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| LRA leaders must be arrested, says ICC Prosecutor
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Wednesday, 27 September 2006
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has said leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army must be arrested to stop them from committing more crimes.
Ocampo’s statement, made in a public hearing with non-governmental organizations at The Hague on Tuesday, comes amid calls for an amnesty for all LRA leaders to allow for peace talks.
Last week, deputy LRA leader Vincent Otti said lifting the ICC war crimes indictments against himself and other top LRA leaders was a pre-condition to a full peace deal. (after enjoying the killing spree, this condition won't sell)
However Ocampo said war crimes could not go unpunished. He said if the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not execute the arrest warrants against the
LRA leaders, the war crimes they committed may start again.
The NGOs backed the ICC's efforts to arrest and prosecute those responsible for war crimes.
Nicholas Grono of the International Crisis Group said it is critically important that the ICC gets convictions under its belt. He said if the work of the ICC is continuously interrupted by peace processes it will never have a deterrent effect. |
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