The initial appearance of Charles Blé Goudé before the single Judge of the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, is scheduled for Thursday 27 March 2014, at 10:00 (The Hague local time). Charles Blé Goudé was surrendered to the ICC by the national authorities of Côte d´Ivoire on 22 March 2014 following a warrant of arrest issued by the ICC on 21 December 2011.

Case: The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo

On 19 February 2013, the confirmation of charges hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo, to be heard by Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is scheduled to start at 14:30 (The Hague local time).

The following informational materials are now available:

Situation:Côte d’Ivoire
Case:The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo

On 19 February 2013, the confirmation of charges hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo will start before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at 14:30 (The Hague local time). 

Situation: Côte d'Ivoire
Case: The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé

A Press Conference on the commencement of the trial in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé will be held on Wednesday 27 January 2016 at 16:00 (The Hague local time) in the Press Briefing Room of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (Netherlands). The conference will also be webstreamed live on the Court's website. 

Situation: Côte d'Ivoire
Case: The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé

The trial in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé is scheduled to open on Thursday, 28 January 2016, at 09:30 (The Hague local time), before Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, composed of presiding Judge Cuno Tarfusser (Italy), Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia (Dominican Republic) and Judge Geoffrey Henderson (Trinidad and Tobago).

Situation: Côte d'Ivoire
Case: The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé

Today, 28 January 2016, the trial in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, before Trial Chamber I, which is composed of Presiding Judge Cuno Tarfusser (Italy), Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia (Dominican Republic) and Judge Geoffrey Henderson (Trinidad and Tobago).

Mr President, Your Honours,

Messrs Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé are charged with crimes against humanity - murder, rape, serious injury and persecution committed in Abidjan following the presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire in 2010.