CAR: a special criminal court to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity by RFI published on 2018-05-30T14:01:43Z In the Central African Republic, a Special Criminal Court to try war crimes and crimes against humanity will start formal investigation next week. After three years of debate, the parliament finally passed the law, making it possible for the court to investigate the worst crimes committed between 2003 and 2015. The tribunal is based in the CAR and is composed of both national and international judges Some 2 000 UN police are helping national authorities to arrest high-profile suspects Marieke Hopman (Twitter @marieke_hopman) is a researcher at Maastricht University. She told RFI's Zeenat Hansrod (Twitter @zxnt) about some of the cases the Special Court will be investigating Genre News & Politics