đź“… 21 April 2003
The Assembly of States Parties elected Argentine jurist Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first Prosecutor. His office would decide which situations to investigate within the jurisdiction conferred by the...
đź“… 23 June 2004
The Prosecutor opened an investigation after the DRC referred its situation. The first ICC case concerned recruitment and use of child soldiers by Thomas Lubanga. The case demonstrated the Court’s...
đź“… 29 July 2004
Following Uganda’s self-referral, the Prosecutor opened the Court’s first investigation, focused on the Lord’s Resistance Army. The referral enabled ICC action but narrowed the initial focus toward...
đź“… 29 January 2007
Pre-Trial Chamber I confirmed charges of conscripting, enlisting and using children under 15 in hostilities. This was the first confirmation of charges in ICC history. The Court’s narrow charge...
đź“… 14 July 2008
The Prosecutor applied for a warrant against Sudan’s sitting president on genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes allegations. The request brought head-of-state immunity, Security Council...
đź“… 3 March 2011
The Prosecutor opened an investigation after the Security Council referral. Warrants followed for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi. The government’s collapse and...
đź“… 31 March 2010
Pre-Trial Chamber II authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity following the Prosecutor’s proprio motu request. This was the Court’s first situation opened without a state or...
