Congo Vs Uganda In Icj

On December 19, 2005, the International Court of Justice ICJ issued its final judgment in the Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo v.Uganda.The Court held that the armed activities of Uganda in the Democratic Republic of Congo ?DRC? between August 1998 and June 2003 violated the international prohibition against aggressive use of

The ICJ delivered on February 9, 2022, its judgment on the question of reparations in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo DRC v. Uganda by which it fixed the amounts for the compensation due from the Republic Uganda to the DRC. The long-running dispute was first brought before the court in 1999.

controlling anti-government rebels who were active along the Congo-Uganda border, carrying out in particular cross-border attacks against Uganda. It seems certain that from mid-1997 and during the first part of 1998 Uganda was being allowed to engage in military action against anti-Ugandan rebels in the eastern part of Congolese territory.

On 23 June 1999, the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC filed in the Registry of the Court Applications instituting proceedings against Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda quotfor acts of armed aggression committed . . . in flagrant breach of the United Nations Charter and of the Charter of the Organization of African Unityquot.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda Judgments. Judgment of 19 December 2005 Merits Available in English French Bilingual. Declaration by Judge Koroma. English French Bilingual.

THE COURT, composed as above, after deliberation, delivers the following Judgment 1. On 23 June 1999, the Democratic Republic of the Congo hereinafter the DRC filed in the Registry of the Court an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of Uganda hereinafter Uganda in respect of a dispute concerning acts of armed aggression perpetrated by Uganda on the territory of the

The Congo sued Uganda in the International Court of Justice, claiming the acts of armed aggression within Congo territory violated the UN charter. Uganda countered that its acts were justified as self-defense because of acts of aggression and attacks on Ugandan diplomatic premises and nationals inside the Congo.

Court International Court of Justice ICJ This marks the end of the presence of all foreign military forces in the Congo.quot The DRC argued that even if Uganda was not mentioned by name, the final phrase meant that consent was withdrawn for Ugandan troops. For Uganda Consent was not withdrawn on 27 June 1998 because 1 the DRC statement

C. Belligerent occupation. The Court is of the view that Uganda must be considered as the occupying Power, in the sense of the jus in bello, in Ituri district.It further concludes that it has not been provided with evidence to show that authority as occupying Power was exercised by Ugandan armed forces in any areas other than in Ituri district Judgment, paragraphs 176 and 177.

quotArmed Activities on the Territory of the Congo, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the v Uganda, Judgment, Merits, ICJ GL No 116, 2005 ICJ Rep 168, ICGJ 31 ICJ 2005, 19th December 2005, International Court of Justice ICJquot published on by Oxford University Press.