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This is a list of people who have been indicted
Indictment

In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offense would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute the concept of an indictable offenc...
 by the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court , Cour p?nale internationale in french language, is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression ....
 (ICC), which was established in 2002 to prosecute individuals for genocide
Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
, crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings....
, war crime
War crime

War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war"; including but not limited to "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoner of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devast...
s, and the crime of aggression. The list includes all individuals for whom the court has issued public arrest warrant
Arrest warrant

An arrest warrant is a Warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and Detention of an individual....
s as of 4 March 2009.

To date, the ICC has opened investigations into four situations: Northern Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 (DRC), the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
 (CAR) and Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
. The court has issued public arrest warrants for thirteen people; seven of them remain free, two have died, and four are in custody
People detained by the International Criminal Court

People detained by the International Criminal Court are held in the ICC's detention centre, which is located within a Dutch prison in Scheveningen, The Hague....
, awaiting trial.






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This is a list of people who have been indicted
Indictment

In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offense would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute the concept of an indictable offenc...
 by the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court , Cour p?nale internationale in french language, is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression ....
 (ICC), which was established in 2002 to prosecute individuals for genocide
Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
, crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings....
, war crime
War crime

War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war"; including but not limited to "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoner of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devast...
s, and the crime of aggression. The list includes all individuals for whom the court has issued public arrest warrant
Arrest warrant

An arrest warrant is a Warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and Detention of an individual....
s as of 4 March 2009.

To date, the ICC has opened investigations into four situations: Northern Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 (DRC), the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
 (CAR) and Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
. The court has issued public arrest warrants for thirteen people; seven of them remain free, two have died, and four are in custody
People detained by the International Criminal Court

People detained by the International Criminal Court are held in the ICC's detention centre, which is located within a Dutch prison in Scheveningen, The Hague....
, awaiting trial. The court's first trial, of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga
Thomas Lubanga

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a former rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He founded and led the Union of Congolese Patriots and was a key player in the Ituri conflict....
, began on 26 January 2009.

All thirteen of the indicted individuals have been charged with war crimes, and eleven of them have also been charged with crimes against humanity. To date, no-one has been indicted for genocide, and the court cannot currently prosecute the crime of aggression.

Name Situation
Cases before the International Criminal Court

As of March 2009, the International Criminal Court has launched investigations into four situations: Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Darfur ....
 		 Indicted WC
War crime

War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war"; including but not limited to "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoner of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devast...
 		 CAH
Crime against humanity

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings....
 		 G
Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
 		 Transferred
to the ICC 		Current status Arrest
warrant
KonyJoseph Kony
Joseph Kony

Joseph Kony is the head of the Lord's Resistance Army , a guerrilla warfare group that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocracy government in Uganda, which claims to be based on the Christian Bible and the Ten Commandments....
 		 Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 		 2005-07-088 July 2005 Yes Yes No Fugitive
OttiVincent Otti
Vincent Otti

Vincent Otti was deputy-leader of the Lord's Resistance Army , a rebel guerrilla army operating mainly in northern Uganda and southern Sudan. He was one of the five persons for whom the International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants on 8 July 2005....
 		 Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 		 2005-07-088 July 2005 Yes Yes No Died in 2007
LukwiyaRaska Lukwiya
Raska Lukwiya

Raska Lukwiya was the third highest ranking leader of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group founded in northern Uganda. Believed to be a native of Uganda's northern Gulu District, Lukwiya served successively as Brigade General, Deputy Army Commander and Army Commander of the LRA, the last being the highest LRA rank after those held by Jose...
 		 Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 		 2005-07-088 July 2005 Yes Yes No Died on 12 August 2006
OdhiamboOkot Odhiambo
Okot Odhiambo

Okot Odhiambo is a senior leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group which operates from Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
 		 Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 		 2005-07-088 July 2005 Yes Yes No Fugitive, rumoured to have died in April 2008
OngwenDominic Ongwen
Dominic Ongwen

Dominic Ongwen is the Brigade Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group founded in northern Uganda. As the head of one of the four LRA brigades, Ongwen is a member of the "Control Altar" of the LRA that directs military strategy....
 		 Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 		 2005-07-088 July 2005 Yes Yes No Fugitive
LubangaThomas Lubanga
Thomas Lubanga

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a former rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He founded and led the Union of Congolese Patriots and was a key player in the Ituri conflict....
 		 DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 		 2006-02-1010 February 2006 Yes No No 17 March 2006 In ICC custody; trial began on 26 January 2009
NtagandaBosco Ntaganda
Bosco Ntaganda

Bosco Ntaganda is the military Chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People , an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....
 		 DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 		 2006-08-2222 August 2006 Yes No No Fugitive
HarounAhmed Haroun
Ahmed Haroun

Ahmed Mohammed Haroun is one of three Sudanese men wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crime against humanity in Darfur....
 		 Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 		 2007-04-2727 April 2007 Yes Yes No Fugitive
KushaybAli Kushayb
Ali Kushayb

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, is a former senior Janjaweed commander supporting the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups, and currently is sought under an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for war crimes suspect....
 		 Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 		 2007-04-2727 April 2007 Yes Yes No Fugitive
KatangaGermain Katanga
Germain Katanga

Germain Katanga , also known as Simba, is a former leader of the Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri . On 17 October 2007, the Congolese authorities surrendered him to the International Criminal Court to stand trial on six counts of war crimes and three counts of crime against humanity....
 		 DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 		 2007-07-022 July 2007 Yes Yes No 17 October 2007 In ICC custody, awaiting trial
Ngudjolo ChuiMathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui is a colonel in the Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a former senior commander of the Nationalist and Integrationist Front and the Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri ....
 		 DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
 		 2007-07-066 July 2007 Yes Yes No 6 February 2008 In ICC custody, awaiting trial
BembaJean-Pierre Bemba
Jean-Pierre Bemba

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four Vice Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006....
 		 CAR
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
 		 2008-05-2323 May 2008 Yes Yes No 3 July 2008 In ICC custody, awaiting trial
al-BashirOmar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is the current List of Presidents of Sudan of Sudan and the head of the National Congress . He came to power in 1989 when, as a colonel in the Military of Sudan, he led a group of officers in a bloodless coup d'?tat that ousted the government of Prime Minister of Sudan Sadiq al-Mahdi....
 		 Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 		 2009-03-044 March 2009 Yes Yes No Fugitive  


See also

  • International Criminal Court investigations
  • List of ICTY indictees
    List of ICTY indictees

    This is a complete listing of all indictees of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia along with their ethnic origin, rank or occupation, details of charges against them and the disposition of their cases....
  • List of Axis war criminals
    List of Axis war criminals

    The following is a list of people suspected of committing war crimes on behalf of Nazi Germany or any of the Axis Powers during World War II. It does not include people from Allied countries who were Allied traitors during World War Two....


External links

  • — ICC website
  • — Interpol
    Interpol

    The International Criminal Police Organization, better known by its Electrical telegraph Interpol, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation....
     website
  • — organisation monitoring international criminal trials