New composition of the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chambers

On 15 March 2012, the Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued decisions on the constitution of Pre-Trial Chambers and on the assignment of the seven situations currently before the Court to these Chambers.

Situations in Libya and Côte d’Ivoire are now assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Hans-Peter Kaul, Christine van den Wyngaert and Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi.

Situations in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Darfur (Sudan), the Central African Republic and Kenya are assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber II, composed of Judges Cuno Tarfusser, Hans-Peter Kaul and Ekaterina Trendafilova.

At present, 15 cases, 9 of which are at the pre-trial stage, have been brought before the Court, in the context of the seven situations that are currently under investigation. The ICC judges have issued 20 warrants of arrest (2 withdrawn following the death of the suspects) and 9 summonses to appear. Currently, five individuals are in the ICC’s custody and 11 suspects remain at large.

For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: [email protected].

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