Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, Jul. 17 1998, UN Doc. A/CONF.183/9 [hereinafter cited as Rome Statute ]. عربي, 中文, English, Français, Ελληνικά, Русский, Español.

• Article 58: Issuance by the Pre-Trial Chamber of a warrant of arrest or a summons to appear

• Article 59: Arrest proceedings in the custodial State

Web page, Signatories to the Rome Statute, UN Treaty Collection, available online.

Central African Republic

• The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido, Case No. ICC-01/05-01/13, Warrant of Arrest for Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido (Nov. 20, 2013). Available online, archived.

  As of February 2014, Bemba, Musamba, and Wandu are in ICC detention at the Hague; Kabongo is being detained by Dutch authorities; Arido is being detained by French authorities.

• The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Case No. ICC-01/05-01/08, Warrant of Arrest for Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Replacing the Warrant of Arrest Issued on 23 May 2008, (Jun. 10, 2008). Available online, archived.

  Arrested in Belgium in May 2008 and extradicted to the ICC in July 2008.

Côte d’Ivoire

• The Prosecutor v. Simone Gbagbo, Case No. ICC-02/11-01/12, Warrant of Arrest for Simone Gbagbo, (Feb. 29, 2012). Available online, archived.

  Arrested by Ivorian authorities who, as of February 2014, have refused to extradict her to the ICC.

• The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo, Case No. ICC-02/11-01/11, Warrant of Arrest for Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, (Nov. 23, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Arrested by Ivorian authorities and extradicted to the ICC in November 2011.

Darfur, Sudan

• The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, Case No. ICC-02/05-01/09, Decision on the Non-compliance of the Republic of Chad with the Cooperation Requests Issued by the Court Regarding the Arrest and Surrender of Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir (Mar. 26, 2013). Available online, archived.

  The Court found that the Republic of Chad failed to comply with its obligations under Article 97 of the Rome Statute to cooperate with the Court regarding the arrest and surrender of Omar Al-Bashir. The Court refers its decision to the UN Security Council and the Assembly of States Parties.

• The Prosecutor v. Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein, Case No. ICC-02/05-01/12, Warrant of Arrest for Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein (Mar. 8, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, Case No. ICC-02/05-01/09, Second Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir (Jul. 12, 2010), hereinafter Bashir Warrant #2. Available online, archived.

  Omar Al Bashir is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, Case No. ICC-02/05-03/09, Summons to Appear for Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain (Aug. 27, 2009). Available online, archived.

  Voluntarily surrendered to the ICC and awaiting trial as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, Case No. ICC-02/05-03/09, Summons to Appear for Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus (Aug. 27, 2009). Available online, archived.

  Voluntarily surrendered to the ICC and awaiting trial as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, Case No. ICC-02/05-02/09, Summons to Appear for Bahr Idriss Abu Garda (May 7, 2009). Available online, archived.

  Bahr Idriss Abu Garda appeared voluntarily before the ICC. In February 2010, the Court declined to confirm the charges.

• The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, Case No. ICC-02/05-01/09, Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir (Mar. 4, 2009), hereinafter Bashir Warrant #1. Available online, archived.

  Omar Al Bashir is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”), Case No. ICC-02/05-01/07, Warrant of Arrest for Ahmad Harun (Apr. 27, 2007). Available online, archived.

  Ahmad Muhammad Harun (aka Ahmad Haroun) is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”), Case No. ICC-02/05-01/07, Warrant of Arrest for Ali Kushayb (Apr. 27, 2007). Available online, archived.

  Ali Kushayb may be under detention by Sudanese authorities as of February 2014.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Mudacumura, Case No. ICC-01/04-01/12, Decision on the Prosecutor’s Application under Article 58 (Jul. 13, 2012). Available online, archived.

  In this order, the Court issued a warrant of arrest. Sylvestre Mudacumura is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana, Case No. ICC-01/04-01/10, Warrant of Arrest for Callixte Mbarushimana (Sep. 28, 2010). Available online, archived.

  Arrested and extradited to the ICC in January 2011. In December 2011, the Court dismissed the charges due to insufficient evidence and he was released.

• The Prosecutor v. Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Case No. ICC-01/04-02/07, Warrant of Arrest for Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui (Jul. 6, 2007). Available online, archived.

  Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was surrendered to the ICC by Congolese authorities in February 2008. Following trial, he was acquitted in December 2012.

• The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga, Case No. ICC-01/04-01/07, Warrant of Arrest for Germain Katanga (Jul. 2, 2007). Available online, archived.

  Germain Katanga was surrendered to the ICC by Congolese authorities in October 2007.

• The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, Case No. ICC-01/04-02/06, Warrant of Arrest (Aug. 22, 2006). Available online, archived.

  Bosco Ntaganda voluntarily surrendered to the ICC in March 2013.

• The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Case No. ICC-01/04-01/06, Warrant of Arrest for Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Feb. 10, 2006). Available online, archived.

  Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was found guilty in March 2012 and, as of February 2014, was appealing the verdict and sentence.

Kenya

• The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali, Case No. ICC-01/09-02/11, Decision on the Prosecutor’s Application for Summonses to Appear for Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali (Mar. 8, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Charges against Muthaura and Kenyatta were confirmed, while charges against Ali were dropped.

• The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang, Case No. ICC-01/09-01/11, Decision on the Prosecutor’s Application for Summons to Appear for William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang (Mar. 8, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Charges against Ruto and Sang were confirmed, while charges against Kosgey were dropped.

Libya

• The Prosecutor v. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi, Case No. ICC-01/11-01/11, Warrant of Arrest for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, (Jun. 27, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is being detained in Libya as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi, Case No. ICC-01/11-01/11, Warrant of Arrest for Abdullah Al-Senussi, (Jun. 27, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Abdullah Al-Senussi was arrested in Mauritania in March 2012 and was extradited to Libya in September 2012 where he is being detained as of February 2014.

• Situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Case No. ICC-01/11-01/11 Warrant of Arrest for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, (Jun. 27, 2011). Available online, archived.

  Muammar Gaddafi died in August 2011.

Uganda

• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC-02/04-01/05, Warrant of Arrest for Joseph Kony (Sep. 27, 2005). Available online, archived.

  Joseph Kony is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC-02/04-01/05, Warrant of Arrest for Vincent Otti (Jul. 8, 2005). Available online, archived.

  Vincent Otti is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC-02/04-01/05, Warrant of Arrest for Okot Odhiambo (Jul. 8, 2005). Available online, archived.

  Okot Odhiambo is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC-02/04-01/05, Warrant of Arrest for Dominic Ongwen (Jul. 8, 2005). Available online, archived.

  Dominic Ongwen is at large as of February 2014.

• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC-02/04-01/05, Warrant of Arrest for Raska Lukwiya (Jul. 8, 2005). Available online, archived.

  Raska Lukwiya died in August 2006.

Nadia Banteka, An Integrative Model for ICC Enforcement of Arrest & Surrender Requests: Towards a More Political Court? (2012) (Working Paper). Available online, archived.

Caroline Flintoff & Nick Grono, The Politics of Ending Impunity, in The Enforcement of International Criminal Law (Nick Donovan, ed., Aegis 2009), 35. Available online, archived.

Tracey Gurd, Arresting the “Big Fish”: Lessons on State Cooperation for the International Criminal Court, in The Enforcement of International Criminal Law (Nick Donovan, ed., Aegis 2009), 27. Available online, archived.

Interpol, Search for Wanted Individuals, available online.

Valerie Oosterveld, Mike Perry & John McManus, The Cooperation of States With the International Criminal Court, 25 Fordham Int’l L.J. 774 (2001). Available online, archived.

Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Policing International Peace and Security: International Police Forces, 17 Wis. Int’l L.J. 281 (1999). Available online, archived.

Cedric Ryngaert, Arrest and Detention, in International Prosecutors 647–699 (Luc Reydams, Jan Wouters & Cedric Ryngaert eds., OUP 2012). An earlier working paper version is available online, archived.

David Scheffer, Video Lecture on the Arrest Question, ICC Forum (Feb. 5, 2013), available online.

Jürgen Schurr, Ending the Culture of Impunity: The Establishment of Specialized “War Crime Units”, in The Enforcement of International Criminal Law (Nick Donovan, ed., Aegis 2009), 35. Available online, archived.

Walter Gary Sharp, Jr., International Obligations to Search for and Arrest War Criminals: Government Failure in the Former Yugoslavia? 7 Duke J. Comp. & Int’l L. 411 (1996). Available online, archived.

ICC Indictees Remain at Large and Darfur Crimes Continue, Security Council Told, UN News Centre, Dec. 13, 2012. Available online, archived.

Luisa Vierucci, The European Arrest Warrant: An Additional Tool for Prosecuting ICC Crimes, 2 J. Int’l Crim. Just. 275 (2004). Available online, archived.

Patricia M. Wald, Apprehending War Criminals: Does International Cooperation Work?, 27 Am. U. Int’l L. Rev. 229 (2012). Available online, archived.

Han-Ru Zhou, The Enforcement of Arrest Warrants by International Forces: From the ICTY to the ICC, 4 J. Int’l Crim. Just. 202, 211–212 (2006). Available online, archived.