ICC authorizes first Prosecutor-initiated investigation in Kenya

DRC authorities transferred Lubanga to The Hague, making him the first person detained by the ICC. His trial concerned conscripting and enlisting children under 15 and using them in hostilities. The...

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...

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...

The judges issued a warrant for al-Bashir on crimes against humanity and war crimes charges. It was the first ICC warrant against a sitting head of state. The Court’s dependence on states to arrest...

The AU Assembly decided that member states would not cooperate with the ICC request to arrest al-Bashir, arguing that the Security Council had failed to respond to its request for a deferral and...

States Parties met for the first review conference, hosted in Uganda. Negotiations addressed the crime of aggression and reviewed implementation of the Statute. Holding the conference in an African...

States Parties adopted a definition of the crime of aggression and conditions for ICC jurisdiction. The amendments reflected long-standing demands to address leaders’ responsibility for unlawful...

Resolution 1970 referred the Libya situation to the Court and called for cooperation, while excluding certain nationals of non-party states involved in UN-authorized operations from the Court’s...

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...

Pre-Trial Chamber II confirmed charges against Uhuru Kenyatta and Francis Muthaura in one case and William Ruto and Joshua Sang in another, while declining to confirm some charges against other...