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Judgment date
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| December 2024 |
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Bail—child trafficking—defilement—serious offences—presumption of innocence—right to liberty—flight risk—fixed abode—credible sureties—witness interference—extradition flaws—pre-trial detention—delay—judicial discretion—no need for exceptional grounds—conditional bail granted
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18 December 2024 |
Aggravated trafficking in persons—Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act—recruitment, transportation, harboring—abuse of power—position of vulnerability—sexual exploitation—public officer—law enforcement—evidential burden—standard of proof—substantial grounds to believe—pre-trial hearing—Rule 6 ICD Rules—DNA evidence—medical corroboration—Rome Statute—international law standards—charge confirmation—procedural fairness.
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18 December 2024 |
Criminal law—reparations—rule 48 of the International Crimes Division Rules—conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity—material and psychological harm to victims—symbolic and monetary reparations—state obligations—reparations distinct from government development programs—balance between reparations and state capacity to pay—role of victim participation in reparations process.
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16 December 2024 |
| November 2024 |
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12 November 2024 |
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5 November 2024 |
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5 November 2024 |
| September 2024 |
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23 September 2024 |
| August 2024 |
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13 August 2024 |
| May 2024 |
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Pre‑trial confirmation: sufficient evidence established substantial grounds to believe accused committed trafficking, defilement and promoting trafficking.
* Criminal procedure – International Crimes Division jurisdiction – trafficking in persons under Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2009.
* Pre‑trial confirmation – evidential standard – "substantial grounds to believe" (Rome Statute Article 61).
* Trafficking in children – elements: age, recruitment/transfer/harbouring/receipt, means (deception/abuse of power), purpose of exploitation.
* Aggravated defilement – element: person in authority over child.
* Promoting trafficking – knowingly allowing premises to be used for sexual exploitation.
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13 May 2024 |
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Court confirms treason and terrorism charges against the accused for aiding and abetting the kingdom’s armed campaign.
* International Crimes Division – jurisdiction to try terrorism and related offences under ICD Practice Directions and Anti‑Terrorism Act.
* Confirmation of charges – pre‑trial standard: ‘substantial grounds to believe’ (Rome Statute standard adopted).
* Treason – elements, overt acts and utterances; aiding/abetting and common intention; convening meetings as evidence of participation.
* Misprision of treason – knowledge and failure to report; may be preferred as an alternative count.
* Terrorism – elements include political aim, intent to intimidate, indiscriminate attacks; liability by complicity/abetment; relevance of recovered weapons and command structure.
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7 May 2024 |
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Court confirmed charges, finding substantial grounds that the accused committed aggravated child trafficking and aggravated defilement.
* International Crimes Division – jurisdiction to try human trafficking offences under national law and relevant practice directions
* Pre-trial/confirmation – applicable standard: substantial grounds to believe (Rome Statute Article 61)
* Trafficking in children – elements: victim’s age, recruitment/transport/harbouring, means (irrelevant for children), purpose of exploitation
* Aggravated defilement – elements: sexual act on person under 18 and offender a person in authority (s.129(4)(c))
* Use of documentary evidence and DNA at confirmation stage to satisfy substantial grounds standard
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6 May 2024 |
| April 2024 |
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Application against "Uganda" dismissed: wrong party sued, affidavits incurably defective, and torture allegations unproven.
* Constitutional and human-rights enforcement – Proper defendant in claims against the State – Attorney General is the correct party; suing "Uganda" is defective. * Evidence – Affidavits and affirmations – statutory form of affirmation required; unsworn/incorrectly affirmed statements are incurably defective. * Human Rights (Enforcement) Act s.6(5) – does not save suits where defects are substantive rather than mere technicalities. * Torture allegations – burden on applicant to prove violation on balance of probabilities; corroboration ordinarily required.
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23 April 2024 |
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23 April 2024 |
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Whether disclosed documentary and summary evidence establishes substantial grounds to believe the accused committed terrorism, murder and related offences.
* International Crimes Division – jurisdiction to try offences under the Anti‑Terrorism Act and related Penal Code provisions
* Pre‑trial confirmation standard – Rome Statute “substantial grounds to believe” standard; reliance on documentary/summary evidence
* Evidence – use of charge and caution statements, eyewitness evidence, post‑mortem/forensic exhibits, call data analysis and identification parades at confirmation stage
* Liability – planning, surveillance, common intention and principal liability under Penal Code (Sections 19 and 20)
* Admissibility – voluntariness and detention‑related challenges deferred to trial; prior human‑rights remedies noted
* Trial in absence – procedure where accused absconds (A8)
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16 April 2024 |
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16 April 2024 |
| March 2024 |
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Application for return of seized exhibits dismissed as premature because items remain prosecution exhibits in an ongoing case.
Crime and procedure – Management and disposal of exhibits – Effect of nolle prosequi on co-accused proceedings – Article 26 (property rights) not engaged where items seized as prosecution exhibits – Practice Directions (Management of Exhibits) govern retention and disposal of vehicles and other exhibits.
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18 March 2024 |
Terrorism—aggravated robbery—murder—attempted murder—terrorist financing—rendering support to terrorist organization—belonging to terrorist organization—ADF activities—charge confirmation—ballistic evidence—circumstantial evidence—confessions—jurisdiction of International Crimes Division—CCTV footage—doctrine of common intention.
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18 March 2024 |
| February 2024 |
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27 February 2024 |