Simone Gbagbo was indicted on 29 February 2012 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. As the wife of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, Ms. Gbagbo is alleged to have co-organized, as a member of her husband's inner circle of advisers, a policy targeting against civilians during post-election violence that began on 28 November 2010. National security forces, the National Armed Forces, militias, and mercenaries acting pursuant to the policy are alleged to have murdered, raped, persecuted, and inhumanly treated civilians who were perceived to be supporters of Alassane Ouattara, Laurent Gbagbo's opponent in the 2010 presidential election. According to the arrest warrant, the crimes occurred in and around Abidjan, including in the vicinity of the Golf Hotel, and in the western part of the country from 16 December 2010 to 12 April 2011. Gbagbo was detained by Ivorian forces loyal to Ouattara in the presidential residence on 11 April 2011. On 22 November 2012 the warrant of arrest was unsealed. On 11 December 2014, the Pre-Trial Chamber dismissed Côte d'Ivoire's challenge to the admissibility of the case, finding that the domestic investigation was deficient and that Côte d'Ivoire's obligation to transfer Gbagbo to the Court remained in force. Irrespective of the Pre-Trial Chamber's order, the domestic prosecution in Côte d'Ivoire of Gbagbo continued, and on 10 March 2015 a court sentenced her to 20 years' imprisonment for "undermining state security, disturbing public order and organising armed gangs" during the post-election violence. However, on 7 August 2018, Ivorian President Ouattara pardoned Gbagbo along with hundreds of other people convicted of post-election violence.