No one

is above the law

 most significant cases against 

heads of state and some others for core international crimes 

Afghanistan

Hibatullah Akhundzada

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of the ICC on July 8, 2025.

Argentina

Jorge Rafael Videla

Life imprisonment

Bosnia and hercegovina

Radovan Karadzic

Life imprisonment

Ratko Mladic

Life imprisonment

cambodia

Khieu Samphan

Life imprisonment

Chad

Hissène habré

Life imprisonment

Chile

Augusto Pinochet

Arrested in 1998 in the UK, released on medical grounds in 2000 without standing trial. Deceased in 2006.

East-Germany

Erich Honecker

Put on trial in november 1992, but the proceedings ended in January 1993 due to his deteriorating health. 

Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of the ICC on November 21, 2024.

Ivory coast

Laurent Gbagbo

Acquitted by the icc in 2019

Japan

Hideki Tojo

Death by hanging

Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta

Charges withdrawn in 2014 due to Charges withdrawn due to insufficient evidence.

Kosovo

Hashim Thaci

Currently on trial at the Kosovo Tribunal

Liberia

Charles Taylor

Life imprisonment

Myanmar

Min Aung Hlaing

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of the ICC on November 27, 2024. 

An additional arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of Argentina on February 14, 2025.

Philippines

Rodrigo Roa Duterte

Currently on trial at the ICC

Russia

Vladimir Putin

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issed by the prosecutor of the ICC on march 17, 2023.

Rwanda

Jean Kambanda

Life imprisonment

Serbia

Slobodan Milosevic

Deceased while standing trial

Sudan

Omar Al-Bashir

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of the ICC on March 4, 2009. 

A second arrest warrant was issued on July 12, 2010.  

Suriname

Desi Bouterse

20 years imprisonment

Syria

Bashar Al-Assad

Fugitive. 

uganda

Joseph Kony

Fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued by the prosecutor of the ICC on July 8, 2005. It was amended on september 27, 2005.