The Prosecutor v. Gamlet Guchmazov, Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev and David Georgiyevich Sanakoev
Case Sheet · ICC
The Prosecutor v. Gamlet Guchmazov, Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev and David Georgiyevich Sanakoev
| Situation | Situation in Georgia |
| Status | Pre-Trial · At Large |
Context
Gamlet Guchmazov, Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev and David Georgiyevich Sanakoev are suspected of war crimes allegedly committed during the 2008 armed conflict between Russia and Georgia. All three suspects are not in ICC custody.
Pre-Trial
| Application for arrest warrants | 10 March 2022 |
| Arrest warrants | 24 June 2022 (under seal) · Unsealed 30 June 2022 |
| Crimes at arrest warrants | Gamlet Guchmazov War crimes War crime of torture · art. 8(2)(a)(ii)-1 RS War crime of inhuman treatment · art. 8(2)(a)(ii)-2 RS War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer · art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-1 RS War crime of unlawful confinement · art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-2 RS War crime of taking hostages · art. 8(2)(a)(viii) RS War crime of outrages upon personal dignity · art. 8(2)(b)(xxi) RS Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev War crimes War crime of torture · art. 8(2)(a)(ii)-1 RS War crime of inhuman treatment · art. 8(2)(a)(ii)-2 RS War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer · art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-1 RS War crime of unlawful confinement · art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-2 RS War crime of taking hostages · art. 8(2)(a)(viii) RS War crime of outrages upon personal dignity · art. 8(2)(b)(xxi) RS David Georgiyevich Sanakoev War crimes War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer · art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-1 RS War crime of taking hostages · art. 8(2)(a)(viii) RS |
Key Documents
| Application for Arrest warrants | Application for Warrants of Arrest (2022) |
| Arrest warrants decision | Decision on the Issuance of Warrants of Arrest (2022) |
| Warrant of arrest — Guchmazov | Warrant of Arrest for Gamlet Guchmazov (2022) |
| Warrant of arrest — Mindzaev | Warrant of Arrest for Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev (2022) |
| Warrant of arrest — Sanakoev | Warrant of Arrest for David Georgiyevich Sanakoev (2022) |
| ICC case page | Official ICC page — The Prosecutor v. Guchmazov, Mindzaev and Sanakoev |