2 days ago · Sudan plunged into conflict in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions, including ...

On Friday, 13 August 2021, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), Mr Karim A. A. Khan QC, concluded a week-long visit to Khartoum, Sudan. The visit represented Prosecutor Khan's first visit to Sudan in his capacity as ICC Prosecutor.

4 days ago · (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.

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.

1 day ago · South Africa and Kenya refused to arrest former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir when he visited. The 81-year-old was ousted from power in a coup in 2019 but the authorities in Sudan have still refused to hand him over to the ICC. Italy claims the ICC warrant for Libyan warlord Ossama Anjiem had procedural errors.

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...

Aug 12, 2021 · CAIRO (AP) — Sudan signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court on Thursday to move forward in the cases against those accused of atrocities in the Darfur region, including the country’s former President Omar al-Bashir, a top ICC prosecutor said.

3 days ago · The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic ...

2 days ago · Sudan's military-led government has been negotiating with the ICC about putting him on trial. Mr Khan said failure to hand over Al Bashir, 81, and two other officials wanted for crimes in Darfur - former defence minister Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, 74, and former South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun, who is about 60 – would undermine the ...