Court of Judicature, International Justice Day Supplement
Jul 18, 2013
The statutory basis of the ICD (International Crimes Division) is a legal notice that Uganda’s Chief Justice issued in May 2011, which formally establishes the ICD and defines its operations. The ICD is mandated to try genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (referred to as “serious crime
Legal Framework
The statutory basis of the ICD (International Crimes Division) is a legal notice that Uganda’s Chief Justice issued in May 2011, which formally establishes the ICD and defines its operations. The ICD is mandated to try genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (referred to as “serious crimes”), as well as terrorism, human trafficking, piracy, and any other international crime defined in Uganda’s 2010 International Criminal Court Act, 1964 Geneva Conventions Act, Penal Code Act, or any other criminal law.
On March 1991, Uganda ratified the Additional Protocols II of 1977. They relate to the Protection of Vicitims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II). Article 4 of Protocol II prohibits, among other things, murder, torture, and other cruel treatment, rape, acts of terrorism and pillage. International humanitarian law traditionally defined women as objects of protection from armed conflict, violence and sexual violence.
