Gbagbo's first comments on the trial and his acquittal since his return to Ivory Coast after a 10-year absence, was met with rousing cheers from supporters in his home village of Mama in southwest Ivory Coast.
The 76-year-old's homecoming will be a key test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer and the wealthiest country in francophone West Africa.
Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony.
The first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal, 75-year-old Gbagbo gave the thumbs up as appeals judges confirmed that he was finally in the clear over a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-11.
On Friday, the ICC ruled that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation.
Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of dozens of charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy relating to women he took as sex slaves.
Laurent Gbagbo was forced out by his rival, Alassane Ouattara, after a brief but bloody civil war that claimed some 3,000 lives.
Paul Gicheru 'surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands pursuant to an arrest warrant' issued by The Hague-based ICC, the court said in a statement.
According to the Sunday Times newspaper, the President called for a strategic retreat at last month's NEC meeting on the ICC decision, following a loss of African support.
After Omar al-Bashir was ousted as the leader of Sudan, the country's new ruling Sovereign Council of Sudan said that it would hand him over to the ICC. But it seems that other options are now being considered. Michelle Nel looks at the options.
The court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in December there was enough evidence for an investigation into thousands of killings - but asked the court to rule on whether it had the jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories.
Ntaganda faces life in prison for a litany of crimes including directing massacres of civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003.
Laurent Gbagbo faced charges on four counts of crimes against humanity over the 2010-2011 bloodshed which following a disputed vote in the West African nation.
ICC judges on Monday convicted Congolese rebel chief Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed "Terminator", of war crimes including horrific massacres of civilians, sexual enslavement and recruitment of child soldiers.
Bosco Ntaganda, 45, was a 'key leader' who gave orders to 'target and kill civilians' in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003, head judge Robert Fremr said.
The former strongman, who ruled his northeast African nation with an iron fist for three decades, was toppled on 11 April after months of protests against his reign.
The Sudan Professionals Council is claiming this as a victory and vows to continue mass street protests until a civilian government is installed.
ICC judges acquitted Gbagbo and his aide Charles Ble Goude on charges stemming from a wave of violence after disputed elections in the west African nation in 2010.
