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Georgia is a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). [1] The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC announced the preliminary examination of the situation in Georgia on 14 August 2008, shortly after a ceasefire agreement was achieved in a conflict that pitted Russia and Russian-backed South Ossetian secessionists against Georgia. [2]
On 31 March 2010, a Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court authorized the Prosecutor to investigate the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis. [121] It was the first time the Prosecutor had requested such an authorization; all other investigations have been triggered by either the corresponding government or the United Nations Security Council.
On 15 February 2005, the Court confirmed that Côte d'Ivoire, which is not a state party, had made a declaration in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 3 of the Rome Statute, accepting "the exercise of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court with respect to crimes committed on its territory since the events of 19 September 2002". [49]
Dozens of countries have expressed "unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on its staff. A majority of member states ...
The ICC has 12 ongoing investigations, has issued at least 56 arrest warrants and taken 21 suspects into custody, with 32 cases heard before the court and 27 defendants still at large.
The ICC has publicly indicted 68 people. Proceedings against 34 are ongoing: 30 are at large as fugitives and four are on trial. Proceedings against 34 have been completed: three are serving sentences, seven have finished sentences, four have been acquitted, seven have had the charges against them dismissed, four have had the charges against them withdrawn, and nine have died before the ...
The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. - Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters After an arrest warrant has been issued, the ICC sends requests for ...
In the case of United States v. Roberts, 1 F.Supp. 2d 601 (E.D. La. 1998), which had an unusual set of facts, the victim of a crime of sexual abuse of a minor (who was a U.S. citizen) had a case tried against her aggressor who was a citizen of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.