ICC orders record $56 million compensation for Uganda victims


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands December 15, 2022. Sem van der Wal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over 52 million euros ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order.

Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself.

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