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ICC Confirms Ongoing War Crimes in Darfur as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

More than 7,000 items of evidence have been gathered to support prosecutions of alleged perpetrators, with famine, mass displacement and relief convoy attacks defining a deepening crisis

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FILE - The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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Overview

  • ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the UN Security Council there are reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity continue in Darfur
  • Investigators have collected over 7,000 documentary, testimonial and digital items from within Darfur and refugee camps in Chad
  • Darfur is experiencing an intensifying humanitarian disaster marked by escalating famine, targeted assaults on hospitals and humanitarian convoys, weaponized rape and abductions for ransom
  • Initial trials are progressing with the Ali Kushayb case concluded in 2024 and further prosecutions planned based on the mounting evidence
  • ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan has temporarily stepped aside pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that he denies, placing Shameem Khan in charge of the unfolding prosecutions