Overview

• Prosecutors will present evidence over three days in The Hague as Kony is represented by a court-appointed defense lawyer.
• Judges will rule on whether the case can advance to trial, with ICC rules barring any trial unless Kony is arrested and transferred to the court.
• The filing lists 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery and pillaging tied to LRA attacks.
• Survivors in northern Uganda welcome the public airing of allegations, while defense counsel argues the process is costly and of limited practical value.
• The warrant issued for Kony in 2005 was the ICC’s first, and despite regional and U.S.-backed manhunts the LRA leader remains at large as the group has dwindled to scattered remnants.