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 | |  | | Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo | | | context : | Central African Republic  | | judgement place : | ICC | | status : | Indicted | | particulars : | Arrested on 24th May 2008 in Belgium following the issuing of an arrest warrant by the International ICC on 23rd April 2008; new warrant issued on 10 June 2008; transferred to the ICC on 2 July 2008 | | position : | Leader of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) |
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| | | | Jean-Pierre Bemba is the first person to be arrested in connection with the situation in Central African Republic (CAR).
The CAR, which ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in October 2001, referred the crimes committed on its territory since 2002 to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC in December 2004. The Prosecutor made the decision to open an investigation into this situation on May 22, 2007.
The crimes committed in the CAR are characterised by the high number of rapes reported. According to figures of some NGOs, over 1000 victims have been identified, including 480 women and girls raped (Ocodefad). | |     click for more... | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Congo, the democratic republic of the | | | date of birth : | | | 04.11.1962 | | | last time seen : | | | Brussels, Belgium | | | period of charges : | | | 25.10.2002 - 15.03.2003 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 03.07.2008 |
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