ICC Trial Chamber VI set its judgment in the Central African Republic case of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani for 23 September 2026

18 October 2026

Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court announced that it would deliver its judgment on conviction or acquittal in The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani on 23 September 2026 at 11:00 The Hague local time. The Court said the judgment would be read out in public in ICC Courtroom I and transmitted live through its website in English, French and Sango. The judgment was read out in public in ICC Courtroom I and transmitted live through the Court's website in English, French and Sango. Under article 74 of the Rome Statute the judges either acquit or convict, and either party may appeal to the ICC Appeals Chamber. The charges in the case concern crimes against humanity and war crimes at the Office Central de Repression du Banditisme in Bangui, Central African Republic, in 2013. The trial opened on 26 September 2022 and ran for 130 hearings, in which the Chamber heard 58 witnesses called by the Prosecution and 3 by the Defence. Thirty-two victims were granted the right to participate in the proceedings, and the Chamber was presided over by Judge Miatta Maria Samba.