The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has ruled that Uganda must pay former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo for illegal detention and violation of rights to a fair trial. The ruling comes at a critical point in Kwoyelo's trial, with the International Crimes Division (ICD) court in Uganda set to start hearing testimony in November 2018.
"The commission hereby orders the government of Uganda to pay adequate compensation to the victim (Kwoyelo) for the violation of Articles 3 and 7(1)(a) and (d) of the African Charter," ruled the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights court in its 62nd ordinary session in Banjul, Gambia last week.
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