Special report on alleged human rights violations by the LRA in Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé in 2008-2009

This report provides a summary of the investigative and fact finding missions conducted between May 2008 and June 2009, by teams of officers from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)1, on human rights violations committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)2, under the command of Joseph Kony and senior officers, some of whom have had arrest warrants issued against them by the ICC.3 The report focuses on the attacks from September 2008 to June 2009 in the districts of Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé, Orientale province.

Date of publication: 21 December 2009

Original language: French