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founding treaty, accepted the ICC’s jurisdiction on 18 April 2003 only in relation to the events in 2002 and 2003, and not in relation to future crimes. In the alternative, the Defence asked the Pre-Trial Chamber to stay the proceedings in the case because of alleged violations of Mr Gbagbo’s fundamental rights during the period of his detention in Côte d’Ivoire.

Judge Anita Ušacka, Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber on this appeal, delivered today a summary of the judgment in open session. The Appeals Chamber highlighted that under the terms of article 12 (3) of the Rome Statute, a State may accept the jurisdiction of the Court generally. The Appeals Chamber could not find a temporal limitation in the 2003 Declaration, contrary to what the Defence argued. “To the contrary, the last paragraph of the 2003 Declaration suggests that Côte d’Ivoire explicitly accepted the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to crimes committed after the 2003 Declaration​ ”, stated Judge Ušacka.

The Presiding Judge also explained that the grounds of appeal related to the Pre-Trial Chamber’s denial of the request to stay the proceedings could not be presented directly before the Appeals Chamber and were dismissed for procedural reasons.

Mr Gbagbo allegedly bears individual criminal responsibility, as an indirect co-perpetrator, for four counts of crimes against humanity, namely murder, rape and other sexual violence, persecution and other inhuman acts, allegedly committed in the context of post-electoral violence in the territory of Côte d’Ivoire between 16 December 2010 and 12 April 2011.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012

Judgment on the appeal of Mr Laurent Koudou Gbagbo against the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I on jurisdiction and stay of the proceedings​​ Issued by the Appeals Chamber on 12 December 2012

Decision on the "Requête de la défense aux fins de levée de certaines expurgations accordées par la Juge unique au Procureur dans sa Décision du 13 novembre 2012 (ICC-02/11-01/11-294)" Issued by Pre-Trial Chamber I on 12 December 2012

Decision on the date of the confirmation of charges hearing and proceedings leading thereto Issued by Pre-Trial Chamber I on 14 December 2012

Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ratified the Rome Statute, the founding instrument of the ICC, on 11 April 2002. On 3 March 2004, the Government of the DRC referred to the Court the situation (the events falling under the Court’s jurisdiction) in its territory since the entry into force of the Rome Statute on 1 July 2002. After a preliminary analysis, the Prosecutor initiated an investigation on 21 June 2004. In this situation, six cases have been brought before the relevant Chambers: The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo; The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda; The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga; The Prosecutor v. Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui; The Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana; and The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Mudacumura. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui are currently in the custody of the ICC. The suspects Bosco Ntaganda and Sylvestre Mudacumura remain at large. The trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo started on 26 January 2009. Trial Chamber I convicted Mr Lubanga Dyilo on 14 March 2012. He was thereafter sentenced to a total period of 14 years of imprisonment. On 7 August 2012, Trial Chamber I issued a decision on the principles and the process to be implemented for reparations to victims in the case. All three decisions are currently subject to appeal. The trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui started on 24 November 2009. Closing statements in the case were heard from 15 to 23 May 2012. On 21 November 2012, Trial Chamber II decided to sever the charges against Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and Germain Katanga. The Chamber is scheduled to issue the decision on the innocence or guilt of Mr Ngudjolo Chui on 18 December 2012. On 16 December 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I declined to confirm the charges in the caseThe Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana. Mr Mbarushimana was released on 23 December 2011.

Ngudjolo Chui Case

ICC Trial Chamber II to deliver verdict on 18 December 2012

On Tuesday, 18 December 2012, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its decision on the innocence or guilt of Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui pursuant to article 74 of the Rome Statute – the Court’s founding treaty. The Chamber, composed of Presiding Judge Bruno Cotte (France), Judge Fatoumata Dembele Diarra (Mali) and Christine Van Den Wyngaert (Belgium), will deliver its verdict in an open hearing which will start at 09:00 (The Hague local time).

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, a Congolese national, is charged with three counts of crimes against humanity and seven counts of war crimes allegedly committed on 24 February 2003 during the attack against the Bogoro village. It is alleged that this attack was carried out by combatants led by Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and Germain Katanga, that it was part of a widespread attack directed not only against a military camp located in Bogoro village but also against the civilian population of the village.

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Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui were transferred to the ICC detention centre in The Hague (Netherlands) on 17 October 2007 and 7 February 2008, respectively. Their cases were joined on 10 March 2008 and their trial started on 24 November 2009. Closing statements from trial participants were heard from 15 to 23 May 2012. On 21 November 2012, Trial Chamber II decided to sever the charges against Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and Germain Katanga. The verdict in the case against Germain Katanga will be delivered at a later stage.

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Over the course of 239 hearings, the Chamber heard 24 witnesses and experts called by the Office of the Prosecutor, 28 witnesses and experts called by the two Defence teams and two witnesses called by the legal representatives of the victims participating in the proceedings. The Chamber also called two other experts to testify. The judges ensured the respect of the rights guaranteed by the Rome Statute to each of the parties, including the right to cross-examine witnesses.

A total of 366 victims, represented by their legal counsels, were authorised to participate in the proceedings. They have expressed their position on matters heard before the Chamber and were authorised to examine witnesses on specific issues.

The Trial Chamber issued 130 oral decisions and 457 written decisions. The parties and participants before the Chamber exchanged more than 3,300 filings.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012 Lubanga Dyilo Case Decision on the participation of victims in the appeals against Trial Chamber I's conviction and sentencing decisions Issued by the Appeals Chamber on 13 December 2012

Decision on the admissibility of the appeals against Trial Chamber I's "Decision establishing the principles and procedures to be applied to reparations" and directions on the further conduct of proceedings Issued by the Appeals Chamber on 14 December 2012 Situation in the Central African Republic The situation was referred to the Court by the Government of the Central African Republic in December 2004. The Prosecutor opened an investigation in May 2007. In the only case in this situation, The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Pre-Trial Chamber II confirmed, on 15 June 2009, two charges of crimes against humanity and three charges of war crimes, and committed the accused to trial before Trial Chamber III. The trial started on 22 November 2010. On 13 December 2012, Trial Chamber III decided to temporarily suspend the proceedings and that the presentation of evidence by the defence will recommence on 4 March 2013.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012 Bemba Case Decision on the temporary suspension of the proceedings pursuant to Regulation 55(2) of the Regulations of the Court and related procedural deadlines Issued by Trial Chamber III on 13 December 2012

Public redacted version of "Decision on measures to facilitate the continued presentation of evidence by the defence" Issued by Trial Chamber III on 14 December 2012 Situation in Kenya On 31 March 2010, Pre-Trial Chamber II granted the Prosecutor’s request to open an investigation proprio motu in the situation in Kenya, State Party since 2005. Following summonses to appear issued on 8 March 2011 in two separate cases, six Kenyan citizens voluntarily appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II on 7 and 8 April 2011. The confirmation of charges hearings in the two cases took place from 1 to 9 September 2011, and 21 September to 5 October 2011, respectively. On 23 January 2012, the judges declined to confirm the charges against Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Mohammed Hussein Ali. Pre-Trial Chamber II confirmed the charges against William Samoei Ruto, Joshua Arap Sang, Francis Kirimi Muthaura and Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and committed them to trial. On 29 March 2012, the ICC Presidency constituted Trial Chamber V and referred to it the two cases: The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang and The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura and Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. The trials are scheduled to start, respectively, on 10 and 11 April 2013.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012 Ruto and Sang Case Decision on the joint defence request for an indication of prosecution's continued reliance on confirmation witnesses Issued by Trial Chamber V on 13 December 2012

Decision on the request to present views and concerns of victims on their legal representation at the trial phase Issued by Trial Chamber V on 13 December 2012

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Situation in Libya On 26 February 2011, the United Nations Security Council decided unanimously to refer the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya since 15 February 2011 to the ICC Prosecutor. On 3 March 2011, the ICC Prosecutor decided to open an investigation in the situation in Libya, which was assigned by the Presidency to Pre-Trial Chamber I. On 27 June 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued three warrants of arrest respectively for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity (murder and persecution) allegedly committed across Libya from 15 until at least 28 February 2011, through the State apparatus and Security Forces. On 22 November 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I formally terminated the case against Muammar Gaddafi due to his death. The remaining suspects are not in the custody of the Court. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I is expected to make a decision in due course regarding the Libyan government’s challenge to the admissibility of the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi filed on 1 May 2012.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012 Saif Al-Islam and Al-Senussi Case Order in relation to the request for arrest and surrender of Abdullah AlSenussi Issued by Pre-Trial Chamber I on 10 December 2012 Situation in Darfur, Sudan There are four cases in the situation in Darfur, Sudan: The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun (”Ahmad Harun”) and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd- Al-Rahman (”Ali Kushayb”); The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir; The Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda; The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus; and The Prosecutor v. Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. Five warrants of arrest have been issued by Pre-Trial Chamber I for Messrs Harun, Kushayb, Al Bashir and Hussein. The four suspects remain at large. A summons to appear was issued for Mr Abu Garda who appeared voluntarily before the Chamber on 18 May 2009. After the confirmation of charges hearing, in February 2010, Pre-Trial Chamber I declined to confirm the charges. Mr Abu Garda is not in the custody of the ICC. Two other summonses to appear were issued against Mr Banda and Mr Jerbo who appeared voluntarily on 17 June 2010; the confirmation of charges hearing took place on 8 December 2010. On 7 March 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I unanimously decided to confirm the charges of war crimes brought by the ICC Prosecutor against Mr Banda and Mr Jerbo, and committed them to trial. On 16 March 2011, the ICC Presidency constituted Trial Chamber IV and referred the case to it. ICC Trial Chamber IV will hold a status conference on 29 January 2013 to discuss a possible date for the trial.

Decisions taken between 10 - 14 December 2012 Banda and Jerbo Case Decision on the "Defence Application for Leave to Appeal the 'Decision on the defence request for a temporary stay of proceedings'" Issued by Trial Chamber IV on 13 December 2012

Order scheduling a status conference Issued by Trial Chamber IV on 14 December 2012

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Events International Criminal Court receives Human Rights Prize

ICC President Sang-Hyun Song receives the Human Rights Prize on behalf of the Court © Consejo General de la Abogacía Española​

On behalf of the International Criminal Court (ICC), ICC President Sang-Hyun Song received the Human Rights Prize, in the category of institutions, awarded annually by the General Council of the Spanish Bars (Consejo General de la Abogacía Española) in Madrid.

At its XIV edition, the jury from the General Council decided to award the ICC, noting the “promising precedent” the Court has set by “condemning Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga for recruiting children to participate in the hostilities”. Thomas Lubanga was sentenced to 14 years in prison for using children under the age of 15 to fight in the armed conflict in the Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 2002 to 2003. The sentence is currently being appealed.

Delivering an address at the award ceremony on 13 December, President Song said: “In March this year, the ICC delivered its first trial judgment in case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, We have currently 16 cases in 7 country situations, involving a total of 23 suspects or accused, and more judgments are forthcoming. However, justice is not only about punishing the perpetrators; it is also about providing redress to those who have been harmed by their acts. The Rome Statute’s focus on victims gives the ICC unprecedented potential to bridge the gap between retributive and restorative justice”.

The aim of the Human Rights Prize is to recognise outstanding people, institutions and media for defending human rights and denouncing injustice. Past award recipients include: Amnesty International, the Argentinean Madres de Plaza de Mayo and the Foundation Vicente Ferrer.

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda appoints Patricia Sellers, Leila Sadat and Diane Marie Amann as Special Advisers

​From left to right: Patricia Sellers, Leila Sadat, Diane Marie Amann

On 12 December 2012, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the appointment of three new Special Advisers, Patricia Viseur Sellers, Leila Nadya Sadat, and Diane Marie Amann.

“I am proud that these three highly respected academics have agreed to serve the Office”, said Prosecutor Bensouda. “Patricia Sellers, Leila Sadat and Diane Marie Amann have a wealth of experience between them. I have no doubt their contributions to the work of the Office and the fight to end impunity for the world’s worst crimes will be invaluable”. 5 Events

Patricia Viseur Sellers is Special Adviser on International Criminal Law Prosecution Strategies. Ms Sellers will advise the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) on policies and training with regards to international criminal law prosecution strategies. Ms Sellers is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, where she lectures on international criminal law. She previously worked as Acting Senior Trial Lawyer, Legal Advisor for Gender and Deputy Head of the Legal Advisory Section in the OTP at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). She litigated and advised on prominent international prosecutions such as the Furundžija, Kunarac and Akayesu cases. She has written extensively on sexual violence in armed conflict and counselled governments, international organisations and civil society groups on international criminal law strategies. She is a recipient of the American Society of International Law’s Prominent Women in International Law Award.

Professor Leila Nadya Sadat is the Special Adviser on Crimes against Humanity and will help the OTP formulate office wide strategic policies relating to crimes against humanity. Ms Sadat is currently the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and the Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law. She is also the Director of The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative and the Director and Co-Founder of the Summer Institute for International Law and Policy at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Ms Sadat’s award-winning publications include, among others, Outstanding Books of the Year Awards for Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity (2011) and The International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International Law (2002). An internationally recognized expert in international criminal law, human rights and public international law, Professor Sadat has been doing pro-bono work for international courts and tribunals, including the ICC, for many years. She is a Vice- President of the International Law Association, American Branch, and created and chaired its International Criminal Court Committee. She recently held the distinguished Alexis de Tocqueville Fulbright Chair at the Université of Cergy Pontoise, and has been a visiting Professor at the Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Université de Paris II (Assas).

Professor Diane Marie Amann is appointed Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict. As adviser, she will support and advise on OTP policies and training or awareness with regard to children in and affected by armed conflict. Holder of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia, Ms Amann also has taught on the law faculties of the University of California-Davis, University of California-Berkeley, and University of California-Los Angeles; visited at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway and Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne); practiced as a federal criminal defense attorney in San Francisco; and served as a Vice President of the American Society of International Law. Recognitions of her extensive work in international law, on issues including child-soldiering, the laws of war, and post-conflict accountability, include an honorary doctorate in law from Utrecht Universiteit, the Mayre Rasmussen Award for the Advancement of Women in International Law, and the Article of the Year in International Criminal Law Award.

Special Advisers to the OTP are persons with recognised expertise in their field, who provide advice to the Prosecutor at her request or ontheir own initiative on training, policies, procedures and legal submissions. They work on a pro-bono basis and like all ICC staff, are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor

ICC President tells World Parliamentary Conference “ICC brings retributive and restorative justice together with the prevention of future crimes”

ICC President Song speaking at the World Parliamentary Conference on Human Rights in Rome on 10 December 2012 © PGA/Zaman Atae​

On 10 December 2012, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, addressed the Opening Session of the 7th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law & World Parliamentary Conference on Human Rights in Rome, convened by Parliamentarians for Global Action and hosted by the Parliament of Italy.

President Song acknowledged in his remarks the significant contribution of all those who had worked hard on the ratification of the Rome Statute in their respective parliaments and stressed that “ICC is about much more than just punishing the perpetrators. The Rome Statute and the ICC bring retributive and restorative justice together with the prevention of future crimes”.

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President Song encouraged parliamentarians from States not party to the Statute to think of ways to protect the people they represent from the worst violations of fundamental human rights, which would include joining the ICC. “Unless your government has previously made a declaration accepting the ICC’s jurisdiction, the legal protection of the Rome Statute only starts from the date your country becomes a State Party. That is good reason to join sooner rather than later”, President Song said.

ICC Prosecutor, Ms Fatou Bensouda, and ICC Registrar, Ms Silvana Arbia, as well as the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, are also participating in the two-day Conference.

ICC President Sang-Hyun Song's remarks at the opening session of the 7th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law & World Parliamentary Conference of Human Rights

Statement of Judge Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the Occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012

Sixty-four years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the goal of ensuring that all people can live in freedom and with dignity. The rights enshrined in this charter belong to everyone regardless of race, religion, gender or socio- economic status. This groundbreaking list of protections has been a key milestone on the road to securing a world of genuine humanity, respect and equality.

The founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, which entered into force ten years ago, serves to defend some of the essential rights enumerated by the Declaration. Violations of the right to life and liberty, and violations of the prohibition of torture and slavery, for instance, form part of the crimes in the ICC’s jurisdiction, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. By creating an international criminal court of last resort to deliver justice when national systems are unable or unwilling to, the Rome Statute aims at ending impunity for the most serious international crimes.

Today, as the ICC celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Court has 14 cases in 7 country situations, hundreds of witnesses under its protection programme and it has received more than 12,000 applications from victims seeking participation in the judicial proceedings. The Trust Fund for Victims is working with more than 80,000 victims in various countries in Africa. Almost two-thirds of the world’s sovereign nations, 121 in total, have become States Parties. As such, the ICC’s activities are having an enormous impact not just on individuals prosecuted before the Court, but also on the tens of thousands of direct victims, millions of people in the affected communities and societies, and indeed several billion people under the legal protection of the Rome Statute system.

This year, the ICC issued a landmark judgment in the case against Thomas Lubanga, concerning the conscription and enlistment of children under the age of 15 into armed forces and using them to participate actively in hostilities. This and other cases before the ICC are having an important impact by bringing the world’s attention to the rights of the most vulnerable members of our society. With the understanding that the use of child soldiers is a crime that will be prosecuted, several nations have taken significant steps towards ending this deplorable practice.

Human Rights Day provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the immense progress that we have achieved since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The ICC may be one of the most recent additions to the body of mechanisms that seek to protect and uphold human rights and dignity, but it is already delivering concrete results and a very credible promise of greater respect for and adherence to the rights of children, women and men everywhere.​ ​​

Source: Presidency

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Visits to the Court

On 13 December 2012, the Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Dr Johannes Kyrle, visited the Court © ICC-CPI

On 13 December 2012, the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E. Mr Sayed Mahoammad Hashemi, visited the Court © ICC-CPI

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Interacting with communities

On 10-14 December 2012, six journalists from Côte d’Ivoire visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to meet with ICC representatives and attend two hearings in the case The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo © ICC-CPI

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