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"Despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) being under immense pressure
right now, its first conviction for crimes in Darfur, and the first for
gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity, is a major win.
On October 6, a senior leader of the Sudanese pro-government militia known as
the Janjaweed, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, was found guilty on 27 charges
of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court rejected his
defence of mistaken identity.
From around August 2003, Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed carried
out large-scale attacks on civilians in the Darfur region. This included
targeted killings, summary executions, assaults, rapes, theft of livestock and
the forced displacement of more than two million people.
The targets of this violence were mostly communities who shared the ethnicity
of various rebel groups, and later other Arab and non-Arab tribes.
It has taken over 20 years, but the delivery of justice is a major development
for international law, for Sudan and for the ICC itself. The case demonstrates
that while the wheels of international criminal justice turn slowly, they do
turn."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
