Mokom Gawaka Surrendered to ICC [1]
On March 14, 2022 the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced [3] that Mr. Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka (Mokom Gawaka) had surrounded to the Court following a warrant for his arrest on charges of “war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Bangui and other locations in the Central African Republic ("CAR") in 2013 and 2014.” The Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that Mokom Gawaka is responsible for “crimes against humanity consisting in (attempted) murder, extermination, deportation or forcible transfer of population, imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty, torture, persecution, enforced disappearance and other inhumane acts,” among other crimes. Mr. Mokom is suspected of committing these crimes “jointly with others and/or through others in furtherance of a policy to target the Muslim population and others perceived to support the Seleka or to be "foreigners" in Bangui and in western CAR”; or to have aided, abetted or otherwise assisted in the commission or attempted commission of these crimes.