THURSDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2007
7:02 MECCA TIME, 4:02 GMT
Legal action on Darfur crimes urged
Moreno-Ocampo has been warned by Sudan that he may be
threatening peace prospects in Darfur [AP]
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court (ICC) has said that an investigation is to be
launched into senior Sudanese government officials
over continuing crimes against humanity in Darfur.
But Sudan accused Luis Moreno-Ocampo of politicising
the issue and said his actions could threaten peace
prospects in Darfur.
Moreno-Ocampo urged the UN Security Council on
Wednesday to hold Sudan to its obligation to arrest
two suspects charged with crimes against humanity in
Darfur, saying Khartoum was not co-operating with him
and was still involved in abuses.
"Sudan, a UN member state, has not complied with its
obligation under (2005) Security Council Resolution
1593 to arrest and surrender indictees," the
prosecutor said, urging the 15-member council "to act
and put an end to this pattern of non-cooperation".
Moreno-Ocampo said one of the indictees, Ahmad Haroun,
a former state minister of the interior, was not only
free but had even been promoted to a position
overseeing aid in which he was part of an ongoing
"calculated, organised campaign" of abuse against 2.5
million displaced Darfuris in camps.
He said: "All information points not to chaotic and
isolated acts but to a pattern of attacks."
Camp attacks
Moreno-Ocampo, who launched his investigation in 2005
at the request of the Security Council, said violence
in 2003-2004 was "the first phase of the criminal plan
co-ordinated by Ahmad Haroun", with millions forced
from their villages into camps.
The UN has authorised the deployment of more
than 20,000 UN and AU troops in Darfur [EPA]
He said: "In the second phase, happening right now in
front of our eyes, the victims are attacked in the
camps.
"Ahmad Haroun is a key actor. But he is not alone."
Moreno-Ocampo said the failure to arrest him was a
clear indication of the support he had from other high
Sudan government officials.
He said: "My office will proceed to investigate who is
bearing the greatest responsibility for ongoing
attacks against civilians; who is maintaining Haroun
in a position to commit crimes; who is instructing
him."
Sudan's response
For Sudan's part, Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, the
country's UN ambassador, accused Moreno-Ocampo of
"moral and professional bankruptcy", denounced his
report as "the mother of all fabrications" and said
the prosecutor had become politicised.
"There's no way we're going to surrender our citizens
to the ICC," he said outside the council at the UN
headquarters in New York City.
"If there are any accusations against our people, the
Sudanese judiciary is more than capable of doing
that."
Abdalhaleem said Moreno-Ocampo's work would interfere
with a road map for peace in Darfur, which includes
the deployment of UN-AU peacekeepers and humanitarian
support.
"We caution against allowing him to spoil this road
map and to spoil the peace process in Sudan,"
Abdalhaleem said.
Attack on peacekeepers
Earlier, Moreno-Ocampo said he would also open a case
investigating attacks on humanitarian workers and
peacekeepers in Darfur, including one that killed 10
AU peacekeepers in the eastern Darfur town of
Haskanita in September.
He issued indictments in February for Haroun and Ali
Kushayb, a leader of the Janjawid militias, for their
roles in mass executions, rapes and forcible
evictions.
"I ask the Security Council for consistency,"
Moreno-Ocampo said, asking it to send "a strong and
unanimous message" to Khartoum.
In practice, the council is unlikely to do more than
issue a statement urging co-operation, and even that
will be complicated by support for Sudan from its
close ally China, as well as some others on the
council such as Qatar.
Source: Agencies
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