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Subject: SECURITY COUNCIL MUST URGENTLY TAKE ACTION TO END IMPUNITY IN
DARFUR – ICC PROSECUTOR
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SECURITY COUNCIL MUST URGENTLY TAKE ACTION TO END IMPUNITY IN DARFUR –
ICC PROSECUTORNew York, Jun 5 2013 5:00PMDeeply frustrated and
disappointed by the Security Council's failure to take any action
against those responsible for war crimes in Darfur, the Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) stressed that the
plight of the victims has meanwhile "gone from bad to worse."
"We have done our part and it is up to this Council to live up to the
legitimate expectations of Darfur's victims, namely that individuals
alleged to be responsible for their daily sufferings are brought to
justice," Fatou Bensouda
<"http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/ICC-OTP-UNSC-Dafur-ST-05June2013-ENG.PDF">told
the 15-member body during a briefing this morning.
"These individuals are few among a population of millions who continue
to endure untold daily suffering," she declared, imploring Council
members "to act with courage and conviction by adopting appropriate
measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives are brought
to justice sooner rather than later."
In 2005, the Security Council asked the Hague-based Court to
investigate war crimes in Darfur after a UN inquiry found serious
violations of international human rights law.
In March 2009, ICC judges issued arrest warrants against, among other
top officials, Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, for genocide,
crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur. Mr.
Bashir, along with the other ICC indictees in the country, has yet to
be arrested.
Ms. Bensouda told the Council today that she was deeply concerned by
the worsening situation in the region, as 300,000 people have been
displaced in the first five months of this year alone, which exceeds
the amount of displaced individuals in the last two years.
There have also been reports that indictees Ali Muhammad Ali
Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, Ahmad Harun and Abdel Raheem
Hussein – all Government officials – have been involved in crimes
against civilians this year, with Mr. Kushayb, leading an attack on
the town of Aby Jeradil in April which left more than 100 civilians
dead and displaced 30,000 people into Chad.
"Observers have suggested that the Government of the Sudan wanted to
appease members of the Misseriya and Ta'isha tribes who participated
in the Janjaweed/militia by helping them to seize the land of Salamat,
considered by some to be Chadian nationals, and forcibly displacing
them in the process," she said, noting that her Office had been
informed of many such incidents in that past.
"This is part of an ongoing pattern," she declared.
"These alleged crimes are of concern to the international community
and require urgent and concerted action. Again, this is a question of
potential individual criminal responsibility, not of group or
organizational responsibility," Ms. Bensouda said.
"Regrettably, each briefing has been followed by inaction and
paralysis within the Council, while the plight of victims of crimes
committed in Darfur has gone from bad to worse," she said, adding that
the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, hindering humanitarian
access, and ongoing impunity have continued, causing despair among the
population.
These few individuals must be prosecuted, Ms. Bensouda stressed, and
noted that "as long as they enjoy impunity for the crimes they commit,
they will continue to represent a threat to international peace and
security."
She noted that while there have been reports of prosecutions of rebels
under Sudan's anti-terrorism act, there have been no prosecutions of
systematic crimes committed by Government forces. Working with
regional actors such as the League of Arab States and the African
Union (AU) could help address this challenge, and Ms. Bensouda called
on the AU to implement the recommendations of its High-Level Panel on
Darfur.
Although Sudan is not a State Party to the Rome Statute which
established the ICC, it is obliged to cooperate with and provide any
necessary assistance to the Court and the Prosecutor in accordance
with a Council resolution adopted in 2005.
"We stand ready to continue doing our part, but time is long past due
for this Council to act with courage and conviction by adopting
appropriate measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives
are brought to justice sooner rather than later," she concluded.Jun 5
2013 5:00PM
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