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ICC Prosecutor to Expand Darfur Indictments

By International Association of Penal Law

The BBC ?The World? (radio broadcast) has reported that ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will begin filing indictments against several top Sudanese Government officials next month, accusing the entire government of playing a role in crimes against civilians in Darfur. To date the highest level official to be indicted is Ahmed Muhammed Haroon, former Interior Minister.  Rather than surrender Haroon, the Sudanese regime promoted him to Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, where he was placed in charge of the very refugees that he and his troops had assaulted and terrorized. To listen to the broadcast, which includes an interview with this commentator (Scharf), click http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/18568   Share This

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on June 17, 2008 (boomark / email).