The International Criminal Court (ICC) has set the date against the former commander of the Senior Brigade of the Lords Resistance Army(LRA) Dominic Ongwen to 6th December 2016.
The Hague-based court according to the press release, said it will only hear out the opening statements on that day.This will then be followed by the presentation of the evidence by the prosecution in January 2017.
The setting of the trial date comes three months after the Pre-Trial chamber of the same court, confirmed all the 70 charges that were brought against Ongwen and Indeed after the pre-trial session, the court ruled that it had found enough evidence to have Ongwen stand trial for the crimes he allegedly committed during the two-decade insurgency in Northern Uganda.
The confirmed charges are in connection to LRA rebel attacks on various internally displaced people’s camps in Northern Uganda including Pajule, Odek, Lukodi and Abok.
Mr Ongwen’s trial is to be heard by a panel of three judges who include; Bertram Schmitt (presiding judge), Peter Kovacs and Raul C Pangalangan.
