Posted on July 13, 2008 - by Frank

Darfur and the ICC

This in from the International Criminal Court:

On Monday 14 July, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will submit to the Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I his evidence on crimes committed in the whole of Darfur over the last five years. The filing will be public and a summary there of will be made available. After submitting the filing to the Judges the Prosecutor will brief the press together with Deputy Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda.

This case has been building for some time and Reliefweb reports that this update could include the release of an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir with charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Humanitarian organisations are being cautioned because of possible outbreaks of violence should this occur.