Overview

• Pre-Trial Chamber III heard submissions on September 9–10 and has begun deliberations, with a written decision required within 60 days.
• The session proceeded without Joseph Kony present, with Defence Counsel Peter Haynes representing him under rules permitting confirmations in absentia.
• Any subsequent trial would require Kony’s presence because the Rome Statute does not allow trials in absentia.
• Prosecutors allege large-scale crimes in northern Uganda in 2002–2005, citing at least 600 civilians killed, about 1.9 million displaced and roughly 20,000 children abducted.
• Judges may confirm, decline, or adjourn the charges for more evidence, and prosecutors say Kony remains untraceable despite years of arrest efforts.