Editing International Criminal Court (section)

==Trial history==
[[File:Omar al-Bashir, 12th AU Summit, 090131-N-0506A-347.jpg|thumb|The ICC issued an arrest warrant for [[Omar al-Bashir]] of Sudan over alleged war crimes in [[War in Darfur|Darfur]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-worlds-enduring-dictators/ |title=The world's enduring dictators |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609095126/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20055835-503543/the-worlds-enduring-dictators/ |archive-date=9 June 2013 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url-status=live |date=16 May 2011}}</ref>]]

The Court's Pre-Trial Chambers have {{ICC indictees}}

[[Thomas Lubanga]],<ref name=lubanga>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/record.aspx?uri=1379838 |title=The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo – Judgment pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute |website=International Criminal Court |date=5 April 2012|volume=ICC-01/04-01/06-2842}}</ref> [[Germain Katanga]] and [[Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui]] were tried by the ICC. Lubanga and Katanga were convicted and sentenced to 14 and 12 years imprisonment, respectively, whereas Chui was acquitted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Lubanga Dyilo and Germain Katanga transferred to the DRC to serve their sentences of imprisonment |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/item.aspx?name=PR1181 |publisher=International Criminal Court |access-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104021634/https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/item.aspx?name=PR1181 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |date=19 December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The judgment of [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]] was rendered in March 2016. Bemba was convicted on two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes. This marked the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence as they added rape to his conviction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/international-court-adds-rape-to-war-crimes-list-in-congo-conviction/2016/03/21/2e7f4320-ef72-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html|title=In historic ruling, international court cites rape in war crimes conviction of ex-Congo official|first=Kevin|last=Sieff|date=21 March 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=de Brouwer |first=Anne-Marie |title=Supranational criminal prosecution of sexual violence: the ICC and the practice of the ICTY and the ICTR |date=2005 |publisher=Intersentia |isbn=978-90-5095-533-1 |series=School of Human Rights Research series |location=Antwerpen}}</ref> Bemba's convictions were overturned by the Court's Appeal Chamber in June 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/08/former-congo-leader-jean-pierre-bemba-wins-war-crimes-appeal-international-criminal-court|title=Jean-Pierre Bemba's war crimes conviction overturned|date=8 June 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The Court refused to compensate Bemba for losses suffered by him during his 10 years of imprisonment. It has been argued that this decision raises important questions about the court's present powers.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Choukroune |first1=Leïla |last2=Kirabira |first2=Tonny Raymond |title=The ICC's rejection of Bemba's compensation claim points to need for reform |url=http://theconversation.com/the-iccs-rejection-of-bembas-compensation-claim-points-to-need-for-reform-140597 |website=The Conversation |date=24 June 2020}}</ref>

''[[Bosco Ntaganda|Ntaganda]]'' (DR Congo) was convicted to 30 years for crimes against humanity. The ''[[Jean-Pierre Bemba|Bemba]] et al.'' {{abbr|OAJ|Offences against the administration of justice}} case and the ''[[Laurent Gbagbo]]-[[Charles Blé Goudé|Blé Goudé]]'' trial in the Côte d'Ivoire situation ended in acquittals. The ''[[Abdallah Banda|Banda]]'' trial in the situation of Darfur, Sudan, was scheduled to begin in 2014 but the start date was vacated.

Charges against [[Mali]]an [[Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi]] have been confirmed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/record.aspx?uri=2228214|title=Decision on the confirmation of charges against Dominic Ongwen|website=icc-cpi.int|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> and he was sentenced to nine years in prison. On 25 November 2021, his sentence was commuted to 7 years in prison, and he was released on 18 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdi|title=Al-Mahdi Case (The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi)|website=International Criminal Court}}</ref> [[Ugandan]] [[Dominic Ongwen]] has been convicted to a prison sentence of 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title= International Criminal Court |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/cases?field_defendant_t=693 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.icc-cpi.int}}</ref>

On 6 July 2020, two [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] activist groups filed a complaint with the ICC calling for it to investigate PRC officials for [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|crimes against Uyghurs]], including allegations of genocide.<ref name="NYT-ICC">{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Marlise |date=2020-07-06 |title=Uighur Exiles Push for Court Case Accusing China of Genocide |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/asia/china-xinjiang-uighur-court.html|access-date=2020-07-08|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710011145/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/asia/china-xinjiang-uighur-court.html/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-ICC">{{Cite news |last=Kuo |first=Lily |date=2020-07-07 |title=Exiled Uighurs call on ICC to investigate Chinese 'genocide' in Xinjiang |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/exiled-uighurs-call-on-icc-to-investigate-chinese-genocide-in-xinjiang |access-date=2020-07-08 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708063901/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/exiled-uighurs-call-on-icc-to-investigate-chinese-genocide-in-xinjiang |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2020, ICC prosecutors rejected the complaint, stating that the ICC did not have jurisdictional basis to proceed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICC prosecutor rejects Uighur genocide complaint against China |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/15/icc-rejects-uighur-genocide-complaint-against-china |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

On 31 October 2023, the Israeli families of over 34 victims of the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]], filed an Article 15 communication with the ICC prosecutor's office urging an investigation into the killings and abductions, and the ICC confirmed the receipt of the filing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berg |first=Stephanie van den |date=2023-10-31 |title=Israeli victims' families urge ICC to investigate Oct. 7 Hamas attacks|work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-victims-families-urge-icc-investigate-oct-7-hamas-attacks-2023-10-31/ |access-date=2023-11-08}}</ref> [[Reporters Without Borders]] also lodged a complaint regarding the deaths of eight Palestinian journalists in the [[Gaza Strip]] during Israel's bombardment, as well as an Israeli journalist killed during a surprise attack by Hamas in southern Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-journalists-international-court-investigation-ef7ec4fa597add8fb49d17358acf2576 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=AP News}}</ref>