Lukwiya

Title
Lukwiya
About Defendant

Deputy Army Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 8 July 2005

Odhiambo

Title
Odhiambo
About Defendant

Alleged Deputy Army Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 8 July 2005 - Unsealed on 13 October 2005

Otti

Title
Otti
About Defendant

Alleged Vice-Chairman and Second-in-Command of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 8 July 2005 - Unsealed on 13 October 2005

Bahar Idriss Abu Garda

Title
Bahar Idriss Abu Garda
About Defendant

Chairman and General Coordinator of Military Operations of the United Resistance Front at time of summons. Summons to appear: 7 May 2009 - Unsealed on 17 May 2009

Charles Blé Goudé

Title
Charles Blé Goudé
About Defendant

​Ivorian national. Arrest warrant: 21 December 2011

LaurentGbagbo

Title
LaurentGbagbo
About Defendant

​Ivorian national and former President of Côte d'Ivoire, at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 23 November 2011

Al-Werfalli

Title
Al-Werfalli
About Defendant

Nationality: Libyan Date of birth: 1978 Function: Commander in the Al-Saiqa Brigade

Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus

Title
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus
About Defendant

Sudanese Liberation Army-Unity’s Chief of Staff (and later integrated into the Justice and Equality Movement), at time of summons. Summons to appear: 27 August 2009 - Unsealed on 15 June 2010

Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain

Title
Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain
About Defendant

Commander-in-Chief of Justice and Equality Mouvement Collective-Leadership at time of warrant. Summons to appear: Issued under seal on 27 August 2009 | Unsealed on 15 June 2010. Arrest warrant: 11 September 2014

Case
  • Closed

Charges withdrawn

The warrant of arrest against Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka was issued under seal on 10 December 2018 for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the Central African Republic. Mr Mokom was surrendered to the ICC on 14 March 2022. 

On 22 March 2022, Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka made his first appearance before Pre-Trial Chamber II.

The confirmation of charges hearing commenced on 22 August 2023, but had not yet been concluded as the parties still had to submit written submissions on the merits of the case.

On 17 October 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II terminated the proceedings in the Mokom case and ordered Mr Mokom’s immediate release. Mr. Mokom was released from the ICC detention on the same day. The Chamber acted on the basis of the Prosecution’s notice of withdrawal of the charges against Mr Mokom, dated 16 October 2023. This notice asserts that there are relevant changes regarding the evidence in the case. Therefore, the Prosecution considers that, even if the charges would be confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II, there is no reasonable prospect for a conviction at trial.

Next steps: Pre-Trial Chamber II instructed the ICC Registrar to make all necessary arrangements for Mr Mokom’s transfer to a receiving State. Pending his transfer Mr Mokom is in a temporary ICC designated location.