The International Criminal Court (ICC) will commence hearings on Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against the fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. This marks the ICC's first-ever in absentia hearing for the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

• Joseph Kony faces 39 counts, including murder, torture, rape, and sexual slavery, for atrocities committed by the LRA, which led to an estimated 100,000 killed and 60,000 children abducted.
• The ICC, located in The Hague, will determine whether the accusations are credible enough to proceed, though a trial cannot occur unless Kony is apprehended.
• Kony, who has not been seen publicly for nearly two decades, was the subject of a viral YouTube video in 2012 and a US military mission that ended in 2017 without his capture.