The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Mr Ongwen in 2005
Top Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen has arrived in The Hague to stand trial on war crimes charges.
Mr Ongwen, a feared commander of the Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA), was taken into US custody in the Central African Republic (CAR)
earlier this month. Uganda agreed that he should be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite being a fierce critic of The Hague-based court.
US and African forces had been searching for Mr Ongwen since 2011.
He is said to be the deputy to LRA commander Joseph Kony, who is still on the run.
The ICC said in a statement that Mr Ongwen would be held in a detention centre in the Netherlands until his trial.
He was due to undergo a medical visit upon his arrival and a date would soon be set for his first court appearance, the statement added.
The UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon both issued statements welcoming Mr Ongwen's transfer. Mr Ban called it "a step forward in efforts to bring justice to the thousands of victims of LRA violence".
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