The United Nations (United States) The International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor stated before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the Sudanese are tired of promises and desire for justice, expressing sadness for the Sudanese authorities’ lack of cooperation.
Karim Khan is presently in Sudan, where he visited the second man in the military dictatorship, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, on Tuesday, and will meet with Major General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who assumed control following a coup in October, on Wednesday. The refugees expressed their thanks to him during his field visit to Darfur, when he saw three camps for the displaced, including Kalma camp. This thanks is insufficient in comparison to what we have accomplished, he stated during a video intervention.
Noting the commencement of the trial of a former leader of the Janjaweed militia, the first individual to be convicted by the International Criminal Court for atrocities committed in Darfur over 20 years ago, he asked for action to be accelerated. The Prosecutor emphasised that the nightmare of thousands of Darfuris has not ended in part due to a lack of justice, and justice necessitates deeds rather than words. They’re sick of promises.
Even while he welcomed the visas issued to his team and him for this visit, collaboration has deteriorated in recent months. In his semi-annual report, Karim Khan urged Sudanese authorities to provide unrestricted access to materials and key witnesses used in International Criminal Court investigations. In addition, Karim Khan asked the Security Council to visit Sudan.
The chance to learn more and hear from survivors and Darfurians living in camps who respect and believe in you will help us renew our commitments to humanity and yours as a member of the Security Council, he added. And Darfur, a huge region in western Sudan, suffered a civil conflict that began in 2003 between Omar al-Arab-majority Bashir’s authority and rebels from ethnic minorities protesting injustice.
Al-Bashir was deposed in 2019, imprisoned, and is still wanted by the International Criminal Court, along with other individuals from the former administration accused of crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur.
The International Criminal Court is concerned about the deterioration in cooperation with Sudanese authorities.
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