Darfur Cases at the International Criminal Court
There are four ongoing cases at the ICC on the situation in Darfur; two cases involve Sudan Government officials and the other two involve Darfur Armed Movements leaders. The three accused Darfur Armed Movements leaders appeared voluntarily before the Court; two stand trial and one freed on dismissal. All three accussed Government officials refused to submit to the Court.
Ahmad Haroun now is Governor of Southern Kordofan; Janjaweed Leader Ali Kushayb is Special Advisor to President Al-Bashir; President Al-Bashir remains President of Sudan for new term after 22 years in power. Ahmad Haroun, Ali Kushayb, and Omar Al-Bashir are on the list of the World’s most wanted criminals; the men are fugitives of law.
Case 1: | |
ICC Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Haroun and Ali Muhammad Ali Kushayb | |
Charges: |
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Court decision: | warrant of arrest, issued 27 April 2007 |
Status: | both men refused to surrender, both are fugitive of law. |
Case 2: | |
Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir (President of Sudan) | |
Charges: |
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Court decision: | warrant of arrest issued 4 March 2009 |
Court decision: | second warrant of arrest issued 12 July 2010 |
Status: | refused to surrender, President Al-Bashir is fugitive of law. |
Case 3: | |
ICC Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda | |
Charges: |
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Court decision: | summons to appear before the court issued 17 May 2009 |
Status: | voluntarily appeared before the court on 18 May 2009 |
Hearing: | public hearing held on 19-29 October 2009 |
Court Decision: | the Court dismissed charges against Abu Garda on 8 February 2010 |
Appeal: | the Prosecutor requested to appeal the Court’s decision but his application was rejected for lack of sufficient evidence on 23 April 2010 |
Case 4: | |
ICC Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus | |
Charges: |
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Court decision: | summons to appear before the court issued 17 August 2009 |
Status: | voluntarily appeared before the court on 16 June 2010 |
Hearing: | public hearing held on 8 December 2010 |
Court Decision: | the Court confirmed charges of war crimes against Banda and Jerbo, the case sent to trial on 7 March 2011 |
Trial: | the date for trial not yet determined. |
Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain
Standing trialPhoto: TOUSSAINT KLUITERS/AFP/Getty Images
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus
Standing trialPhoto: AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool
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Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on June 17, 2010. Two Sudan rebel leaders appeared before the International Criminal Court on war crimes accusations today over a 2007 attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers in the war-torn Darfur region.
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday June 17, 2010. Two men suspected in a deadly 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur have voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges. Abakaer Nourain and Jerbo Jamus are accused of commanding a 1,000-strong rebel force in the assault Sept. 29, 2007, on an AU base in the troubled region of western Sudan. Prosecutors say 12 peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded, while a large amount of equipment was destroyed at the Haskanita base in northern Darfur.