Kwoyelo’s trial adjourned to February 2019 by International Crimes Division of High Court in Gulu: The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Gulu, Uganda has adjourned the hearing of charges brought against Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army, until February 2019. Mr Kwoyelo is facing 93 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly perpetrated by LRA troops reportedly under his command during the armed conflict in Kilak Hills between 1995 and 2005. The Prosecution in the domestic proceedings reported approximately 29 victims killed, with others injured or abducted. Mr Kwoyelo has repeatedly pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him. He was arrested in Garamba National Park in 2008. While he was brought before the court in 2011, a series of pre-trial hearings only commenced in 2015, after his amnesty application was rejected by the Supreme Court. Three years into the case, neither victims nor the Defence were asked to comment on the indictment. In October 2018, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights ordered Uganda to compensate Mr Kwoyelo with an appropriate sum of money for the illegal detention and violation of rights to a fair trial.It also faulted the Supreme Court’s failure to provide reasons for staying Mr Kwoyelo’s amnesty. (Dispatch Uganda; International Justice Monitor)
Former Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of war crime: The Belgrade Higher Court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb Army soldier, Milanko Devic, to seven years in prison for a war crime committed in 1992. Mr Devic was convicted of killing a Bosnian civilian, Ismer Slijvar in Slijvari village, Kljuc area together with two other soldiers dressed in Bosnian Serb uniform. The trial initially commenced before Bosnian courts however due to his Serbian nationality, the case was handed over to the Serbian judiciary, with charges following in 2016. One of the two other men responsible for killing Mr Slijvari, Bogdan Sobot, was identified by a Bosnian court in Bihac in 2017 and sentenced to eight years in prison. His sentence was reduced on appeal to six years. Mr Devic can appeal the verdict. (Balkan Insight)
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