The Delegation Of The International Criminal In Khartoum

A delegation from the International Criminal Court discussed what should Khartoum do to help bring wanted Sudanese to the court.

The delegation, headed by Deputy Prosecutor General Nezha Shamin Khan, met with a member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Hadi Idris, in the Sudanese capital, according to a statement by the Transitional Sovereignty Council.

The delegation of the International Criminal Court arrived in Sudan yesterday evening, Saturday, for a visit that will continue until next Thursday.

During the meeting, they discussed "how the government's cooperation and commitment to assist in bringing the wanted persons to the criminal court in accordance with the provisions contained in the Juba Agreement for the Peace of Sudan, which approved the cooperation and commitment of the government in this regard."

The delegation is scheduled to hold a number of meetings with senior state officials and will visit Darfur.

The court demands the extradition of former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, two of his aides, and one of the leaders of the groups that took up arms, after they were accused of committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during the conflict in the Darfur region, which began in 2003.

The conflict started when ethnic groups took up arms against the central government in protest of the region's political and economic marginalization.

During the meeting, Khan demanded the necessity of providing administrative facilities and arranging for the visits of officials of the International Criminal Court to obtain more information and evidence that would enable the court to perform its duty in the required manner.

It is noteworthy that the Criminal Court signed in August 2021 a memorandum of cooperation with the government of Abdullah Hamdok before his overthrow by the army on October 25 of last year.

In a report submitted to the UN Security Council last January, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said that the events in Sudan on October 25, and the resulting insecurity and instability in the country, constitute a setback that poses additional challenges. for our work in Sudan.

He added that his office was forced to suspend the deployment of his team in Sudan and immediately stop all investigation activities, noting also that "several of the office's main interlocutors and coordinators no longer hold their positions in the Government of Sudan."

In the Darfur conflict, according to the United Nations, 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million were displaced from their homes, and the transitional government signed a peace agreement with a number of rebel movements in the region. But a major group, the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Nur, did not sign the peace agreement in the capital of South Sudan, Juba. In October 2020.