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Prosecuting international crimes committed by the Lord’s
Resistance Army in Uganda
Christopher Mbazira
1 Introduction 197
2 Genesis of the conflict 199
2.1 LRA brutality and the impact of war 201
2.2 Attempts at a peaceful solution 203
3 Referral of situation to the ICC and the process of
peace talks 204
3.1 Process of peace talks 205
3.2 Peace Agreements 207
3.3 Understanding Mato Oput 210
4 Punishing international crimes in Uganda 212
4.1 Geneva Conventions as a source of international
criminal justice 214
4.2 International Criminal Court Act, 2010 215
5 Conclusion 220
Genocide as prosecuted by the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda and Gacaca Courts in Rwanda
Christian Garuka
1 Introduction 221
2 Definition of the crime of genocide 221
3 Legal basis for the prosecution of genocide in
ICTR and Gacaca courts in Rwanda 222
4 Relevance and aims of the prosecution of the
crime of genocide 224
5 Jurisdiction 225
5.1 Comptence ratione loci (territorial limitation)
and competence ratione personae 225
5.2 Competence ratione temporis
(temporal jurisdiction) 225
5.3 Competence ratione materiae (subject matter) 226
5.4 Concurrent jurisdiction 226
6 Prosecution of genocide in the ICTR and
gacaca courts 227
6.1 Mental element (mens rea) of the crime of
genocide 227
6.2 Individual responsibility 228
6.3 Immunity 229
7 Sentencing 229
8 Reparations 231
9 Conclusion 231
Prosecuting piracy in the Horn of Africa: The case of
Kenya
Osogo Ambani
1 Introduction 233
2 The international crime of piracy: The standard
and the Kenyan practice 234
3 Prosecuting piracy: A Kenyan perspective 237
3.1 Jurisdictional problems 238
3.2 Risks and fears 243
3.3 Capacity problems 244
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