THE Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Richard Buteera has declined a request to grant a certificate of amnesty to former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo.
“This office maintains the position that under the principles of international law, no amnesty can be granted to persons accused of committing war crimes under the Geneva Convention. The war crimes he is charged with include killings and infliction of grave injuries,” states a press release from the DPP’s office.