KAMPALA, Uganda The registration of potential victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander will begin registration for reparations in two weeks.

This was revealed by the International Criminal Court’s outreach and the spokesperson for Uganda, Maria Kamara, during an engagement with journalists today, which was held via Zoom in Gulu. This comes after the Appeals Chamber at the ICC upheld the order of reparations granted by the trial chamber to victims of Ogwen on Monday.

Kamara further revealed that at least 30 clerks have been trained by the ICC to help in the registration process, who comprise networks of victims , members of victims’ associations , victims themselves, or former camp leaders. It is believed that these people are better placed, to a large extent, to vet or identify persons who potentially might be victims.

But Kamara also added that the roles of the clerks will only stop at identifying, registering, filling out the forms, and filling in the stories of potential victims, while another team at the ICC will verify the registration to get the real victims.

However, Kamara noted that a year had elapsed without the validation of the victims because they were still in the process of putting together the structures, recruiting, training, and ensuring that all consultations were done to make sure the process was flawless when it started.

The ICC estimates that 49,772 people are potentially eligible victims of Ogwen in the four case locations of Lukodi in Gulu District, Pajule in Pader District, Odek in Omoro District, and Abok in Oyam District. On the 28th of February 2024, the Appeals Chamber court ICC upheld the order of reparations granted by the trial chambers to victims of the convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ogwen and ordered him to compensate victims of his crimes in Northern Uganda. a record sum of 52.4 million euros, approximately 213 billion shillings