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International Criminal Court and Special Criminal Court: a duel at the summit of justice in the Central African Republic. Photo: A taxi and a gendarmerie vehicle in a street in Bangui (Central African Republic).
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A courts’ chase in Bangui

Last June, the International Criminal Court already knew that it would run out of trials in 2025. At that time, it received a tip-off about the whereabouts of a local anti-balaka leader in the Central African Republic, Edmond Beina. But the man was wanted by both the Court in The Hague and the Special Criminal […]
By Franck Petit (special correspondent in The Hague, Netherlands)
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Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic: the 4 defendants line up at the bar in orange prison garb.

Central African Republic: the end of the trial of the four rebels who “did nothing’

Reparations (financial compensation) from the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic. Photo: A boy pulls two oxen carrying bags of peanuts in Paoua.

Central African Republic reparations: what victims say about first payments

Maxime Mokom, a former Central African minister who was prosecuted and then released by the International Criminal Court, is now seeking compensation. Photo: Mokom before the ICC.

The Mokom fiasco, part 2: everybody did their job, no one needs to know

Ngaïssona testifies at the ICC on his alleged role in crimes committed in the Central African Republic. Photo: Ngaïsonna speaks at the International Criminal Court on August 28, 2024.

At the ICC, Ngaïssona in his own words

In the Central African Republic, the eleven commissioners of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) were dismissed in May 2024. Photo: The commissioners of the CVJRR pose outdoors.

Central African Republic: why the Truth Commission was dismissed

Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court (CPS) - Photo: Azor Kalite, Charfadine Moussa, Antar Hamat and Oscar Wordjonodroba stand behind their lawyers in their orange prison uniforms.

At Ndélé’s first trial, in the Central African Republic

In the Central African Republic, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) is expected to decide reparation for victims. Photo: First trial of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui, in 2022.

Reparations: Special Criminal Court opts for pragmatism

Alfred Yekatom, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic, shakes hands with his lawyer Mylène Dimitri during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The controversy on “intermediaries” hits back in the ICC Yekatom trial

Mokom case at the ICC: a fiasco - Photo: Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka, from the Central African Republic, on trial for crimes committed in the Central African Republic, talks to his lawyers in a courtroom at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (Netherlands).

The Mokom fiasco at the ICC

Abdoulaye Hissène accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic - Reading of a report

Central African Republic: Abdoulaye Hissène caught in Special Criminal Court

1st judgement of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic - Issa Sallet Adoum watches Mahamat Tahir, lying on the floor, weakened by a hunger strike. These are 2 of the 3 defendants on trial.

CAR: how Special Criminal Court appeal judges innovated and proposed a model

Judge Aimée-Pascal Delimo (Special Criminal Court / SPC) in the Central African Republic.

Central African Republic: Special Court hands down first reparations decision

Women whose relatives have been victims of violence in the Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Truth Commission struggles to get off the ground

Victims waiting for reparations in the trial at the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Special Court Faces Reparations Issue

Michel Landry Luanga, President of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic, delivers a speech during the inauguration of its premises in Bangui in 2020.

Central African Republic: Special Court "in the starting block" (2/2)

On the desk of the president of the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic, two piles of multicolored files.

Central African Republic: Special Court "in the starting block" (1/2)

Toussaint Muntazini poses at his office at the Special Criminal Court (SPC) in the Central African Republic.

Toussaint Muntazini: "If they extend the Special Court mandate, they expect added value"

Mahamat Said, former member of the Seleka in Central Africa, smiles during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) - The Hague, Netherlands

First Seleka trial at the ICC, behind closed doors