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Justice and Accountability in Northern Uganda
The LRA and the Government of Uganda (GoU) have waged a brutal guerrilla war for over two decades that has heavily impacted citizenry of the Greater North of Uganda, South Sudan, and, more recently, of CAR and the DRC. The GoU responded, in part, by encouraging most of the citizenry in heavily affected areas into camps, which were soon afflicted by disease and despair. Between 1987 and 2008, in northern Uganda alone, nearly two million people were displaced and impoverished, at least 60,000 youth kidnapped and forced to serve in the LRA, and untold thousands killed. Thousands more experienced torture, rape, slavery, sexual slavery, inhuman and degrading treatment and abuse, or saw their family members, friends, and neighbors killed, raped, beaten, or displaced. Nearly everyone in the region felt the effects as health, education, and social welfare systems crumbled.
Our project seeks to provide timely, precise, and insightful documentary evidence and analysis, drawing on our investigation into how victims and survivors view and experience these justice mechanisms. We aim to inform the processes as well as policies and responses that emerge as the processes unfold.
The state of the war-wounded in northern Uganda
This large-scale study from northern Uganda investigates how experiences of alleged war crimes or crimes against humanity relate to victims’ disability and how these experiences affect food security, wealth and access to basic services, including their access to basic and therapeutic healthcare over time.
Read MoreThe Effect of the Lord’s Resistance Army’s Violence on Victims from Northern Uganda in Prosecutor V. Dominic Ongwen
This is an independent, in-depth assessment of the victims’ experiences before, during, and after the attacks at three internally displaced camps in northern Uganda. These attacks are at the heart of the International Criminal Court case against Dominic Ongwen, a former commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army. In May 2018, the report was submitted as evidence, presented, and defended before the ICC.
Read MoreBriefing Paper: Recovery in Northern Uganda How are people surviving post-conflict?
In 2012/13, the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) implemented the first round of an original sub-regional panel survey in northern Uganda aimed to produce data on livelihoods, access to and...
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The war-wounded and recovery in Northern Uganda
In 2012/13, the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) implemented the first round of an original sub-regional panel survey in northern Uganda aimed to produce data on livelihoods, access to and...
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The impact of serious crimes during the war on households today in Northern Uganda
In 2012/13, the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) implemented the first round of an original sub-regional panel survey in northern Uganda aimed to produce data on livelihoods, access to and...
Read MoreBriefing Paper: Making Gender-Just Remedy and Reparations Possible Upholding the Rights of Women and Girls in Uganda's Greater North
Victims of serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law have a clearly established right to remedy and reparation. This right must be recognized without discrimination of...
Read MoreMaking Gender-Just Remedy and Reparation Possible Upholding the Rights of Women and Girls in the Greater North of Uganda
Victims of serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law have a clearly established right to remedy and reparation. This right must be recognized without discrimination of...
Read MoreThe Dust Has Not Yet Settled: Victims’ Views on The Right to Remedy and Reparation A Report from the Greater North of Uganda
This report outlines the views and priorities of victims of serious violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law which resulted from the conflict between the Government of Uganda and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army,
Read MoreModern Challenges to Traditional Justice The Struggle to Deliver Remedy and Reparation in War-Affected Lango
This report is part of a series by Feinstein International Center that examines the impact of armed conflict on civilian populations in northern Uganda and struggles for redress and remedy.
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“Disability and recovery from war in northern Uganda”
This article explores the prevalence and impact of disabilities resulting from war crimes committed by parties to the conflict between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. In addition, the article considers Uganda’s promising legal framework of rights for persons with disabilities. Published in Third World Thematics in December 2016.
“Women survivors and their children born of wartime sexual violence in northern Uganda”
Girls and women who bear children owing to wartime sexual violence committed by armed actors face challenges in gaining acceptance on return to their families and societies. This study analyses the lives of women survivors and their children born of wartime sexual violence in Uganda.
Struggle for Recovery: Women’s Stories from Northern Uganda
Women’s lives in northern Uganda have been shaped by the decades-long war between the government of Uganda and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The war stopped a decade ago,...