The initial appearance of Alfred Yekatom before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") is scheduled for Friday, 23 November 2018, at 11:00 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I. Pre-Trial Chamber II is composed of Judge Antoine Kesia‐Mbe Mindua, Presiding, Judge Tomoko Akane and Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala.

The people of the Central African Republic have suffered and endured atrocious crimes in one of this century's violent conflicts. I welcome today's transfer of Mr Alfred Yekatom to the International Criminal Court to face justice for his alleged crimes. 

​Today, 17 November 2018, Mr Alfred Yekatom ("Mr Yekatom") was surrendered to the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") by the authorities of the Central African Republic ("CAR").

Pre Trial Chamber II of the ICC had issued a warrant of arrest against Mr Yekatom on 11 November 2018 for his alleged criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in western CAR between December 2013 and August 2014.