A/HRC/14/26 Resistance Force in Ituri, commenced on 24 November 2009. On 2 December 2009, Trial Chamber II of the ICC decided to postpone the hearings in the case. The trial resumed on 26 January 2010. Situation in Uganda 85. Almost five years have passed since the issue of arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and other senior Lords Resistance Army (LRA) commanders, including Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen for crimes against humanity and war crimes they are suspected to have committed between 2002 and 2004. They are alleged to have abducted children and used them as soldiers and sexual slaves. The suspects still remain at large. In July 2009, the ICC Office of the Prosecutor applauded past State cooperation in the effort to apprehend the LRA fugitives. The Office stated that it was encouraged by the fact that the Governments of the region are now acting together with the support of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address the issue of arresting LRA suspects. Kenya 86. On 26 November 2009, the ICC Prosecutor sought authorization from Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC to commence an investigation in relation to the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court allegedly committed on the territory of the Republic of Kenya within the context of the 2007–2008 post-election violence. The Prosecutor claimed that the alleged crimes appear to constitute crimes against humanity. On 18 February 2010, PreTrial Chamber II requested the Prosecutor to provide, no later than 3 March 2010, clarification and additional information in the process of assessing whether or not to authorize the Prosecutor to commence an investigation with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. In response to this request, on 3 March, the Prosecutor clarified that senior political and business leaders associated with the main political parties organized, enticed and/or financed attacks against the civilian population on account of their perceived ethnic and/or political affiliation pursuant to or on furtherance of a State and/or organizational policy. The Prosecutor provided the ICC with a list of the most serious criminal incidents and a selected list of 20 names of persons who appear to bear the gravest responsibility for these crimes. The Prosecutor indicated that these names are indicative only at this stage and allegations will have to be measured against the evidence gathered independently by the Prosecutor’s office. Guinea 87. In a statement, made on 19 February 2010, at the end of a three-day visit to Guinea, the Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC said that crimes against humanity may have been committed during the September 2008 events in Conakry, Guinea. Based on the findings of the visit, a preliminary investigation will continue. B. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 88. The trial of Radovan Karadžić resumed on 1 March 2010. Prior to this, on 12 February, the Appeals Chamber dismissed in its entirety Karadžić’s motion against the imposition of a court-appointed lawyer. The Appeals Chamber ruled that an accused is not entitled to enjoy simultaneously both the right to defend himself in person and the right to be defended through legal assistance of his own choosing. The Chamber specified that as Karadžić has chosen self-representation, he “does not enjoy any rights that are derived from choosing to be represented by legal counsel”. In December 2009, the Trial Chamber rejected Karadžić’s motion challenging the legitimacy of the Court. Karadžić faces 11 18 GE.10-12622