ICC Prosecutor Opens Second Investigation into the Central African Republic (September 24, 2014) [1]
On September 24, 2014, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, issued a report [3] on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) concluding “there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the Situation in the CAR II” in regard to events that have taken place since 2012. According to the press release [4], in February 2014, Bensouda began a new preliminary investigation into alleged crimes in CAR, and in May 2014, the transitional government of CAR referred the situation to the Office of the Prosecutor. After a review of the information, Bensouda concluded that there is “a reasonable basis to believe that both the Séléka and the anti-balaka groups have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape, forced displacement, persecution, pillaging, attacks against humanitarian missions and the use of children under fifteen in combat.”