Is The Hague being used only against continent’s leaders?

A detailed feasibility study by the ICC identified a suitable location in Ituri and concluded that holding at least part of the trial was possible.

However, the Congolese government informed the court that the location identified was inappropriate, citing security reasons.

Katanga, the alleged former commander of the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri, surrendered and was transferred to the ICC custody in 2007, after the court issued a warrant of arrest.

Chui, former leader of the National Integrationist Front, was arrested by the Congolese authorities and transferred to the ICC in February 2008.

Both Katanga and Chui are being prosecuted for their roles in crimes allegedly committed during and after the joint attack on the village of Bogoro in 2003.

While Thomas Lubanga and Katanga were already in detention in the DRC prior to the ICC requests for their surrender to the court, Chui was a free man, who was involved in the disarmament and demobilisation process and himself a beneficiary of the amnesty offer.

His subsequent arrest and transfer to the ICC was the first arrest as a result of a request by the court.