Judging a Child Soldier, Squaring the Circle 12 February is the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, also known as "red hand day". The verdict issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Dominic Ongwen last week reminds us that this plague also hit Uganda during the darkest years of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. The mixed feelings his conviction triggered among the population highlights the moral and legal dilemma of judging a child ...even when he's grown up. The time is now ripe to embrace reconciliation as it is key to the healing process in northern Uganda.