The Court can only prosecute crimes that were committed on or after 1 July 2002, the date its founding treaty entered into force. Since its establishment, the ICC has been involved in the prosecution of some high-profile war criminals in the former Yugoslavia, Liberia, and Congo, including the former President of Yogoslavia, Slobodan Milošević (whose trial ended without a verdict after he was found dead in his cell in March 2006), and former Liberian President Charles Taylor