ICC Prosecutor Calls on Sudan to Hand Over War Crimes Suspects
Voice of America
NEW YORK - The departing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called on Sudan's government to transfer four men wanted for war crimes in Darfur to The Hague.
"Sudan has to tangibly demonstrate that the new Sudan is now a fully fledged member of the international community that has joined the fight against impunity and is fully committed to justice and the rule of law," Fatou Bensouda said Wednesday during her final briefing to the U.N. Security Council as the court's chief prosecutor. "Almost all the suspects are in the custody of the government of Sudan, and there is no legal impediment to their surrender to the ICC." Only one Darfur war crimes suspect is in ICC custody. Ali Kushayb, whose given name is Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, surrendered voluntarily and was transferred to the ICC a year ago.
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