In recognition of the need for future transitional justice efforts to include women and provide them with the redress they are owed, ICTJ has released a new report, Confronting Impunity and Engendering Transitional Justice Processes in Northern Uganda, which provides insights on how women have been affected by the conflict, and how emerging plans for transitional justice in the country can be responsive to their needs.
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Allegations of sexual
abuse in northern Uganda are not confi
ned to victims of the LRA. It is also alleged that some
soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Forces were also responsible for serious human rights
abuses aga