Court Secrets

This investigation analyzes the criminal policy instituted by the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo.

Court Secrets is a project by EIC.network which will publish a series of articles based on over 40,000 documents, financial statements, diplomatic cables and correspondence, cross-checked with public sources.

These documents, obtained by Mediapart (France) and shared with EIC.network, throw light on how his actions deeply tainted and discredited this international court, established by 124 countries to prosecute warlords and dictators, perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The Court Secrets investigative project was undertaken by the network European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), which has brought together over 20 journalists based in 11 countries from Africa and Europe.

Follow #CourtSecrets or @EICnetwork to keep up with the stories.

We will be uploading all our stories below, published in different languages and on different platforms. A record of reactions or references to our stories are collected using annotations here. Here we publish some of the documents that support our stories.

Publications

ANCIR [EN]

Revealed: Kofi Annan planned to block Uhuru from presidency
How Moreno Ocampo targeted John Michuki, and his lucky escape
Ocampo, the showman who bestrode ICC like a colossus
Evidence shows Fatou Bensouda regularly consulted Luis Ocampo
Der Spiegel [DE, EN]

Auf der falschen Seite
Ex-Chefankläger Ocampo beschützte libyschen Milliardär
Wie sich der Chefankläger des Weltstrafgerichts an die dunkle Seite verriet
The Ocampo Affair A Former ICC Chief's Dubious Links
Ocampo's Offshore Companies
„Meine liebe Angie“
Gestern war wundervoll
Die Unwahrheiten der Chefanklägerin
Current ICC Chief Prosecutor Weighed Down by Predecessor
El Mundo [ES]

Luis Moreno Ocampo, ex fiscal del TPI, tuvo al menos una empresa 'offshore' durante su mandato
Angelina Jolie y otras figuras de la 'jet set': el gabinete secreto de Ocampo
Expresso [PT]

Fuga de informação expõe segredos comprometedores do Tribunal Penal Internacional
L'Espresso [IT]

Dal tribunale dell'Onu ai crimini di guerra in Libia: ecco come Ocampo ha aiutato Haftar
Luis Moreno Ocampo e le sue società offshore
Le Soir [BE]

CPI: les réseaux de l’ombre du procureur Ocampo
L’aveu d’Ocampo enregistré: «Mon salaire n’était pas suffisant»
Ocampo et l’argent: «J’essaye de faire quelques millions supplémentaires et je reviens»
Cour pénale internationale: le lobbying peu conventionnel du procureur Ocampo en faveur des Yézidis
Comment Ocampo a protégé le Kényan Kenyatta
Le drôle de jeu de la Cour pénale internationale en Côte d’Ivoire
Cour pénale internationale: Ocampo aimait se confier aux people
Comment Ocampo a limité les pouvoirs de contrôle de la Cour pénale internationale
Mediapart [FR, EN, ES]

Ocampo: «Mon salaire n'était pas suffisant»
Le business du crime de guerre
«Les Secrets de la Cour»: une semaine de révélations
Conflits d’intérêts et rémunérations cachées à la Cour pénale internationale
Crimes contre l’humanité au Kenya: l’incroyable double jeu du procureur
Procès Gbagbo: les preuves d’un montage
La CPI ouvre une enquête après les révélations de Mediapart
Angelina Jolie, Omidyar et le Qatar: le cabinet caché du procureur Ocampo
CPI: comment le procureur Ocampo a organisé son impunité
Nacional [HR, EN]

Ocampo se pokušava pomiriti s krivim ljudima u Libiji
Zarađivanje novih milijuna
Ocampova lobiranja za Jezide i sukob interesa glasnogovornice Međunarodnog kaznenog suda
Slučaj Gbagbo: dokaz manipulacije
Angelina Jolie, Omidyar i Katar: tajni kabinet tužitelja Ocampe
NRC [NL]

Strafhofgeheimen: de aanklager, de warlord & de oliemiljardair
Medewerker van Strafhof betaald voor lobby bij het hof
Lobbyen met een valse identiteit
‘Nog een paar miljoen verdienen’
Hoe de grootste vis aan het Strafhof ontkwam
Aanklager deelde geheime informatie internationaal strafhof met actrice
Oud-hoofdaanklager hinderde Internationaal Strafhof
‘Ocampo had verkeerde strategie’
Op schurkenjacht in afrika met Angelina Jolie
The Black Sea [EN, TR ]

Secrets of the International Criminal Court Revealed
Secrets of the International Criminal Court: The Kenya U-Turn
International Criminal Court secrets: the Yezidi Lobby Scandal
Secrets of the International Criminal Court: Jolie, Clooney and the World Fixer Psychosis
International Criminal Court Secrets Fallout: Misleading Statements and Official Inquiry
The Sunday Times [EN]

Insight: Luis Moreno Ocampo, war crimes prosecutor, tipped off Gadaffi crony Hassan Tatanaki
Revealed: ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo’s link to friend of the Gadaffis
Angelina Jolie ‘volunteered’ to snare warlord Joseph Kony in dinner honeytrap

The team

Initiators

Mediapart (Fabrice Arfi)

Participants

Reporters: Fabrice Arfi, Stéphanie Maupas, Fanny Pigeaud (Mediapart), Sven Becker, Marian Blasberg, Dietmar Pieper (Der Spiegel), Hanneke Chin-A-Fo (NRC Handelsblad), Amanda Strydom, (ANCIR); Michael Bird, Zeynep Sentek, Craig Shaw (RCIJ/TBS); Blaž Zgaga (Nacional); Alain Lallemand, Joël Matriche (Le Soir); Paula Guisado (El Mundo); Stefano Vergine (L’Espresso); Micael Pereira (Expresso); Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnott (The Sunday Times).

Tech and info-design: Alex Morega, Gabriel Vijiala (RCIJ/TBS); Stephan Heffner (DER SPIEGEL); Nicolas Barthe-Dejean, Donatien Huet (Mediapart); Marien Jonkers (NRC Handelsblad)

Project Guide:

Ștefan Cândea