen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York :
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Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
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2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 230 pages :
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illustrations, maps ;
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21 cm.
SERIES
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African arguments
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ending impunity -- The coming of the Lord's Resistance Army -- Displacement and abduction -- Amnesty, peace talks and prosecution -- Concerns about the court -- Justice and healing -- A learning process -- The warrants.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The International Criminal Court (ICC) has run into problems with its first big case - the situation in northern Uganda. There is no doubt that appalling crimes have occurred here. Over a million people have been forced to live in overcrowded displacement camps under the control of the Ugandan army. Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has abducted thousands, many of them children, and has systematically tortured, raped, maimed and killed. Nevertheless, the ICC has confronted outright hostility from a wide range of groups, including traditional leaders, representatives of the Christian Churches and non-governmental organizations. Even the Ugandan government, which invited the court to become involved, has been expressing serious reservations." "While recognizing the difficulties involved, Tim Allen shows that much of the antipathy towards the ICC's intervention is misplaced. He also draws out important wider implications of what has happened."--Jacket.