The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Nouradine Adam

Case Sheet · ICC

The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Nouradine Adam

Situation Situation in the Central African Republic II
Status Pre-Trial · At Large

Context

Mahamat Nouradine Adam is an alleged senior leader of the Seleka coalition in the Central African Republic. He is suspected of responsibility for crimes committed in detention facilities, including at the Office Central de Répression du Banditisme (OCRB), in Bangui in 2013. The ICC issued a warrant of arrest under seal on 7 January 2019, which was unsealed on 28 July 2022. The suspect remains at large.

Pre-Trial

Application for Arrest warrant 30 October 2018
Arrest warrant 7 January 2019 (under seal) · Unsealed 28 July 2022
Crimes at arrest warrant
Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty · art. 7(1)(e) RS
Crime against humanity of torture · art. 7(1)(f) RS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 7(1)(h) RS
Crime against humanity of enforced disappearance of persons · art. 7(1)(i) RS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 7(1)(k) RS
War crimes
War crime of cruel treatment · art. 8(2)(c)(i)-3 RS
War crime of torture · art. 8(2)(c)(i)-4 RS

Key Documents

Warrant of arrest (unsealed) Warrant of Arrest for Mahamat Nouradine Adam (2019, unsealed 2022)
ICC case page Official ICC page — The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Nouradine Adam