Joseph Kony far left, meets with UN envoy.Photo by Stuart Price.
Opinio Juris has a post discussing an article in today's NY Times discussing a recent UN envoy visit with Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. Kony has been leading rebels for about 20 years and is accused of turning girls into sex slaves and boys into soldiers among other things. The real kicker is that Kony is apparently ready to surrender, but is afraid to because he has warrants by the International Criminal Court for his arrest on charges of crimes against humanity. Uganda says it will drop the charges, but that he must surrender first. So around and around they go. With peace so close, hopefully the charges can just be dropped and Kony allowed to surrender. You can read more about Kony's past here. Also, you can read about Kony's invite to four lawyers to discuss the ICC warrants here.
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