The investigation in Honduras will focus on the June 2009 coup d’état in which Manuel Zelaya was removed from power in the Central American state. The Prosecutor has, as yet, declined to give further details on the investigation in Nigeria.
In January 2010, hundreds of people were killed following clashes between Christian and Muslim groups near the city of Jos in central Nigeria.
Proprio motu powers
Under Article 13 of the Rome Statute, the ICC may only exercise its jurisdiction when a State Party on whose territory crimes were committed or of which an accused is a national refers a situation to the Court, when the UN Security Council acting pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter refers a situation, or when the Prosecutor initiates an investigation proprio motu. According to Article 15, the Prosecutor may exercise this latter power on the basis of any serious information received on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.
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