Darfur / War crimes under the Rome Statute of the ICC

 

EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, November 21, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the offices of the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general And the spokesperson for the general assembly president

 

 

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), today presented evidence to the ICC judges against rebel commanders for their alleged responsibility for crimes committed against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur in September 2007.  The Court notes that this was the largest in a series of attacks against peacekeepers, when 1,000 rebel-led soldiers surrounded and attacked the Haskanita camp in North Darfur.  Twelve peacekeepers were murdered and eight injured.

 

Such acts constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute of the ICC.  “I will not let such attacks go unpunished,” Ocampo said in a statement, copies of which are available upstairs.  We are expecting a Secretary-General statement on this subject.

 

SOURCE : United Nations – Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General