ICC : Profound alarm and deep concern over crimes in El Fasher
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Criminal Court on Monday issued a statement expressing its “profound alarm and deepest concern” about the current developments in El Fasher, and Darfur following the incursion by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the area
The statement stressed that the “ Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court expresses its profound alarm and deepest concern over recent reports emerging from El-Fasher about mass killings, rapes, and other crimes allegedly committed during the course of the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) attacks.”
The statement said these atrocities are part of a broader pattern of violence that has affected the entire Darfur region since April 2023. Such acts, if substantiated, may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.
It pinpointed that the office recalls that under UN Security Council Resolution 1593 (2005), the ICC has jurisdiction over crimes being committed in the ongoing conflict in Darfur. The Office is investigating crimes allegedly committed in Darfur since the outbreak of hostilities in April 2023.
The statement indicated that as reflected in the most recent Report to the UN Security Council, the Office is working intensively, including through repeated field deployments, deepened engagement with victim groups and civil society, and enhanced cooperation with national authorities and international organizations.
“Within the ongoing investigation, the Office is taking immediate steps regarding the alleged crimes in El-Fasher to preserve and collect relevant evidence for its use in future prosecutions,” it stressed.
The statement further warned that the recent conviction by ICC judges of Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kushayb) for similar crimes committed in Darfur in 2004 is a warning to all parties to the conflict in Darfur that there will be accountability for such atrocious crimes.
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