MaximsNewsNetwork: SUDAN'S AL BASHIR v. LUIS MORENO OCAMPO, ICC PROSECUTOR - UNTV

MaximsNewsNetwork: 04 December 2009 - UNTV - United Nations: ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo says that as Milosevic, Kambanda and Taylor did, Sudan's president Al Bashir, "will face justice."
Indiscriminate bombings, rape and other crimes are continuing in Darfur, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today, while noting that the Government of Sudan still refuses to cooperate with his office and its indicted President and other suspects remain at large.
Briefing the Security Council on the latest developments, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that attacks against civilians in Darfur are continuing. In an incident on 25 November, militia reportedly attacked two villages in North Darfur, where they captured civilians, beat villagers and looted property.
Moreno-Ocampo said that efforts in recent months have focused on encouraging Sudan to respect its responsibilities as a UN Member State and to put an end to crimes and arrest people indicted by the Court.
He noted that Mr. Al-Bashir has been unable to travel to certain States where he may be arrested. This process of marginalization of indicted criminals, if maintained steadfastly, is a way towards the ultimate implementation of the arrest warrants issued by the Court.
Al Bashir will face justice, he said, power does not provide immunity.
Ocampo said that over the last six months, Al Bashir had continued using the Sudanese State apparatus to conduct a diplomatic and communications campaign against the Court and that he had endeavored to, shift the attention of the international community to new, pressing issues, like the conflict with the South.
The prosecutor also stressed that he needs the Security Councils full support to ensure that the attention remains on the need to arrest the indicted suspects and to end crimes in Darfur.
Following the meeting, Sudanese Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad told reporters that his government will, not be bothered by this prosecutor. The case of the ICC for us is a closed dossier.
He added that Sudans government would, augment and reinforce the peace efforts in the Sudan.
Later at a press conference, Ocampo was asked when the appeals court would have its decision on the genocide charges, he said that it would most likely be the beginning of next year.
He also said that he believed that Abu Gaba, the rebel leader who appeared in Court last November in relation to Darfur crimes, had done what, a leader has to do, face responsibility.
The ICC, which is based in The Hague, issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir in March for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, where estimated three hundred thousand people have died since 2003 due to fighting between Government forces and allied Arab militiamen, known as the Janjaweed.
Soon after the warrant was issued the Government expelled 13 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and revoked the permits of three local groups, dealing a blow to humanitarian efforts in the region.

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[SudaneseMuslim]

With my respect Mr. Ocampo,

Even if our president did whay you are saying, I don't think you have ANY right to judge him. If you are truely pursuing justice, what do you say about GHAZA, Irag, Afganistan, etc..??????????????