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 |  |  |  | Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui |  | | context : | DRC  | | judgement place : | ICC  | | status : | Indicted | | particulars : | Warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court on 6 July 2007; arrested and transferred to the ICC on 6 February 2008; first court appearance on 11 February 2008; charges confirmed on 26 September 2008 | | position : | Former head of the Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI) and colonel with Democratic Republic Congo's government troops | |
|  | |  | Mathieu Ngudjolo, who was attending a military training in Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo since the end of 2007, was arrested by the Congolese authorities and transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on 6 February 2008. A sealed warrant of arrest had been issued by the Pre-trial Chamber I of the ICC on 6 July 2007. The warrant was unsealed on 7 February 2008.
Mathieu Ngudjolo is accused of being responsible under article 25-3-a or 25-3-b of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Code for six counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity, mentioned in articles 7 and 8 of the Statute, allegedly committed in the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo since July 2002:
• three counts of crimes against humanity: murder – article 7(1)(a), inhumane acts – article 7(1)(k), and sexual slavery – article 7(1)(g);
• six counts of war crimes: wilful killing – article 8(2)(a)(i) or 8(2)(c)(i), inhuman treatment – article 8(2)(a)(ii) or cruel treatment – article 8(2)(c)(i), using children under the age of fifteen years to participate actively in hostilities – article 8(2)(b)(xxvi) or article 8(2)(e)(vii), sexual slavery – article 8(2)(b)(xxii) or article 8(2)(e)(vi), intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking direct part in hostilities – article 8(2)(b)(i) or 8(2)(e)(i), pillaging a town or place even when taken by assault – article 8(2)(b)(xvi) or article 8(2)(e)(v)).
On 11 February 2008, Pre-Trial Chamber I held a public hearing during which Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui appeared for the first time before the Court. His identity was confirmed and he was informed of the charges against him.
On 10 March 2008, the Pre-Trial Chamber I decided to join the case of Ngudjolo with the case of Germain Katanga (see "related cases").
The hearing on the confirmation of the charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui began on 27 June 2008.
On 26 September 2008, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued a decision on the confirmation of charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui. |  | click for more... |  | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. |  |  |  | | nationality : | | | Congo, the democratic republic of the |  | | date of birth : | | | 08.10.1970 |  | | last time seen : | | | The Hague, The Netherlands |  | | period of charges : | | | 02.2003 - 02.2003 |  | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity War crimes |  | | profile last modified : | | | 27.09.2008 |
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