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Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud

Al Hassan is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Timbuktu, Mali, between 1 April 2012 and 28 January 2013. He is in the Court's custody. His trial is scheduled to start on 14 July 2020.
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#GlobalJustice Weekly: AU seeks ICJ opinion on head of state immunities | Witnesses take stand in two ICC trials

01 February 2018
African UnionInternational Criminal Court#GlobalJustice Weekly
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AU accountability gap | Zambia commits to ICC | Grave crimes in Mexico

05 July 2017
Rome StatuteAfrican Union#GlobalJustice Weekly
Zambia
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ICC and Africa: The case of Zambia

06 June 2017
Civil society in the ICC system/civil societyAfrican Union
Zambia

Africa: Malabo Protocol: Legal and institutional implications of the merged and expanded African Court - Snapshots

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FactsheetReport
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South Africa should not withdraw from the International Criminal Court

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International Commission of Jurists
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Africa
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Rome StatuteAfrican Union
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South Africa: ICC withdrawal bid unconstitutional say judges

22 February 2017
Campaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteAfrican Union
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South AfricaSudanSoudan
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South Africa: Stay with the ICC

Campaign for Global JusticeRatification/accessionImplementationAfrican Union
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A win for justice: Gambia to stay with the ICC

20 February 2017
A strong International Criminal CourtCooperationAfrican Union
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Gambia
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The ICC or the AU: Who can ensure justice for African victims?

16 February 2017
CooperationAfrican UnionInternational Criminal Court
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#GlobalJustice Weekly - Gambia's Barrow backs ICC | Australian refugee crimes? | Conflict-driven famine looms

14 February 2017
Campaign for Global JusticeRome StatuteAfrican Union#GlobalJustice Weekly
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GambiaAustralia
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AU Summit 2017: Africa continues pushback against ICC withdrawals

08 February 2017
State supportCooperationAfrican Union
Africa
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Ideals and values that inspired creation of ICC still hold true – UN adviser

08 February 2017
CooperationAfrican Union
Africa
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Africa-France: Commit to genuine international justice, end to impunity

16 January 2017
Rome StatuteRatification/accessionAfrican UnionMedia
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Civil society talks: ICC a last resort for justice in Burundi?

12 January 2017
Rome StatuteCivil society in the ICC system/civil societyAfrican UnionPreliminary examination
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#GlobalJustice Weekly: Gambia joins ICC withdrawals

01 November 2016
Global justice for atrocitiesAfrican Union#GlobalJustice Weekly
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Côte d'Ivoire

Following post-election violence in 2010-11, an ICC investigation was opened in the situation of Côte d'Ivoire. The former president Laurent Gbagbo and former youth minister Blé Goudé were acquitted by Trial Chamber I on 15 January 2019.
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Burundi

Burundi is an ICC state member, having ratified the Rome Statue in 2004. Violence following the President's decision to run for a third term in 2015 is currently the subject of an ICC preliminary examination in the country.
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Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain

Commander of the Justice and Equality Movement rebel group in Darfur. Initially cooperative, Banda is now wanted by the ICC for war crimes during attacks on an African Union peacekeeping mission in 2007.
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Bahar Idriss Abu Garda

Commander of the Justice and Equality Movement rebel group, Abu Garda was charged by ICC with the war crimes attacking African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. Charges not confirmed due to a lack of evidence.
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Sudan

Although Sudan is not a party to the Rome Statute, Darfur fell under ICC jurisdiction in March 2005 after the UN Security Council referred the situation to the ICC prosecutor. The investigation has led to five ICC cases, including against Omar al-Bashir
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Countering the anti-ICC agenda in Africa

03 September 2015
Rome StatuteVictims firstAfrican Union
Africa
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Africa and the ICC: Moving the narrative forward

23 June 2015
Global justice for atrocitiesCooperationAfrican Union
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