SUDAN CONGO LIBERIA IVORY COAST PAYS-BAS La Haye The most famous accused IN MINUTES News and events — visually The day after the former Ivorian head of state appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC), demons trations against election proceedings in Congo became unruly in two Canadian cities. The election, marred by violence and massive logistical problems, has many similarities with the case against the country’s former president, 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 119 signatories. • The prosecutor after approval of a Board of Judges. • The Security Council of the UN (the ICC’s jurisdiction may be exercised in a non-signatory). • The ICC will act only if a national court cannot or will not consider itself an acknowledgment. • The perpetrators of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity (torture, rape, deportation ...) committed after July 1, 2002. Charles Taylor Former President of Liberia. Imprisoned in April 2006. Must respond to eleven charges including incitement to civil war between 1989 and 2003. Pending case. Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC. He is being prosecuted on four counts of crimes against humanity: Murder, rape and other sexual violence, persecution and other inhuman acts, between Nov. 28, 2010 and May 2011. According to his arrest warrant, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Gbagbo and his “inner circle” allegedly planned to target civ ilians. Congolese protests in Canada Elections TORONTO OTTAWA • At least three people were arrested after demonstrators threw rocks, fired air guns and spray 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 took to the streets in Toronto and Ottawa to bring attention to their country’s election. The protesters believe the elections were fixed and they want 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 injured in 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 Democratic Republic of Congo. Incarcerated in July 2008. Accused of sexual crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the incursions of its troops in the Central African Republic (from October 2002 to March 2003). Omar el-Bechir President of Sudan accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. Case pending. Early reports suggest Congolese President Joseph Kabila appears to have won another five years in oce with nearly half the vote. The country will not know ocially until Thursday due to a 48 hour delay in the release of final results. Mass protests have been promised by opposition leaders if Kabila is declared the winner, with many fearing the nation could return to the conflict of the past decades. Dec. 6 is the day the Deomcratic Republic of Congo was supposed to learn who their next president would be, yet that date has come and gone. The government has blocked text message comunications, banks are closing, hotels emptying and riot police patrol the streets.