Georgia It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Statement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mrs Fatou Bensouda* regarding recent ICC-visit to GeorgiaStatement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, following judicial authorisation to commence an investigation into the Situation in GeorgiaICC Pre-Trial Chamber I authorises the Prosecutor to open an investigation into the situation in Georgia It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Decision reassigning the Situation in Georgia to Pre-Trial Chamber IIIDécision concernant l’élection du juge présidentDecision assigning judges to divisions and recomposing Chambers Preliminary examination OngoingFocus: Alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2008 in GeorgiaPhase 3: AdmissibilityJurisdiction – General statusGeorgia deposited its instrument of accession to the Rome Statute on 5 September 2003. The ICC therefore may exercise its jurisdiction over crimes listed in the Rome Statute committed on the territory of Georgia or by its nationals from 1 December 2003 onwards.Procedural history and focus of the preliminary examinationThe preliminary examination of the situation was announced on 14 August 2008. The OTP has received numerous communications in relation to the situation in Georgia. The preliminary examination focusses on alleged crimes committed in 2008 in the context of the armed conflict between South Ossetian, Georgian and Russian forces, including the crime against humanity of forcible transfer of population; and the war crimes of pillaging; destruction of protected property; and intentionally directing an attack against a peacekeeping mission. The preliminary examination also focusses on the existence and genuineness of national proceedings in relation to these crimes.Press Release, Reports and Statements