The International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered a decision in absentia on Thursday confirming 39 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes against Ugandan military leader Joseph Kony, thus committing him to trial.

Pre-Trial Chamber III of the ICC found that, according to articles 61(2)(b) and 61(7) of the Rome Statute , there were substantial grounds to believe that Joseph Kony was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated between July 1, 2002, and December 31, 2005, during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ‘s insurgency against the Ugandan government.

The confirmation of charges procedure is a process that precedes a trial before the ICC and aims to determine whether there is compelling evidence to believe that the suspect committed th

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