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Vow to pursue Sudan over 'crimes'
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor has told the BBC he will continue to push for Sudan's leader to be charged with war crimes.
Luis Moreno Ocampo said there was strong evidence that President Omar al-Bashir was behind attacks on civilians in Darfur province.
The Sudanese government has rejected the allegations, saying the ICC's case threatens peace efforts in Darfur.
A number of countries want the UN to block the attempt to indict Mr Bashir.
"We found evidence that al-Bashir himself was controlling the attacks on these people who normally live in Darfur," Mr Ocampo told the BBC's Arabic Service.
He said local people had been raped and killed by both the Sudanese army and Janjaweed pro-government militias.
Mr Ocampo said the attacks were continuing and that he could not ignore the alleged crimes.
He is to put his case before a ICC judges next week. In July, he asked the judges to issue an arrest warrant for Mr Bashir. The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor has told the BBC he will continue to push for Sudan's leader to be... more -
Serb War Criminal Caught
The 11-year hunt for ex-Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic has ended. Karadzic, who was indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war had been posing as a doctor named Dragan Dabic. Behind the late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic Karadzic is considered to be the most notorious Balkan war crimes suspect to be captured. The 11-year hunt for ex-Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic has ended. Karadzic, who was indicted for genocide in the Bosn... more
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Inside Genocide
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been charged in the International Criminal Courts. The ICC charges against al-Bashir include genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been charged in the International Criminal Courts. The ICC charges against al-Bashir include gen... more
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Save Darfur: Al-Bashir Charged With Genocide By ICC: Now UN Security Council Must ...
Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, responded to criminal charges against Sudan president Omar al-Bashir introduced today by International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. Al-Bashir has been charged with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity for overseeing the Darfur genocide which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives through violence, disease and malnutrition.
"Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo's charges against al-Bashir underscore the need for the U.N. Security Council to finally act decisively with a comprehensive strategy for Sudan. The world at-large, primarily the Security Council, has allowed al-Bashir to continue his reign of destruction, recalcitrance and violence with utter impunity. These charges must now sober al-Bashir's international apologists who continue to shield and protect the Khartoum regime from meaningful measures with meaningful consequences.
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And that includes China, the US, and others that continue to turn a blind eye to the genocide in Darfur for OIL money. They say "never again." Now is the chance to prove those words are sincere. Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, responded to criminal charges against Sudan president Omar al-Bashir introduced ... more -
Sudanese President may be charged with genocide by ICC: "Sudan fury at possib...
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir may be charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court.
Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has scheduled a news conference Monday, just after he is expected to filed the warrant with the court.
The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations told CNN said Friday that the ICC has indicated to Sudanese officials that al-Bashir may be charged over the five-year campaign of violence in the country's Darfur region.
"We have been hearing that this prosecutor is going to announce some names, possibly the leadership of the country, that will be indicted," said Adbalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad. "It is a criminal move that should be resisted by all."
Such an indictment, Mohamad said, would be a destabilizing move that would "take us back to square one." Sudan, he said, is "condemning it in the strongest possible terms" and urged the international community to do likewise. "We will resist it by all possible legal means," he said.
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Sudanese President to be Charged with Genocide
The Internationals Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant for President Bashir to be charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. He would be the first head of state to ever be charged with genocide. President Bashir denies the involvement of the government in the years of "ethnic cleansing" in Darfur.
There have been hundreds of thousands of deaths in the Darfur region of Sudan as a result of President Bashir's campaign of violence. The Internationals Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant for President Bashir to be charged with genocide and crimes against huma... more -
Former VP of the Congo extradited to the Hague to face war crimes trial
The ex-vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extradited to The Hague to face trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Jean-Pierre Bemba, who fled DR Congo last year, was detained in Belgium in May. He will face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Despite his former position as vice president, and current position of senator, Bemba will face a trial for allegations of widespread human rights abuses comitted by his forces both in the Congo and in the neighbouring Central-African Republic.
Mr Bemba went into exile after being accused of high treason in his home country for refusing to disarm his militia after his defeat in presidential elections in 2006 and was extradited from Belgium, where he had been arrested in May. The ex-vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extradited to The Hague to face trial for war crimes and crimes aga... more -
Zimbabwe Un-Elections
The Zimbabwe elections are over but the political discourse seems to have just begun. The White House has joined many other countries around the world in voicing a negative response to the so-called democratic elections. The Zimbabwe elections are over but the political discourse seems to have just begun. The White House has joined many other countries ... more
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Colombia's president wants to take Hugo Chavez to court
President Alvaro Uribe said he will ask the International Criminal Court to try Chavez on counts of "sponsoring and financing genocide" over his alleged links to FARC rebels. This is the next threat in a diplomatic row that began when Colombia raided a FARC base in Ecuador and found documents that supposedly show Venezuela having given FARC $300 million. Venezuela denies the claims.
Will we see these two heads of state battle it out in the ICC instead of on land? President Alvaro Uribe said he will ask the International Criminal Court to try Chavez on counts of "sponsoring and financing gen... more -
Uganda strikes deal with LRA on trials
The Ugandan government has struck a deal with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) about where their leaders will be tried. LRA leaders accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes would be tried by a national court under the terms of the deal.
Many of the people have been charged with horrific crimes – and international warrants have been out for their arrest for more than two and a half years.
As a party to the Rome Statute of the ICC, Uganda has the duty to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigations and prosecutions. In particular, it must cooperate in arresting and surrendering any person charged by the Court, without delay.
Arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and the others who are still alive were issued on 8 July 2005 and Uganda is obliged under international law to arrest and surrender them regardless of any agreement reached in the peace process. They are also obliged to bring to justice all those responsible for crimes under international law in fair trials without the death penalty.
The Rome Statute provides that, once the men have been surrendered to the ICC, the Ugandan government may then apply to have the cases returned to Ugandan courts. However, it would be up to the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC to decide whether Ugandan courts are able and willing to genuinely investigate and prosecute the LRA suspects named in the warrants.
Amnesty International has called for LRA members charged with crimes under international law to be surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) immediately.
“It is not acceptable for the Ugandan government and the LRA to make a deal that circumvents international law,” said Christopher Keith Hall, Senior Legal Adviser in Amnesty International’s International Justice Project. “They must be handed over to the ICC so that their guilt or innocence can be determined once and for all. The people of Uganda deserve no less.
“At the moment, we have no evidence to suggest that even a new court established in Uganda to deal with these cases would be able and willing to do so in fair proceedings that are not a sham.”
During approximately 20 years of fighting between the LRA and the Ugandan government, soldiers on both sides have murdered tens of thousands of people and forcibly displaced about two million people. The Ugandan government has struck a deal with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) about where their leaders will be tried. LRA leade... more
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