Please note: This information sheet is updated on a regular basis. For the latest update, please refer to the ICC website at www.icc-cpi.int. The Court Today ICC-PIDS-TCT-01-081/16_Eng Updated: 25 October 2016 ABOUT THE COURT Established: By an international treaty (the Rome Statute), which entered into force on 1 July 2002. States Parties: 124 countries are parties to the Rome Statute (effective as of 1 June). Of these, 34 are from Africa, 19 from the Asia Pacific, 18 from Eastern Europe, 28 from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as 25 from Western Europe and North America. 4 crimes within the Court’s jurisdiction: The most serious crimes of concern to the international community, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed after 1 July 2002, as well as the crime of aggression, once the conditions under which the Court can exercise its jurisdiction on the latter have been fulfilled. 18 judges: Elected for 9 years by the Assembly of States Parties, and assigned into Pre-Trial, Trial and Appeals Chambers. President: Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi. Prosecutor: Ms Fatou Bensouda. Registrar: Mr Herman von Hebel. 800 staff members: From approximately 100 States. 6 official languages: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. 2 working languages: English and French. Headquarters: The Hague, The Netherlands. 6 field offices: Kinshasa and Bunia (Democratic Republic of the Congo, ȃDRCȄǼDz Kampala ǻUgandaǼDz ”angui ǻCentral “frican Republic, ȃC“RȄǼDz Nairobi ǻKenyaǼ, “bidjan ǻCôte d’IvoireǼ. Programme budget for 2016: €ŗřş,5 million I NVESTIGATIONS AND CASES 10 investigations: The Office of the Prosecutor is investigating situations in Uganda, the DRC, CAR, C“R II, Darfur ǻSudanǼ, Kenya, Libya, Côte d’Ivoire , Mali and Georgia. 10 preliminary examinations: The Office of the Prosecutor monitors the situations of Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Gabon, Guinea, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine Ukraine, and the Registered Vessels of Comoros, Greece and Cambodia. 29 arrest warrants: 14 warrants have been implemented and 3 warrants were withdrawn following the death of the suspects. 9 summonses to appear: All 9 appeared voluntarily before the Court; they are not in custody. 6 persons in custody: DRC: Bosco Ntaganda CAR: Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Côte d’IvoireDZ Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé Uganda: Dominic Ongwen Mali: Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi At large: 13 suspects The ICC relies on the cooperation of states and international organisations in the implementation of its arrest warrants. 23 cases have been brought before the Court of which 5 are currently at the trial stage, 1 at the appeals stage and 3 at the reparations stage.