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NEW Field Note 7, July 2008

Complicating Victims and Perpetrators: On Dominic Ongwen

In this issue of Field Notes, we examine the case history of Dominic Ongwen: an indicted war criminal and former child soldier. Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) when he was around 10 years old, Ongwen's moral development and choices must be contextualized within the rebel group's organizational structure, norms and beliefs. Ongwen's actions may have been his own, but they are necessarily conditioned by his past experience as a victim. Read the report here.

COMMENT ON THE REPORT ... on our blog.

JRP works with marginalized and war-affected communities to strengthen locally-owned approaches to the reintegration of ex-combatants, justice and reconciliation in war-torn northern Uganda.

The project was co-founded in 2004 by the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Canada and the Gulu District NGO Forum, Northern Uganda. It has a field office in Gulu, northern Uganda and satellite offices in Amuru, Kitgum and Pader.

JRP The Justice & Reconciliation Project

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