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ICC Fugitives
The people the International Criminal Court is looking for, and whom no one has yet handed over.
Last checked: September 27, 2026
When the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant, its judges have already examined the Prosecutor’s evidence. They have concluded that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the person committed genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. From that moment, the 125 states that have joined the Court are obliged to arrest that person if they set foot on their territory. But the Court has no police: it depends entirely on the will of governments. This page lists the people for whom that will has, so far, been missing.
We did not choose the names. The list is the Court’s: presidents and militia leaders, Russians and Israelis, Taliban and Sudanese, Libyans and Filipinos. That is exactly why it is a mirror of international justice: it shows to whom the rule applies, and how little it takes to escape it.
How to read this page
- Everyone listed is presumed innocent until a final conviction (art. 66 of the Rome Statute). A warrant is not a verdict: it is the decision to put someone on trial.
- We list only the warrants the Court has made public. Others may exist under seal.
- For each entry we show the public document available: the text of the warrant, often redacted, or only a press release, when the judges keep the warrant confidential to protect witnesses and investigations.
- The primary source is the Court’s “Defendants” page. The list changes with every arrest, death or withdrawal: the date of the last check is shown at the top.
1. Fugitives with a warrant in force — 30 people
Ukraine — Russia
Warrant March 17, 2023. War crimes: unlawful deportation and transfer of children from the occupied areas of Ukraine.
On September 3, 2024 he was received in Mongolia, a state party, without being arrested. On October 24, 2024 the Court found that Mongolia had failed to comply and referred the matter to the Assembly of States Parties.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Two warrants, zero arrests · Fifteen years for a warrant · Manifesto on the Russian Federation
Warrant March 17, 2023. Same crimes.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Fifteen years for a warrant · Manifesto on the Russian Federation
Warrant March 5, 2024. Attacks on Ukrainian civilian electricity infrastructure: war crimes and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts.
Warrant March 5, 2024. Same crimes.
Warrant June 24, 2024. Same crimes.
Warrant June 24, 2024. Same crimes.
Palestine — Israel
Warrant November 21, 2024. War crime of starvation as a method of warfare; crimes against humanity of murder, persecution and other inhumane acts.
From April 3 to 6, 2025 he visited Hungary, a state party, without being arrested. On July 24, 2025 the Court found that Hungary had failed to comply and referred the matter to the Assembly of States Parties. The government of the day had begun withdrawing from the Court, but on May 29, 2026 the new government revoked the withdrawal: Hungary remains a state party.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Two warrants, zero arrests · A mayor, an arrest warrant · Manifesto on the State of Israel
Warrant November 21, 2024. Same crimes.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Two warrants, zero arrests · Manifesto on the State of Israel
A third warrant, for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, was closed on February 26, 2025 after his death was confirmed.
Afghanistan — Taliban
Warrant July 8, 2025. Crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Afghanistan: the ICC charges the Taliban leadership · The full-face veil and the state · Three ways to erase a woman
Warrant July 8, 2025. Same crime.
Document Court press release only (warrant under seal)
On this site Afghanistan: the ICC charges the Taliban leadership · Three ways to erase a woman
Libya
Warrant January 18, 2025. Crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence, from February 2015 onwards.
Arrested in Turin on January 19, 2025, he was released two days later on procedural grounds and flown back to Libya. In October 2025 the Court found that Italy had breached its duty to cooperate, and in January 2026 referred it to the Assembly of States Parties. In Libya he was arrested in November 2025, and on June 21, 2026 a Tripoli court sentenced him to 7 years and 4 months for torture at Mitiga. He has challenged the jurisdiction of The Hague, arguing that the Libyan trial covers the same conduct: the decision is pending and the warrant remains in force.
Document Court press release
Warrant November 10, 2020, made public August 8, 2025. War crimes: executions of prisoners in Benghazi (2016-2017).
Warrant April 6, 2023. War crimes in Tarhuna (2015-2020), where mass graves were discovered.
Warrant July 18, 2023. Same events.
Al Shaqaqi is reported to have been arrested in Libya, but his current status is unknown and he has not been handed over to the Court.
Sudan — Darfur
Warrant March 4, 2009 and July 12, 2010. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
He has travelled to several states parties, including Chad, Djibouti, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa, without being arrested.
Document Court page on the Darfur situation
On this site Sudan: the offensive on El-Obeid · Glossary: the International Criminal Court
Warrant April 27, 2007. Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
Document Court page on the Darfur situation
Warrant March 1, 2012. Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
Document Court page on the Darfur situation
Georgia — South Ossetia, 2008
Warrant June 24, 2022. War crimes of unlawful confinement, torture and inhuman treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, hostage-taking and unlawful transfer of civilians, committed from 8 to 27 August 2008 against at least 171 Georgian civilians.
Document redacted text of the warrants, from the Court press release
Warrant June 24, 2022. Hostage-taking and unlawful transfer of civilians.
Document redacted text of the warrants, from the Court press release
Uganda
Warrant July 8, 2005. Crimes against humanity and war crimes, including abduction of children, sexual slavery and murder.
In November 2025 the Court confirmed the charges in his absence; the trial, however, cannot begin without him.
Document redacted text of the warrant
On this site Glossary: the International Criminal Court
Mali
Warrant July 18, 2017, made public in 2024. Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Timbuktu (2012-2013).
Document redacted text of the warrant
Central African Republic
Warrant January 7, 2019, made public July 28, 2022. Crimes against humanity and war crimes: imprisonment, torture, persecution, enforced disappearance and cruel treatment in the regime’s detention centres (2013).
According to Human Rights Watch, he moves between Chad and Sudan.
Document redacted text of the warrant
Philippines
Warrant November 6, 2025, made public May 11, 2026. Crime against humanity of murder in the “war on drugs”, with at least 32 victims between July 2016 and April 2018.
In May 2026 he evaded arrest by staying for days inside the Senate building, which he later left. The Philippines left the Court in 2019, but the Court has confirmed its jurisdiction over earlier events. His superior, former President Rodrigo Duterte, was surrendered to The Hague in March 2025 and on April 23, 2026 was committed to trial.
Kenya — offences against the administration of justice
Warrant August 2, 2013 and March 10, 2015. Offences against the administration of justice in the trials over the 2007-2008 post-election violence.
Document Court page on the Kenya situation
Uncertain cases, not counted in the total
Warrant June 27, 2011. Crimes against humanity of murder and persecution (2011).
Killed in Zintan on February 3, 2026. The Court’s profile does not yet appear updated and the proceedings have not been formally closed.
Document Court profile
Warrant July 13, 2012. War crimes in Kivu (2009-2010).
According to press reports he was killed in September 2019. We have not found a Court decision closing the proceedings.
When states cooperate
Not every warrant stays on paper. Ali Kushayb, a Darfur militia leader, was surrendered in 2020 and sentenced to 20 years in December 2025. The Libyan Khaled El Hishri, arrested in Germany, was surrendered in December 2025 and his trial will open in May 2027. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a Séléka commander, was convicted in September 2026. The warrant against Abdallah Banda (Darfur), on the other hand, was vacated on July 23, 2026, after the charges were withdrawn.
2. Warrant requests awaiting a decision
The Prosecutor can ask the judges to issue a warrant. Until the judges decide, the person is not formally charged. We list only the requests the Prosecutor’s Office has announced publicly.
Request November 27, 2024. Crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya (August-December 2017). Awaiting a decision for almost two years.
Document statement by the Prosecutor
On this site The ICJ on the Rohingya genocide
Why it concerns Italy too
Italy ratified the Rome Statute in 1999, but has never written into its criminal code the full set of crimes the Court tries. Law 237 of 2012 only governs cooperation with The Hague. In March 2023 the government approved a bill introducing the crime of aggression and extending war crimes, postponing crimes against humanity to a later text; it has not moved since. In July 2025 a more complete proposal (AC 2522, first signatory Laura Boldrini) was tabled in the Chamber of Deputies and assigned to the Justice Committee. The Almasri case shows what this means in practice: a wanted man arrested on Italian soil and sent home.