The ICC has found Ongwen guilty on war crimes of murder , attacks on IDP camps , crimes against humanity of attempted murder , torture , enslavement , guilty of attack on a civilian population while accusing them of affiliating themselves with the UPDF, destruction of property , forced marriage , rape , sexual slavery , forced pregnancy, conscripting children under the armed forces …. the IDP camps attacked Pajule, Odeke, Lukuli
judge announces he has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt and his deface of insanity thrown out as it has been established that he committed these offences while in hos right mind of state having been described as his subordinates as a zealous commander as some of even these crimes were committed in privacy
The judge has announced that the appropriate sentence for Ongwen after hearing from the prosecutor, his defense team and the victims representatives.
.Ongwen is the first person at ICC to be convicted of forced pregnancies , he has been tried for offences committed when he is an adult not those he committed as a child soldier and offences of sexual and gender based violence have been prominently highlighted
in total convicted of 61 offences and acquitted of 9 including cruel and inhumane treatment.
This is important to the victims and the people of Northern Uganda now they have got redresse for the crimes committed against them .
However victim reparations can only be announced at the time of sentencing . Ongwen also has a right to appeal the judgment.