Jan 27, 2025 · (For background on the ICC’s work on Darfur and the situation in Sudan, see the briefs on Sudan in our August and December 2024 Monthly Forecasts.) At the meeting, Khan is expected to provide an update on the ICC’s recent judicial activities. In December 2024, the ICC concluded the trial in the case of Prosecutor v.

Jul 13, 2023 · The vast Darfur region was engulfed in bloodshed in 2003 when rebels from the territory’s ethnic central and sub-Saharan African community launched an insurgency accusing the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum of discrimination and neglect.

Jan 28, 2025 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Monday that his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months.

Jun 11, 2024 · ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan released a video statement in the aftermath of an attack Sunday by the notorious Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group that forced the closure of a main hospital in the western Darfur region. The group fired shots and looted the hospital in al-Fasher, aid group Doctors Without Borders reported.

Oct 20, 2020 · The ICC has outstanding arrest warrants against Messrs Omar Al Bashir, Ahmad Harun, Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein, and Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain. These suspects are still wanted for the atrocity crimes listed in their ICC warrants of arrest. They must all face justice without further delay.

Aug 29, 2022 · On Tuesday 23 August, it was my honour to brief the United Nations Security Council directly from Khartoum. This was the first ever briefing to the Council by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court from a Situation country. It underlined a message I have been clear on since taking up my position as Prosecutor in June last year.

Jan 25, 2023 · Elaborating, Ghana’s delegate said the authorities must provide unimpeded access to documents and witnesses, support the establishment of a field presence in Khartoum, respond promptly to the...

Jul 13, 2023 · The International Criminal Court has launched an investigation into a surge of hostilities in Sudan's Darfur region since mid-April, including reports of killings, rapes, arson, displacement...

Jan 28, 2025 · He has been wanted by the ICC for more than a decade to face charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity during the conflict in Darfur in 2003 and 2004 that left an estimated 300,000 people dead and drove 2.7 million from their homes. ... Al Bashir, who ruled Sudan for three decades, was jailed in Khartoum after he was ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Fighting broke out in Sudan's Darfur region when non-Arab tribes, complaining of systematic discrimination, took up arms against the Arab-dominated government. Khartoum responded by unleashing the Janjaweed, a force drawn from among the region's nomadic tribes.