The LRA has fought a two decade rebellion in the north
A representative for the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels has asked war victims in the north to forgive them.
"The LRA made plenty of mistakes and I ask for forgiveness for what happened to our people," LRA spokesman Martin Ojul told a local radio station.
The delegation is in the north to hold local consultations in an effort to end the two-decade northern conflict.
Alternatives to International Criminal Court (ICC) charges against top LRA commanders are up for discussion.
An estimated 1.5m people still remain in displacement camps in the north and thousands were killed during the fighting.
The LRA built a reputation for mutilating their victims and kidnapping thousands of children to serve as fighters, porters and sex slaves.
LRA leader Joseph Kony remains at a rebel camp across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He has refused to take part in long-running talks, which have been taking place in southern Sudan, unless the ICC arrest war crimes warrants issued two years ago for four LRA commanders are dropped.
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