The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor on Monday reported “six months of misery” in Darfur, Sudan, urging the UN Security Council to search out “imaginative, creative ways” to finish the continued violence within the area.
Presenting his newest report on the scenario in Darfur protecting this February to July, Karim Khan advised the Security Council that it has been “six months of misery, six months of torment, a terrible six months for the people of Darfur.”
As the report referred to as the scenario in Darfur “a profound human tragedy,” Khan stated harassed that there was additional deterioration within the final six months with elevated experiences of rape, crimes in opposition to kids, and weak civilians.
“I am prioritizing the allegations regarding these types of crimes that, historically in Sudan and in the wider world, have affected disproportionately the most vulnerable, the very most vulnerable aspect of our population,” he stated.
Describing Darfur as a “very bleak place,” the ICC prosecutor stated there may be nonetheless “some progress” within the report and that the ICC is “investigating” those that are “aiding and abetting” these chargeable for the continued battle in Darfur.
“I hope, by my next report, I will be able to announce applications for warrants of arrest regarding those, or some of those individuals that are the most responsible for what we’re seeing at the moment,” he added.
Noting that his workplace continues to hunt out “solutions not polemics,” Khan stated: “The ICC is not a talkshop.”
Saying that “the ICC is not and never has been a silver bullet to solve the different crises of the world,” Khan urged higher assist from UN member states for the efforts of the worldwide courtroom.
The ICC “requires, and it deserves, in my respectful view, effective support from the council. The council, perhaps, if I may be so bold, needs to look at imaginative ways, creative ways to stop this cycle of violence from persisting,” he stated.
Emphasizing that there’s “a trapezium of chaos in that part of the continent,” Khan warned about “reaching a tipping point, a critical mass in which a Pandora’s box of ethnic, racial, religious, sectarian, commercial interests will be unleashed.”
He additional famous the necessity for “deepening cooperation” from the events of battle in Sudan and expressed deep concern for the well-being of the individuals of Darfur.
The struggle in Sudan broke out in April 2023 between Army Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo regarding disagreements about integrating the RSF into the military.
The battle has brought on a devastating humanitarian disaster, and preventing has killed almost 16,000 victims and displaced thousands and thousands.
Source: www.anews.com.tr