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The mostfamous accused

IN MINUTES News and events — visually 

The day after the former Ivorian head of state appeared before theInternational Criminal Court (ICC), demonstrations against electionproceedings in Congo became unruly in two Canadian cities. Theelection, marred by violence and massive logistical problems, hasmany similarities with the case against the country’s formerpresident, Laurent Gbagbo.

Sources: Reuters; AFP; Radio-Canada; Le Figaro; RFI.fr

CONGOLESE VIOLENCE

 Against whom?

What is the ICC?A tribunal held in The Hague (Netherlands) to try the perpetra-tors of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Who can enter? In which case?• One of 119signatories.

• The prosecutor afterapproval of a Board ofJudges.

• The Security Councilof the UN (the ICC’s jurisdiction may beexercised in anon-signatory).

• The ICC will act only if a nationalcourt cannot or will not consideritself an acknowledgment.

• The perpetrators of warcrimes, genocide, crimesagainst humanity (torture,rape, deportation ...)committed after July 1, 2002.

Charles Taylor

Former President of Liberia. Imprisoned inApril 2006. Must respond to eleven chargesincluding incitement to civil war between1989 and 2003. Pending case.

Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be triedby the ICC. He is being prosecuted on four countsof crimes against humanity: Murder, rape and othersexual violence, persecution and other inhumanacts, between Nov. 28, 2010 and May 2011.

According to his arrest warrant, there arereasonable grounds to believe that

Gbagbo and his “inner circle” allegedlyplanned to target civilians.

Congoleseprotests inCanada

Elections

TORONTO

OTTAWA

• At least three people were arrested after

demonstrators threw rocks, fired air guns andspray painted the DRC Embassy in Ottawa

• One man was injured by a thrown rock• Police were forced to use pepper spray and a

stun gun to disperse/arrest protesters• One RCMP ocer suered minor injuries• Police vehicles were damaged

Congolese protesters tookto the streets in Toronto

and Ottawa to bringattention to theircountry’s election. Theprotesters believe theelections were fixed and theywant political leaders in the U.S.and Canada to take action.

• A small group of protesters became violent• Three people were arrested• No one was injured• Reports of dirt being thrown at police

ocers

18 people killed, 

100 injuredin violence leading up

to the Nov. 28 vote.

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; I NFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

Joseph Kabila

Jean-Pierre Bemba

Former Vice President of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo. Incarcerated in July2008. Accused of sexual crimes, warcrimes and crimes against humanitycommitted during the incursions of itstroops in the Central African Republic(from October 2002 to March 2003).

Omar el-Bechir

President of Sudanaccused of genocide,crimes againsthumanity and war

crimes in Darfur.Case pending.

Early reports suggest CongolesePresident Joseph Kabila appears to havewon another five years in oce withnearly half the vote. The country will not

know ocially until Thursday due to a48 hour delay in the release of finalresults. Mass protests have been

promised by opposition leaders ifKabila is declared the winner,

with many fearing the nationcould return to the conflict

of the past decades.

Dec. 6 is the day the Deomcratic Republicof Congo was supposed to learn who theirnext president would be, yet that date hascome and gone. The government hasblocked text message comunications,banks are closing, hotels emptying and riotpolice patrol the streets.