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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 Chui is the third person in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC), following the arrest of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (see “related cases”), the alleged founder and leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), on 28 August 2006, and Germain Katanga (see “related cases”), the alleged commander of the FRPI, on 17 October 2007.
In April 2004, the Democratic Republic of Congo referred the situation in its territory since the enter into force of the Rome Statute (1st July 2002) to the prosecutor of the ICC, in accordance with Article 14 of the Rome Statute. The Prosecutor thus had to conduct investigations in order to determine whether one or several personnes allegedly committed crimes which fall under the jurisdiction of the Court. The Congolese authorities for their part are obliged to cooperate with the ICC. The Prosecutor had already been following the situation in the DRC, and in particular in the Ituri region, since 2003. |  | |  |  |  | | 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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