June 10, 2020 -The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
(ICC), Fatou Bensouda has told the UN Security Council that her
conversation with Sudan’s prime minster, Abdallah Hamdouk , regarding
the arrest of Ali Kushyib , was open helpful and encouraging.
However, Darfur24 was the first newspaper to report on the arrest of
ali Kushyuib on Tuesday, after he had voluntarily surrendered to ICC
office in Central African Republic.
In presenting her 31st report on the Darfur situation to the UN
Security Council (UNSC) this afternoon, the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, was permitted a
note of triumph following the arrival in ICC custody yesterday of
former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for
crimes against humanity and the first of the Sudanese ICC indictees to
be delivered to the court.
ICC had issued arrest warrant in 2007 for Kushyib and 50 others
accusing them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in
Darfur region.
Bensouda highlighted that “while many had either abandoned hope in
the situation or actively sought to stifle progress, we maintained our
focus and perspective, never giving up on our investigations despite
cooperation challenges, and building the necessary networks and
partnerships
Bensouda reiterated that all ICC suspects against whom arrest
warrants have been issued must face justice, and called on call
Abdallah Banda and all other ICC suspects who are at large to follow
Kushayb’s lead and “surrender to the ICC and answer the charges
against them through a fair, objective, and independent judicial
process”
. “Governed by the requirements of the Rome Statute, all ICC Darfur
suspects must be brought to justice through genuine proceedings either
in a courtroom in Sudan or at the Court in The Hague.”
(ICC), Fatou Bensouda has told the UN Security Council that her
conversation with Sudan’s prime minster, Abdallah Hamdouk , regarding
the arrest of Ali Kushyib , was open helpful and encouraging.
However, Darfur24 was the first newspaper to report on the arrest of
ali Kushyuib on Tuesday, after he had voluntarily surrendered to ICC
office in Central African Republic.
In presenting her 31st report on the Darfur situation to the UN
Security Council (UNSC) this afternoon, the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, was permitted a
note of triumph following the arrival in ICC custody yesterday of
former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for
crimes against humanity and the first of the Sudanese ICC indictees to
be delivered to the court.
ICC had issued arrest warrant in 2007 for Kushyib and 50 others
accusing them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in
Darfur region.
Bensouda highlighted that “while many had either abandoned hope in
the situation or actively sought to stifle progress, we maintained our
focus and perspective, never giving up on our investigations despite
cooperation challenges, and building the necessary networks and
partnerships
Bensouda reiterated that all ICC suspects against whom arrest
warrants have been issued must face justice, and called on call
Abdallah Banda and all other ICC suspects who are at large to follow
Kushayb’s lead and “surrender to the ICC and answer the charges
against them through a fair, objective, and independent judicial
process”
. “Governed by the requirements of the Rome Statute, all ICC Darfur
suspects must be brought to justice through genuine proceedings either
in a courtroom in Sudan or at the Court in The Hague.”