A Critical Assessment of the Impact of the ICC Intervention on the Peace Process in Northern Uganda

The conflict in northern Uganda has gone on for more than two decades despite efforts to have a peaceful settlement. The latest attempt to have a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Northern Uganda has culminated in the Juba peace talks on the conflict in northern Uganda, where the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on February 19, 2008, signed an important annex to their June 29, 2007, agreement on principles for accountability and reconciliation. The annex provides measures to implement the June 29 agreement, which include trials for the most serious crimes and a truth commission, reparations, and traditional justice practices. This paper gives a background to the conflict in Northern Uganda. The thrust of this paper is a critical assessment of the implication of the ICC indictments on the peace process in northern Uganda. The study also makes recommendations and conclusions on the way forward on the conflict in northern Uganda