International Criminal Court
Intergovernmental organization and international tribunal
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| 2025 | Hungary announced its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. |
| March 14 2025 | Rodrigo Duterte appeared via video link at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the confirmation of charges hearing. |
| March 11 2025 | Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine National Police through Interpol at Ninoy Aquino International Airport upon his arrival from Hong Kong, following an ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity. |
| February 26 2025 | ICC terminated proceedings against Mohammed Deif following confirmation of his death. |
| February 2025 | After the German federal election, CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced his intention to invite Netanyahu to Germany as a challenge to the ICC's arrest warrant decision. |
| February 6 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing economic and travel sanctions on ICC individuals investigating U.S. citizens and allies, coinciding with Netanyahu's Washington visit. |
| January 30 2025 | Hamas confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, previously reported in a July 2024 Israeli airstrike. |
| January 2025 | Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk guaranteed safe passage for senior Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, to an Auschwitz liberation anniversary event, despite public disagreement in Poland. |
| January 23 2025 | ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced requests for arrest warrants against Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghanistan's Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity involving oppression and persecution of Afghan women and girls. |
| January 9 2025 | U.S. House of Representatives passed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act to sanction the ICC in protest of arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. |
| 2024 | Under the Bongbong Marcos administration, the government acknowledged it cannot prevent ICC investigators from acting independently, despite maintaining a stance of non-cooperation. |
| November 2024 | ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Israel-Hamas war. Netanyahu accused the ICC of antisemitism, and Israel appealed the warrants. |
| November 2024 | France argued that the ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders are not valid because Israel is not a member of the ICC. |
| November 2024 | A request to the ICC to appeal the referral of Mongolia is rejected. |
| November 21 2024 | Formal arrest warrants were issued for Netanyahu and Gallant, with warrants for Haniyeh and Sinwar withdrawn after confirmation of their deaths. |
| October 2024 | Former Senator Leila de Lima states there is no legal obstacle to prevent cooperation with the ICC, citing Republic Act 9851. |
| October 2024 | Inquiries on the drug war were held by the House of Representatives' Quad Committee and the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee. Duterte attended the Senate inquiry, and transcripts were later submitted to the ICC by former Senator Antonio Trillanes. |
| September 3 2024 | Putin visited Mongolia, with the ICC beforehand stating that Mongolia was obligated to arrest Putin due to being a signatory of the Rome Statute. Mongolia declined to arrest Putin, maintaining a policy of diplomatic neutrality. |
| August 30 2024 | Ukraine formally requests Mongolian authorities to arrest Putin if he visits the country, with ICC spokesperson Fadi el-Abdalla emphasizing states parties' obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant. |
| June 24 2024 | The ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian politician Sergei Shoigu and army general Valery Gerasimov, accusing them of missile attacks on civilian targets, including power plants. |
| June 4 2024 | U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to sanction ICC officials. |
| June 1 2024 | Mongolian retired politician Baabar reveals Alexander Lukashenko is visiting Mongolia to prepare security for Putin's potential visit for the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, highlighting Mongolia's obligation under the Rome Statute to potentially arrest Putin. |
| May 20 2024 | ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced intention to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes in the Israel-Hamas conflict. |
| March 2024 | The ICC issued additional arrest warrants for Sergey Kobylash, commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, for war crimes in Ukraine. |
| March 11 2024 | Tomoko Akane from Japan took office as President of the International Criminal Court, succeeding Piotr Hofmański. Her first term is set to expire in 2027. |
| January 2024 | South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor criticized ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan for alleged double standards in issuing arrest warrants. |
| 2023 | Osvaldo Zavala Giler becomes the current Registrar of the International Criminal Court, serving from 2023 to present. |
| December 2023 | Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva suggests Putin could potentially be arrested if he attends BRICS and G20 summits in Brazil, noting that any arrest would be decided by independent courts. |
| December 18 2023 | Dominic Ongwen was transferred to a Norwegian prison after being sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| December 18 2023 | Bosco Ntaganda was transferred to a Norwegian prison, serving a 25-year sentence for 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| October 31 2023 | Israeli families of over 34 victims of the 2023 Hamas-led attack filed an Article 15 communication with the ICC prosecutor's office, urging an investigation into the killings and abductions. The ICC confirmed receipt of the filing. |
| October 8 2023 | ICC judges determine reasonable grounds to believe war crimes were committed by both Israeli and Hamas leaders, including allegations of starvation, murder, targeting civilians, and hostage-taking. |
| September 2023 | Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reiterated that Putin would risk arrest if he entered Brazil, following previous discussions about the 2024 G20 summit. |
| July 19 2023 | South Africa announced that Vladimir Putin would not attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Durban 'by mutual agreement', with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attending in Putin's place. |
| March 2023 | Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov publicly announced Russia's refusal to recognize the ICC's arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, stating that Russia does not recognize the Court's jurisdiction. |
| March 17 2023 | The ICC simultaneously issued arrest warrants for Russian military officers Viktor Sokolov, Sergey Kobylash, Sergei Shoigu, and Valery Gerasimov, accusing them of directing attacks on civilian objects and committing 'inhumane acts' under the Rome Statute. |
| March 17 2023 | ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for child abductions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| December 16 2022 | The ICC announced the completion of the investigation phase, issuing arrest warrants for three high-ranking officials in the Russian-backed South Ossetian government who remained at large. |
| December 15 2022 | An unnamed defendant's guilt and verdict were confirmed by the appeals chamber for 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| December 14 2022 | Dominic Ongwen was transferred to a Belgian prison after being found guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
| November 26 2022 | An unnamed individual returned to Côte d'Ivoire after confirmation of their acquittal. |
| September 2022 | Lvova-Belova, Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, described the 'integration' process of abducted Ukrainian children, claiming their initially hostile attitudes towards Russia and Putin gradually 'turned into love'. |
| September 27 2022 | Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment. |
| September 27 2022 | An unnamed individual died, with proceedings withdrawn on 14 October 2022. |
| September 26 2022 | Paul Gicheru died on the night of 26/27 September while awaiting the results of his ICC trial for allegedly perverting the course of justice through witness intimidation and bribery. |
| September 18 2022 | Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was released from prison. |
| August 2022 | Gyunduz Mamedov, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, stated that the deportation of over 300,000 Ukrainian children to Russia could be a key method of proving genocide. |
| June 2022 | President Bongbong Marcos takes office and maintains that the ICC has no jurisdiction in the Philippines. |
| June 30 2022 | The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber issued arrest warrants for three de facto South Ossetian officials - Mikhail Mindzaev (Minister of Internal Affairs), Hamlet Guchmazov (head of a detention centre in Tskhinvali), and David Sanakoev (Presidential Representative for Human Rights of South Ossetia) - for war crimes committed during the 2008 war in Georgia. |
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