Riz Khan - The ICC's Luis Moreno-Ocampo - 19 Mar 09 - Part 1

On March 4, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president.

Al-Bashir's reaction to the arrest warrant was brutal. In retaliation, he shut down 13 relief agencies and expelled aid workers.

Since the warrant was issued, the ICC has also been exploring an investigation into war crimes by Israel, including the use of white phosphorus shells in densely populated civilian areas of Gaza.




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Israel initially denied the use of the controversial weapon, but mounting evidence forced Israeli officials to admit its use.

The ICC has received more than 200 requests from individuals and organisations, including Amnesty International and the Arab League, to look into "war on Gaza" allegations.

We speak to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, about how he will pursue his arrest warrant for al-Bashir and the possibility of investigating alleged war crimes by Israel.

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[ChangingThe]

and why are there no resolutions against the palestinians? just curious. israel may do wrong but so do they

[shock331]

Please Mr "farcical" Prosecutor just shut up and with your collegues close this "fantoche" court. But all of you are you honest ??? NO for sure, nothing against Dick Cheney & his gang and the war criminals Israeli !! You lost the respect of millions of individus..than...Bye for ever !

[marqdm]

the ICC has no jurisdiction over israel, thats why their lidders can not be prosecuted. the same happends with the USA. (as i said before "as long as it is under his jurisdiction").

and the fact that people from sudan loves their president , doesn t affect the fact that he IS a war criminal. it has nothing to do with that. Take Bush for example. Bush IS a war criminal, even though half the USA and also Half of the world loves him.

Ted Bundy was also a very loved man,would you defend him to?

[moopro88]

by Moreno-Ocampo i mean the whole ICC setup...

why didnt they garge Israel first???? Is that just because the ICC was setup in 2004 ? or whatever? they killed more than 3 000000 phalastinians ppl.... why did they start with Sudan? you Cannot thro out a sitting president like that! his ppl lovs him. Now ICC wants WAR to Sudan, because if the president gets arrested ther will be no more peace in there...

[marqdm]

no, i cant see. and you are Wrong .

he is just a prosecutor that has to convict any criminal for any crime commited under his jurisdiction. (as long as it is under his jurisdiction and also one of the crimes specified in the 5th articule of the Rome Statute), his acusations are completly objective and not inflenced or biased by any political power of any form .

. . .don t u want war criminals to go to trial? . we are talking about crimes against humanity. not about the stupid weather.

[moopro88]

Cant you see??

ask all sudanese ppl ,He is sayng that he is helping Sudan (by f'''ing em up!!!!!) he want 90% peaceful part of Sudan to be like Irak war 2 !!

[marqdm]

. . . ooook ...... do you mind explaining WHY?

[moopro88]

Moreno-Ocampo is an ass hole

[secularviewer2]

Tell them to make a case against Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni? Oh, no they are pro-US!!! Then it legitimizes everything. You are only a war criminal when you are anti-US. It's white mans law!!!!

[ikran2007]

we have to ask who are member of the security council and what do they want from sudanese.

[ikran2007]

the icc won't do any think for the palestine but just talk hot air

[phillieg58]

The African Union, Arab League, Islamic nations, G-77 nations 130 countries, China Russia are siding with Sudan against International Criminal Court. If the UN Security Council does not delay or rescind ICC criminal charges these nations will revoke the International Criminal Court charter. Susan Rice United Nations ambassador has overplayed her hands in setting up Omar al-Bashir for war crimes so that western corporations can cease control of Sudans natural resources.

[phillieg58]

Susan Rice has working on ceasing Sudans natural resources sense the Clinton administration. Susan Rice was playing checkers against Sudan but the rest of the third world knew her plans and these nations played chess against Susan Rice and checkmated her. Susan Rice boss President Barack Obama now has to deal with Susan Rice abortion by appointing a special envoy retired Air Force General Scott Gration. Not good for Susan Rice a major failure less than a month on the job.

[phillieg58]

Why Sudan is so important? In the last 5 years their oil deposits are 5 to 10 times larger than expected and huge high-yield deposits of Gold Silver Platinum Uranium and other precious metals were discovered. Sudans agricultural land has the richest red volcanic soil in the world but poor water distribution. A new dam was completed with 1 gigawatt of electricity and water for a massive water irrigation system. Soon Sudan will not need any food aid and will be a major food exporter.