Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Born (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 53)
NationalityDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Other namesMathieu Cui Ngudjolo,
Cui Ngudjolo
Occupation(s)Militia leader, nurse
Known forIndicted and acquitted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges[1]

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui (born 8 October 1970)[2] is a colonel in the Congolese army and a former senior commander of the National Integrationist Front (FNI) and the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri (FRPI).[2]

On 6 February 2008, he was arrested by the Congolese authorities and surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to stand trial on six counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity.[3] The charges include murder, sexual slavery and using children under the age of fifteen to participate actively in hostilities.[2][3]

In December 2012, he was acquitted of war crimes at the Hague by a three-judge panel presided over by Bruno Cotte on the grounds that the prosecution had not proven beyond reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the crimes committed, a decision which led to criticism of the ICC.[4][5] The verdict was appealed on 20 December 2012 and the acquittal was confirmed on 27 February 2015.[1]

He is also known as Mathieu Cui Ngudjolo or Cui Ngudjolo.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ICC_Ngudjolo_closed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d International Criminal Court (6 July 2007). "Warrant of arrest for Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. (208 KB). Retrieved 7 February 2008.
  3. ^ a b International Criminal Court (7 February 2008). Third detainee for the International Criminal Court: Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui Archived 23 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc dec 2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Gaskins, Richard, ed. (2022), "The Trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo", The Congo Trials in the International Criminal Court (2 ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 291–374, doi:10.1017/9781009208772.009, ISBN 978-1-009-20877-2

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