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title: Burundi
country: burundi
published: true
date: 2015-02-23T19:22:00.000Z
phase: 'Preliminary Examinations, Initial Assessment'
link_to_more_information: 'https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/african%20states/Pages/burundi.aspx'
description: "Since April 2015, \_the situation in Burundi has repeatedly called upon all involved to refrain from violence, warning that those alleged to be committing crimes falling within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (\"ICC\" or \"the Court\") could be held individually accountable."
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title: Burundi
country: burundi
published: true
date: 2015-02-23T19:22:00.000Z
phase: 'Preliminary Examinations, Subject Matter Jurisdiction Assessement'
link_to_more_information: 'https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/african%20states/Pages/burundi.aspx'
description: 'Following national elections in July 2015, growing violence in Burundi led to mass human rights violations and a breakdown in the rule of law. The preliminary examination is currently in phase 2, the subject-matter jurisdiction stage.'
slug: burundi
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Following national elections in July 2015, growing violence in Burundi led to mass human rights violations and a breakdown in the rule of law. This crisis began after President <NAME> announced his third run for office in alleged violation of the country’s constitution. This announcement trigged a failed coup attempt in May 2015 that led to the [death](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35436560) of at least 439 people and the displacement of 250,000 people to neighboring countries. This level of violence mimics the country’s 1993-2006 civil war that left over 300,000 people dead.

Fighting resumed in [December 2015](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35083823) with military attacks against three military camps, security forces and the [*Imbonerakure*](http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/07/07/416827738/above-the-law-a-militia-threatens-to-push-burundi-to-the-brink) (“those who see far” in Kirundi), a rebel group of disarmed fighters, resulting in "extremely disturbing patterns" of [human rights violations](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/burundi-deploy-experts-monitor-violence-151217142631031.html) and violence between the [Hutus and Tutsi](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/world/africa/burundi-crackdown-puts-hutus-and-tutsis-and-the-west-on-edge.html). The United Nations Security Council and African Union tried to mediate the situation but were unsuccessful, resulting in the President’s rejection of their [international peacekeeping efforts](http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12315.doc.htm). Since the onset of violence and fighting in April 2015, there have been allegations of [atrocities](https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/25/burundi-abductions-killings-spread-fear) including unlawful killings, false imprisonment, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, as well as cases of enforced disappearances. In addition, the*Imbonerakure* have no legal right to arrest, yet have been [stopping](https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/06/burundi-spate-arbitrary-arrests-torture) people arbitrarily, beating, and handing them over to the intelligence services, allegedly resulting in cases of torture.

Burundi ratified the Rome Statute on September 21, 2004. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced the [opening](https://www.icc-cpi.int//Pages/item.aspx?name=otp-stat-25-04-2016) of a preliminary examination on April 25, 2016. The [preliminary examination](https://www.icc-cpi.int/burundi) is currently in phase 2, the subject-matter jurisdiction stage.

For more information on the preliminary examination in Burundi, please visit the [ICC page](https://www.icc-cpi.int/burundi).
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