Video: ICC prosecutor's briefing to UN Security Council eyes arrest warrants over Darfur, Sudan

THIS video shows the ICC chief prosecutor briefing the UN Security Council today (Mon Aug 5). It highlighted the significant effort in the past 6 months in engaging with affected communities, Arab community leaders, CSOs, relevant national authorities of Sudan and third States, and international and regional organisations. The video is followed by a related report below.

In #UNSC briefing, #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC underlined that urgency of action in #Darfur investigation was reflected by:

➡️Collecting significant testimonial evidence
➡️Gaining access to Port Sudan
➡️Leveraging new tech tools to analyse video and other digital evidence. pic.twitter.com/ZQpq9BNqe7

— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) August 5, 2024

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Report from Channel News Asia online

Dated Tuesday, 06 August 2024 02:37AM. Full copy

ICC prosecutor eyes arrest warrants over Darfur

THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday (Aug 3) that he hopes to seek arrest warrants soon for some of those responsible for the "nightmare" experienced by the population of Darfur, a region of Sudan ravaged by war.

Presenting his half-yearly report to the UN Security Council, Karim Khan deplored a "further deterioration" of the situation and described "a terrible six months for the people of Darfur".

"Terror has become a common currency" endured by civilians, he said, citing "many credible reports of rapes, crimes against and affecting children, persecution on a mass scale inflicted against the most vulnerable".

Since April 2023, the war, which pits the RSF, led by former deputy commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, against the army headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has killed tens of thousands of people.

The United Nations says Sudan faces the world's largest internal displacement crisis, with more than 10 million forced to flee internally or abroad.

The ICC last year opened a new investigation for war crimes in the region, and Khan said it has made "significant progress".

"I hope by my next report, I will be able to announce applications for warrants of arrest regarding some of those individuals that are the most responsible," he said.

But he warned of a lack of international concern, saying the world is so "preoccupied with other epicentres of conflict, hot wars, in other parts of the world, that we've lost sight of the plight of the people of Darfur".

He added that a "climate of impunity that we see very tangibly on the ground in El-Genina, and increasingly in El-Fasher, is driven by a deep belief that all human life doesn't matter and that we're not watching".

[WATCH VIDEO*] War pushes Sudan towards 'catastrophic' famine-like conditions: UN [*Sudan Watch Ed: The latest conflict in Sudan began in April 2023 not April 2024. The guest speaker from New York is Clara Bracknell, Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst, RANE]

In El-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, the United Nations estimates that between 10,000 and 15,000 lives have been lost.

Fighting in El-Fasher, the last city in Darfur outside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' control, has killed hundreds.

The conflict has ravaged Sudan's infrastructure, put more than three-quarters of health facilities out of service and sparked warnings of famine.

Source: AFP/fs https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/icc-prosecutor-eyes-arrest-warrants-over-darfur-4528261

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