International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo information
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The seal of the International Criminal Court
File no.
01/04
Referred by
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date referred
19 April 2004
Date opened
23 June 2004 (2004-06-23)
Incident(s)
Second Congo War
Ituri conflict (Bogoro attack)
Kivu conflict
Crimes
Crimes against humanity: · Inhumane acts · Murder · Persecution · Rape · Sexual slavery · Torture War crimes: · Attacks against civilians · Conscripting of children · Destruction of property · Enlisting of children · Inhuman treatment · Murder · Pillaging · Rape · Sexual slavery · Torture · Using children in conflict
Status of suspects
Germain Katanga
Served a 12 year sentence
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Served a 14 year sentence
Callixte Mbarushimana
Charges not confirmed
Sylvestre Mudacumura
Fugitive
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Acquitted
Bosco Ntaganda
Serving a 30 year sentence
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Conflicts in DR Congo
Background
Colonization
Congo Free State
Atrocities
Belgian Congo
during WWII
1944 Kivu uprising
Léopoldville riots
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Congo Crisis
Force Publique mutinies
Secession crisis
Katanga
South Kasai
Invasion
Congo-Stanleyville
UN intervention
Rum Punch
Niemba ambush
Battle of Kabalo
Jadotville
UNOKAT
Camp Massart
Grandslam
Kindu atrocity
Port Francqui incident
Kanyarwanda War
Kwilu rebellion
Simba rebellion
Dragon Rouge
Dragon Noir
White Giant
Violettes Imperiales
South
Other major events
Dissolution of the Lumumba Government
Torture and killing of Lumumba
Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Shaba Invasions
Shaba I
Shaba II
Battle of Kolwezi
Non-aggression pact of 1979
First Congo War
Background
Shaba Invasions
Second Sudanese Civil War
War in Uganda (1986–1994)
1991 Zaire unrest
Burundian Civil War
Rwandan Civil War
Assassination of Habyarimana
Rwandan genocide
Great Lakes refugee crisis
War
Formation of the AFDL
Massacres of Hutus
Operation Thunderbolt
Battle of Kisangani (1997) [fr]
Overthrow of Mobutu
Ascension of Laurent Kabila
Second Congo War
Operation Kitona
Lusaka Ceasefire
Gbadolite Agreement
Sun City Agreement
Six-Day War
Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Kisangani massacre
Effacer le tableau
Bogoro massacre
Pretoria Accord
MONUSCO
ICC investigation
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Ituri conflict
Bogoro
Artemis
North Night Final
Marabho
Ndjala
October 2020 offensive
Plaine Savo
Nyamamba and Mbogi
Response
UN 1484
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Kivu conflict
Lemera massacre
Kasika massacre
Makobola massacre
Makombo massacre
2008 Nord-Kivu campaign
2009 Eastern Congo offensive
M23 rebellion (2012–13)
2014 North Kivu offensive
2017 CNPSC offensive
Uvira clashes
Oicha
Virunga
Kipupu massacre
Kangbayi
Lisasa
Tingwe
Kagogo ambush
M23 offensive (2022–23)
Anti-MONUSCO protests
Kishishe massacre
1st Kitshanga
2nd Kitshanga
Masambo attack
Otomabere attack
August 2022 attacks
Kasindi church bombing
Makugwe massacre
Mukondi massacre
Other
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Katanga insurgency
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
Operation Shujaa
Dongo conflict
2011 coup d'etat attempt
Batwa–Luba clashes
2013 Kinshasa attacks
Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
Western DR Congo clashes
Child soldiers in the Congo
The International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the Second Congo War and its aftermath, including the Ituri and Kivu conflicts.[1] The war started in 1998 and despite a peace agreement between combatants in 2003, conflict continued in the eastern parts of the country for several years.[2] In April 2004 the government of the DRC formally referred the situation in the Congo to the International Criminal Court, and in June 2004, prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, formally opened an investigation.[3] To date, arrest warrants have been issued for:
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Germain Katanga
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Bosco Ntaganda
Callixte Mbarushimana
Sylvestre Mudacumura.[3]
Lubanga was imprisoned. Katanga was convicted, Chui was acquitted, and the pre-trial chamber declined to confirm the charges against Mbarushimana, currently a fugitive. Ntaganda turned himself in to the US Embassy in Kigali on 18 March 2013, requesting to be extradited to the ICC.[3][4] Sylvestre Mudacumura is a suspect, still at large.[5]
^"The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opens its first investigation". International Criminal Court. 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
^"Timeline: Democratic Republic of Congo". BBC News. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
^ abc"ICC: Democratic Republic of the Congo". International Criminal Court. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
^"US State Department: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda turned himself in to US Embassy in Rwanda - the Washington Post". Archived from the original on 2013-03-19.
^"Mudacumura Case". ICC Official Website. ICC. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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