Investigations
- The Court has received complaints about alleged crimes in at least 139 countries, but, currently, the Prosecutor of the Court has opened investigations into seven situations in Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Uganda; the Central African Republic; Darfur, Sudan; the Republic of Kenya; the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Of these seven, three were referred to the Court by the concerned states parties themselves (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic), two were referred by the United Nations Security Council (Darfur and Libya) and two were begun proprio motu by the Prosecutor (Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire). Additionally, the government of Mali has referred the situation in the country to the Prosecutor. As Mali is a state party to the Rome Statute, the Prosecutor can now directly open a formal investigation once she has concluded the preliminary examination.
Key:
Official investigation
Authorization to open investigation requested
Preliminary examination ongoing
Preliminary examination closed
| Situation | Referred by | Referred on | Investigation announced |
Status | File no. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 02004-04-1616 April 2004 | 02004-06-2323 June 2004 | Case(s) begun | ICC-01/04 | |
| Uganda | Uganda | 02003-12-1616 December 2003 | 02004-07-2929 July 2004 | Case(s) begun | ICC-02/04 | |
| Central African Republic | Central African Republic | 02005-01-077 January 2005 | 02007-05-2222 May 2007 | Case(s) begun | ICC-01/05 | |
| Darfur, Sudan | UN Security Council | 02005-03-3131 March 2005 | 02005-06-066 June 2005 | Case(s) begun | ICC-02/05 | |
| Republic of Kenya | Pre-Trial Chamber II | 02010-03-3131 March 2010 | 02010-03-3131 March 2010 | Case(s) begun | ICC-01/09 | |
| Libya | UN Security Council | 02011-02-2626 February 2011 | 02011-03-033 March 2011 | Case(s) begun | ICC-01/11 | |
| Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | Pre-Trial Chamber III | 02011-10-033 October 2011 | 02011-10-033 October 2011 | Case(s) begun | ICC-02/11 | |
| Colombia | — | — | 2006 | Ongoing (phase 3) | — | |
| Iraq | — | — | 2006 | Concluded | — | |
| Venezuela | — | — | 2006 | Concluded | — | |
| Afghanistan | — | — | 2007 | Ongoing (phase 2b) | — | |
| Georgia | — | — | 02008-08-1414 August 2008 | Ongoing (phase 3) | — | |
| Palestine | — | — | 02009-01-2222 January 2009 | Concluded | — | |
| Guinea | — | — | 02009-10-1414 October 2009 | Ongoing (phase 3) | — | |
| Honduras | — | — | 02009-11-1818 November 2009 | Ongoing (phase 2b) | — | |
| Nigeria | — | — | 02009-11-1818 November 2009 | Ongoing (phase 2b) | — | |
| Republic of Korea | — | — | 02010-12-066 December 2010 | Ongoing (phase 2b) | — | |
| Republic of Mali | Mali | 02012-07-1313 July 2012 | 02012-07-1818 July 2012 | Ongoing (phase 2b) | ICC-01/12 |
The Office of the Prosecutor applies different phases to any preliminary examination. Every examination is started with an initial review (phase 1). It is followed by clarifications of jurisdiction, namely temporal, territorial and personal jurisdiction (phase 2a) on one hand and subject-matter jurisdiction (phase 2b) on the other hand. After resolving this, the issue of admissibility (phase 3) and interests of justice (phase 4) complete the procedure.
| Situation | Publicly indicted | Ongoing procedures | Procedures finished, due to ... | PTC | TCs | |||||
| Not before court | Pre-Trial | Trial | Appeal | Death | Acquittal | Conviction | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | II | I, II |
| Uganda | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | II | |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | II | III |
| Darfur, Sudan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | II | IV |
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | II | V |
| Libya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | I | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I | |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | II | |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes
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