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==Current Investigations and Trials of the ICC==
 
==Current Investigations and Trials of the ICC==
  
Since its creation, the ICC has received complaints of alleged crimes in at least 139 countries. As of March, 2010, the Prosecutor had opened investigations of just five situations, in the nations of: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Central African Republic, Darfur, Kenya, and Uganda.  
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Since its creation, the ICC has received complaints of alleged crimes in at least 139 countries. As of March, 2010, the Prosecutor had opened investigations into just five crimes in the nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Central African Republic, Darfur, Kenya, and Uganda.  
  
 
The ICC began its first trial, that of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, on January 26, 2009. The ICC's second trial, that of Congolese militia leaders Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, began on Novermber 24, 2009. <ref> http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Situations+and+Cases/ </ref>
 
The ICC began its first trial, that of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, on January 26, 2009. The ICC's second trial, that of Congolese militia leaders Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, began on Novermber 24, 2009. <ref> http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Situations+and+Cases/ </ref>

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