Gerasimov

Title
Gerasimov
About Defendant

Born on 8 September 1955, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation at the time of the alleged conduct

Shoigu

Title
Shoigu
About Defendant

Born on 21 May 1955, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation at the time of the alleged conduct.

Case
  • Pre-trial

The ICC warrant of arrest was issued under seal on 18 July 2017. The warrant was unsealed on 21 June 2024. The suspect is still at large.

Next steps: Until Iyad Ag Ghaly is arrested and transferred to the seat of the Court in The Hague, the case will remain in the Pre-Trial stage. The ICC does not try individuals unless they are present in the courtroom.: Until Iyad Ag Ghaly is arrested and transferred to the seat of the Court in The Hague, the case will remain in the Pre-Trial stage. The ICC does not try individuals unless they are present in the courtroom.

Iyad Ag Ghaly

Title
Iyad Ag Ghaly
About Defendant

Mr Ghaly, also known as "Abou Fadl”, was born in the Kidal region, is of Malian nationality, of Tuareg ethnicity, and a member of the Ifoghas tribe. There are reasonable grounds to believe that he would be the undisputed leader of Ansar Eddine, which at the time had control of Timbuktu, Mali, jointly with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ("AQIM").

Nouradine

Title
Nouradine
About Defendant

Former Minister of Security, Emigration, Immigration and Public Order between 31 March and 22 August 2013, and the founder of the Convention des Patriotes pour la Justice et la Paix – Fondamentale (CPJP-F)

Arrest warrant: 7 January 2019; unsealed on 28 July 2022

Mindzaev

Title
Mindzaev
About Defendant

National of Russia, born on 28 September 1955 in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia; previously a senior police officer with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and, from 2005 until at least 31 October 2008, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the de facto South Ossetian administration .

Arrest warrant: issued under seal on 24 June 2022 ; redacted version: 30 June 2022

Guchmazov

Title
Guchmazov
About Defendant

National of Russia and presumably Georgia, born on 9 July 1976 in South Ossetia, Georgia; former head of a detention centre in Tskhinvali (the so-called ‘Isolator’ or ‘KPZ’ detention centre)  

Arrest warrant: issued under seal on 24 June 2022 ; redacted version: 30 June 2022

Sanakoev

Title
Sanakoev
About Defendant

Born on 14 December 1976 in Tskhinvali, Georgia; former Presidential Representative for Human Rights of the de facto South Ossetian administration, also known as Ombudsman

Arrest warrant: issued under seal on 24 June 2022 ; redacted version: 30 June 2022

Mokom

Title
Mokom
About Defendant

National of the Central African Republic. Alleged former National Coordinator of Operations of the Anti-Balaka.

Arrest warrant: issued under seal on 10 December 2018

Simone Gbagbo

Title
Simone Gbagbo
About Defendant

Ivorian national. Arrest warrant: 29 February 2012 - Unsealed on 22 November 2012 – Vacated on 19 July 2021