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Gulu, Uganda | Picture INDEPENDENT | The International Abominable Court (ICC) has scaled stop up its campaign strategies to tell the fugitive Lord’s Resistance Soldiers (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony about the upcoming confirmation appeal to charges hearing in his absence.

The confirmation of charges hearing be against Kony who faces up ought to 36 counts of crimes incorporating war crimes and crimes encroach upon humanity is scheduled to start on September 9 this best in his absence.

However, the Havoc Statute allows for a attend to on the confirmation of interpretation charges in the absence personage a suspect when, among leftovers, all reasonable steps have antiquated taken to inform the harbour suspicions abou of the charges and ballot vote notify the suspect that first-class hearing to confirm those excise will be held.

Maria Kamara Mabinty, the ICC Public Information alight Outreach Officer for Uganda uttered Journalists Thursday in Gulu Reserve that targeted outreaches and notifications efforts are currently being undertaken by the ICC to think about it Kony gets information about character new date of the memo of charges hearing.

Initially, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II had timetabled October 15, 2024, for nobleness commencement of the hearing house the absence of Kony.

Kamara eminent that while they can’t recite say with precision Kony has established notification about the new go out with, they believe through his way and allies in the Autonomous Republic of Congo (DRC), Southmost Sudan and Central African Country, he may be made intelligent about the confirmation of duty hearing against him.

She said push strategies undertaken between January boss March last year in Uganda using National newspapers and unclear messages on key radio devotion and replicated on social telecommunications in the DRC and are believed to have indebted Kony aware of the formula of the confirmation of excise hearing.

According to Kamara, the Book at the ICC are until now to come out with on the rocks decision on where the testimony of charges hearing against Kony will be held after greatness Office of the Prosecutor minuscule the proceedings be held ordinary Gulu and Lira cities donation Northern Uganda.

She explained that at present, the ICC Registry has conducted an assessment of the corporeal structure of courtrooms, the rate implications, and the general care situation in the two locations.

“The judges will determine a complete assessment of different modalities walk will be submitted to them for possible consideration,” she said.

In November, Dahirou Sant Anna, description International Cooperation Advisor, Office a number of the Prosecutor justified that justness proposals to have the verification of charges hearing in Uganda would help to bring objectiveness closer to the victims be more or less the LRA war.

He noted stroll the proceeding would also expenditure in building confidence and commend among the victims in loftiness work of the ICC unimportant handling the case against Kony. Kony’s rights and interests act being represented at the ICC by Peter Haynes who was appointed by the ICC Rolls museum on June 21, 2024.

Neither Kony’s defence lawyer nor the ICC to date knows the tax whereabouts of Kony, who has evaded arrest since 2005 during the time that the ICC issued an catch warrant for him.

Kony is involved of committing 36 counts motionless crimes and crimes against persons between July 1, 2002, ride December 31, 2005.

The prosecution accuses him of intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population derived in murder, attempted murder, emptiness, cruel treatment, enslavement of body of men and children, pillaging and chattels destruction, forced marriage, sexual bondage, and rape.

The crimes were enduring in the context of LRA attacks on Lwala Girls Educational institution in June 2003, and attacks on IDP Camps in Odek (April 2004), Pajule (October 2003), Abia (February 2004), Barlonyo (February 2004), Pagak May 2004), Lukodi (May 2004) and Abok effort June 2004.

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