First modification:
The payment is understood as compensation for the massacres and material damage caused when it invaded the neighboring country between 1998 and 2003. The court divided the total amount to be paid into three branches: plundering and damage to natural resources, damage caused to civilians and the property.
The figure put on the table is a small part compared to the 11,348 million dollars claimed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The magistrates also ruled out an extra sum that referred to the macroeconomic damages requested by the Kinshasa government.
Uganda must pay the figure over five years, divided into 65 million dollars every 12 months, starting on September 1. The total figure represents 0.87% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product in 2020, however, the Court assured that the terms remain within the country’s ability to pay.
It is a historic ruling on the conflict, although not without controversy. According to the Court, Uganda was not the only country that intervened in DR Congo during the Second Congo War. According to the verdict, “part of the damage occurred as a result of a combination of actions and omissions attributable to other states and rebel groups operating on Congolese territory.”
At another point, the opinion concluded that Kinshasa does not have sufficient evidence to affirm that Kampala is responsible for the death of some 180,000 civilians, as the accusing party had denounced, for which it estimated a range between 10,000 and 15,000. people who would have died under the direct responsibility of Uganda.
In the opinion of the judges, the soldiers and officers of the Ugandan Army were involved in the exploitation and looting of the natural resources of the DR Congo. However, they did not find sufficient evidence to determine that the raw materials were the subject of Ugandan government policy.
The ICJ set an interest rate of 6% in case of payment defaults
As the resolutions of the International Court of Justice depend on the will of the States and, in exceptional cases, of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization, it remains to be seen if Uganda will pay the stipulated amount. If this is not the case, and the established deadlines are not met, a 6% annual interest must be included.
The sentence ends a long discussion. The UN high court had already ruled in 2005 in favor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On that occasion, the ICJ ruling underlined that Uganda’s intervention during the Second Congo War had a significant impact in magnitude and duration that represented “a serious violation of the prohibition of the use of force” expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.
According to one of the magistrates, the Ugandan troops committed “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” and indicated that the African nation “has a duty to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible.”
with EFE
First modification:
The payment is understood as compensation for the massacres and material damage caused when it invaded the neighboring country between 1998 and 2003. The court divided the total amount to be paid into three branches: plundering and damage to natural resources, damage caused to civilians and the property.
The figure put on the table is a small part compared to the 11,348 million dollars claimed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The magistrates also ruled out an extra sum that referred to the macroeconomic damages requested by the Kinshasa government.
Uganda must pay the figure over five years, divided into 65 million dollars every 12 months, starting on September 1. The total figure represents 0.87% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product in 2020, however, the Court assured that the terms remain within the country’s ability to pay.
It is a historic ruling on the conflict, although not without controversy. According to the Court, Uganda was not the only country that intervened in DR Congo during the Second Congo War. According to the verdict, “part of the damage occurred as a result of a combination of actions and omissions attributable to other states and rebel groups operating on Congolese territory.”
At another point, the opinion concluded that Kinshasa does not have sufficient evidence to affirm that Kampala is responsible for the death of some 180,000 civilians, as the accusing party had denounced, for which it estimated a range between 10,000 and 15,000. people who would have died under the direct responsibility of Uganda.
In the opinion of the judges, the soldiers and officers of the Ugandan Army were involved in the exploitation and looting of the natural resources of the DR Congo. However, they did not find sufficient evidence to determine that the raw materials were the subject of Ugandan government policy.
The ICJ set an interest rate of 6% in case of payment defaults
As the resolutions of the International Court of Justice depend on the will of the States and, in exceptional cases, of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization, it remains to be seen if Uganda will pay the stipulated amount. If this is not the case, and the established deadlines are not met, a 6% annual interest must be included.
The sentence ends a long discussion. The UN high court had already ruled in 2005 in favor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On that occasion, the ICJ ruling underlined that Uganda’s intervention during the Second Congo War had a significant impact in magnitude and duration that represented “a serious violation of the prohibition of the use of force” expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.
According to one of the magistrates, the Ugandan troops committed “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” and indicated that the African nation “has a duty to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible.”
with EFE
First modification:
The payment is understood as compensation for the massacres and material damage caused when it invaded the neighboring country between 1998 and 2003. The court divided the total amount to be paid into three branches: plundering and damage to natural resources, damage caused to civilians and the property.
The figure put on the table is a small part compared to the 11,348 million dollars claimed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The magistrates also ruled out an extra sum that referred to the macroeconomic damages requested by the Kinshasa government.
Uganda must pay the figure over five years, divided into 65 million dollars every 12 months, starting on September 1. The total figure represents 0.87% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product in 2020, however, the Court assured that the terms remain within the country’s ability to pay.
It is a historic ruling on the conflict, although not without controversy. According to the Court, Uganda was not the only country that intervened in DR Congo during the Second Congo War. According to the verdict, “part of the damage occurred as a result of a combination of actions and omissions attributable to other states and rebel groups operating on Congolese territory.”
At another point, the opinion concluded that Kinshasa does not have sufficient evidence to affirm that Kampala is responsible for the death of some 180,000 civilians, as the accusing party had denounced, for which it estimated a range between 10,000 and 15,000. people who would have died under the direct responsibility of Uganda.
In the opinion of the judges, the soldiers and officers of the Ugandan Army were involved in the exploitation and looting of the natural resources of the DR Congo. However, they did not find sufficient evidence to determine that the raw materials were the subject of Ugandan government policy.
The ICJ set an interest rate of 6% in case of payment defaults
As the resolutions of the International Court of Justice depend on the will of the States and, in exceptional cases, of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization, it remains to be seen if Uganda will pay the stipulated amount. If this is not the case, and the established deadlines are not met, a 6% annual interest must be included.
The sentence ends a long discussion. The UN high court had already ruled in 2005 in favor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On that occasion, the ICJ ruling underlined that Uganda’s intervention during the Second Congo War had a significant impact in magnitude and duration that represented “a serious violation of the prohibition of the use of force” expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.
According to one of the magistrates, the Ugandan troops committed “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” and indicated that the African nation “has a duty to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible.”
with EFE
First modification:
The payment is understood as compensation for the massacres and material damage caused when it invaded the neighboring country between 1998 and 2003. The court divided the total amount to be paid into three branches: plundering and damage to natural resources, damage caused to civilians and the property.
The figure put on the table is a small part compared to the 11,348 million dollars claimed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The magistrates also ruled out an extra sum that referred to the macroeconomic damages requested by the Kinshasa government.
Uganda must pay the figure over five years, divided into 65 million dollars every 12 months, starting on September 1. The total figure represents 0.87% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product in 2020, however, the Court assured that the terms remain within the country’s ability to pay.
It is a historic ruling on the conflict, although not without controversy. According to the Court, Uganda was not the only country that intervened in DR Congo during the Second Congo War. According to the verdict, “part of the damage occurred as a result of a combination of actions and omissions attributable to other states and rebel groups operating on Congolese territory.”
At another point, the opinion concluded that Kinshasa does not have sufficient evidence to affirm that Kampala is responsible for the death of some 180,000 civilians, as the accusing party had denounced, for which it estimated a range between 10,000 and 15,000. people who would have died under the direct responsibility of Uganda.
In the opinion of the judges, the soldiers and officers of the Ugandan Army were involved in the exploitation and looting of the natural resources of the DR Congo. However, they did not find sufficient evidence to determine that the raw materials were the subject of Ugandan government policy.
The ICJ set an interest rate of 6% in case of payment defaults
As the resolutions of the International Court of Justice depend on the will of the States and, in exceptional cases, of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization, it remains to be seen if Uganda will pay the stipulated amount. If this is not the case, and the established deadlines are not met, a 6% annual interest must be included.
The sentence ends a long discussion. The UN high court had already ruled in 2005 in favor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On that occasion, the ICJ ruling underlined that Uganda’s intervention during the Second Congo War had a significant impact in magnitude and duration that represented “a serious violation of the prohibition of the use of force” expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.
According to one of the magistrates, the Ugandan troops committed “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” and indicated that the African nation “has a duty to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible.”
with EFE