th<\/sup> briefing to the UNSC since the situation was referred to her in 2005 in terms of Resolution 1593. \u201cRegrettably, each briefing has been followed by inaction and paralysis within the Council while the plight of victims of crimes committed in Darfur has gone from bad to worse,\u201d Bensouda\u2019s report begins.<\/p>\n\u201cThe deep sense of my office\u2019s disappointment should come as no surprise to this Council, given the serious concerns shared within the United Nations about the situation in Darfur,\u201d it continues. Bensouda notes that, in particular, her office \u201cshares the concerns of the head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, that 300,000 people have been displaced in the first five months of 2013 alone, more than were displaced in the last two years\u201d. She urges the UN to seriously heed Baroness Amos\u2019s warning that \u201cthe international community cannot let Darfur slip off the radar\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bensouda laments the on-going aerial bombardments in Darfur which, she says \u201ccan only be attributed to one party in this conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; the deliberate imposition of restrictions on delivery of humanitarian aid even in the face of an urgent humanitarian crisis; and the on-going impunity for these crimes are major problems for Darfur and for all of us who care about what happens to the Darfuri victims who suffer the brunt of these crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bensouda cautions that business relations with Sudan, if not monitored carefully, \u201ccould have the effect of facilitating, funding and supporting crimes against civilians,\u201d asserting that \u201cnormalisation of relations with Sudan should not come at such a high price to victims\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have noted in particular the Council\u2019s concern about the actions of some individuals affiliated with the Government of Sudan and armed groups, who continue to commit violence against civilians, impede the peace process, and disregard the demands of the Council.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bensouda asserts that \u201cthose individuals who commit crimes are inherently disinterested in the peace process or the demands of this Council. They do not put the true interests of Sudan first. And as long as they enjoy impunity for the crimes they commit, they will continue to represent a threat to international peace and security\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ending impunity<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Prosecutor reminded the Council that the reason it referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC in the first place was \u201cto address individual criminal responsibility for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, with a view to ending impunity\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have done our part and it is up to this Council to live up to the legitimate expectations of Darfur\u2019s victims, namely that individuals alleged to be responsible for their daily sufferings are brought to justice,\u201d Bensouda said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI echo the concerns of the African Union Peace and Security Council, publicised in March 2013, that the Government of Sudan must end impunity in Darfur by bringing all criminals to justice, must arrest and try those suspected of crimes against Unamid, and must facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations and the delivery of aid by cancelling visa restrictions for staff, which has been described as a federal government responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bensouda\u2019s statement encourages both the UN and the African Union to work together with her to monitor actual progress in this regard. \u201cWe have repeated this call too many times without effect; we cannot simply repeat history in having these discussions. My Office has taken note of some reports of prosecutions of rebels under the Government of Sudan\u2019s anti-terrorism act, but of no real prosecutions of systematic crimes committed by government forces. This cannot be allowed to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
She noted recent reports of ICC indictee Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, with the Sudanese Central Reserve Forces (known as Abu Tira) in clashes in Central Darfur in April 2013. \u201cWitnesses have placed Kushayb at the centre of an attack on the town of Abugaradil, 30 kilometres south of Umm Dukhun, on 8 April, in a government vehicle, together with units from the Central Reserve Police, the Border Guards, and other government-affiliated militia.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Office has noted many other such incidents in the past; this is part of an on-going pattern\u2026 the on-going involvement of ICC indictees Ahmad Haroun and Abdel Rahim Hussein in alleged crimes elsewhere in Sudan. These alleged crimes are of concern to the international community and require urgent and concerted action. Again, this is a question of potential individual criminal responsibility, not of group or organisational responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Critical analysis<\/strong><\/p>\nBensouda remarked that \u201cthe repeated travels of President Bashir, in particular to Chad, are also a matter of concern\u2026 this Council has failed to act on any of the seven formal communications from the Judges of the ICC regarding these matters\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Prosecutor urged the UN to make \u201ca critical analysis\u201d before meeting formally with ICC indictees, for example, the 20-23 May visit of UN OCHA Head Valerie Amos to Khartoum, which included a meeting with ICC indictees President Omar Al Bashir, Abdel Rahim Hussein, and Ahmad Haroun.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I appreciate the UN\u2019s assessment that the meeting was considered to be strictly required for carrying out essential UN-mandated duties, I strongly encourage the UN to conduct an on-going critical analysis of such contacts. We must ask ourselves whether the gain to the UN is worth the costs of such contact. We must be careful not to embolden fugitives from justice to think that they will be rewarded for manipulating their way into positions of \u2018indispensability\u2019 even as they continue to commit crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bensouda concludes that \u201cthe time is long past due for this Council to act with courage and conviction by adopting appropriate measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives are brought to justice sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Photo: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Wednesday 5 June, on the situation in Darfur, Sudan (UN Photo\/Eskinder Debebe)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\nShare article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cA deep sense of frustration, even despair\u201d is the tone of the latest statement on the situation in Darfur, made to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).On Wednesday, the Prosecutor presented her 17th briefing to the UNSC since the situation was referred to her in 2005 in terms of Resolution 1593. \u201cRegrettably, each briefing has been followed by inaction and paralysis within the Council while the plight of victims of crimes committed in Darfur has gone from bad to worse,\u201d Bensouda\u2019s report begins.\u201cThe deep sense of my office\u2019s disappointment should come as no surprise to this Council, given the serious concerns shared within the United Nations about the situation in Darfur,\u201d it continues. Bensouda notes that, in particular, her office \u201cshares the concerns of the head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, that 300,000 people have been displaced in the first five months of 2013 alone, more than were displaced in the last two years\u201d. She urges the UN to seriously heed Baroness Amos\u2019s warning that \u201cthe international community cannot let Darfur slip off the radar\u201d.Bensouda laments the on-going aerial bombardments in Darfur which, she says \u201ccan only be attributed to one party in this conflict\u201d.\u201cThe use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; the deliberate imposition of restrictions on delivery of humanitarian aid even in the face of an urgent humanitarian crisis; and the on-going impunity for these crimes are major problems for Darfur and for all of us who care about what happens to the Darfuri victims who suffer the brunt of these crimes.\u201dBensouda cautions that business relations with Sudan, if not monitored carefully, \u201ccould have the effect of facilitating, funding and supporting crimes against civilians,\u201d asserting that \u201cnormalisation of relations with Sudan should not come at such a high price to victims\u201d.\u201cI have noted in particular the Council\u2019s concern about the actions of some individuals affiliated with the Government of Sudan and armed groups, who continue to commit violence against civilians, impede the peace process, and disregard the demands of the Council.\u201dBensouda asserts that \u201cthose individuals who commit crimes are inherently disinterested in the peace process or the demands of this Council. They do not put the true interests of Sudan first. And as long as they enjoy impunity for the crimes they commit, they will continue to represent a threat to international peace and security\u201d.Ending impunityThe Prosecutor reminded the Council that the reason it referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC in the first place was \u201cto address individual criminal responsibility for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, with a view to ending impunity\u201d.\u201cWe have done our part and it is up to this Council to live up to the legitimate expectations of Darfur\u2019s victims, namely that individuals alleged to be responsible for their daily sufferings are brought to justice,\u201d Bensouda said.\u201cI echo the concerns of the African Union Peace and Security Council, publicised in March 2013, that the Government of Sudan must end impunity in Darfur by bringing all criminals to justice, must arrest and try those suspected of crimes against Unamid, and must facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations and the delivery of aid by cancelling visa restrictions for staff, which has been described as a federal government responsibility.\u201dBensouda\u2019s statement encourages both the UN and the African Union to work together with her to monitor actual progress in this regard. \u201cWe have repeated this call too many times without effect; we cannot simply repeat history in having these discussions. My Office has taken note of some reports of prosecutions of rebels under the Government of Sudan\u2019s anti-terrorism act, but of no real prosecutions of systematic crimes committed by government forces. This cannot be allowed to continue.\u201dShe noted recent reports of ICC indictee Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, with the Sudanese Central Reserve Forces (known as Abu Tira) in clashes in Central Darfur in April 2013. \u201cWitnesses have placed Kushayb at the centre of an attack on the town of Abugaradil, 30 kilometres south of Umm Dukhun, on 8 April, in a government vehicle, together with units from the Central Reserve Police, the Border Guards, and other government-affiliated militia.\u201cMy Office has noted many other such incidents in the past; this is part of an on-going pattern\u2026 the on-going involvement of ICC indictees Ahmad Haroun and Abdel Rahim Hussein in alleged crimes elsewhere in Sudan. These alleged crimes are of concern to the international community and require urgent and concerted action. Again, this is a question of potential individual criminal responsibility, not of group or organisational responsibility.\u201dCritical analysisBensouda remarked that \u201cthe repeated travels of President Bashir, in particular to Chad, are also a matter of concern\u2026 this Council has failed to act on any of the seven formal communications from the Judges of the ICC regarding these matters\u201d.The Prosecutor urged the UN to make \u201ca critical analysis\u201d before meeting formally with ICC indictees, for example, the 20-23 May visit of UN OCHA Head Valerie Amos to Khartoum, which included a meeting with ICC indictees President Omar Al Bashir, Abdel Rahim Hussein, and Ahmad Haroun.\u201cWhile I appreciate the UN\u2019s assessment that the meeting was considered to be strictly required for carrying out essential UN-mandated duties, I strongly encourage the UN to conduct an on-going critical analysis of such contacts. 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We must be careful not to embolden fugitives from justice to think that they will be rewarded for manipulating their way into positions of \u2018indispensability\u2019 even as they continue to commit crimes.\u201dBensouda concludes that \u201cthe time is long past due for this Council to act with courage and conviction by adopting appropriate measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives are brought to justice sooner rather than later.\u201dPhoto: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Wednesday 5 June, on the situation in Darfur, Sudan (UN Photo\/Eskinder Debebe)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cA deep sense of frustration, even despair\u201d is the tone of the latest statement on the situation in Darfur, made to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).On Wednesday, the Prosecutor presented her 17th briefing to the UNSC since the situation was referred to her in 2005 in terms of Resolution 1593. \u201cRegrettably, each briefing has been followed by inaction and paralysis within the Council while the plight of victims of crimes committed in Darfur has gone from bad to worse,\u201d Bensouda\u2019s report begins.\u201cThe deep sense of my office\u2019s disappointment should come as no surprise to this Council, given the serious concerns shared within the United Nations about the situation in Darfur,\u201d it continues. Bensouda notes that, in particular, her office \u201cshares the concerns of the head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, that 300,000 people have been displaced in the first five months of 2013 alone, more than were displaced in the last two years\u201d. She urges the UN to seriously heed Baroness Amos\u2019s warning that \u201cthe international community cannot let Darfur slip off the radar\u201d.Bensouda laments the on-going aerial bombardments in Darfur which, she says \u201ccan only be attributed to one party in this conflict\u201d.\u201cThe use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; the deliberate imposition of restrictions on delivery of humanitarian aid even in the face of an urgent humanitarian crisis; and the on-going impunity for these crimes are major problems for Darfur and for all of us who care about what happens to the Darfuri victims who suffer the brunt of these crimes.\u201dBensouda cautions that business relations with Sudan, if not monitored carefully, \u201ccould have the effect of facilitating, funding and supporting crimes against civilians,\u201d asserting that \u201cnormalisation of relations with Sudan should not come at such a high price to victims\u201d.\u201cI have noted in particular the Council\u2019s concern about the actions of some individuals affiliated with the Government of Sudan and armed groups, who continue to commit violence against civilians, impede the peace process, and disregard the demands of the Council.\u201dBensouda asserts that \u201cthose individuals who commit crimes are inherently disinterested in the peace process or the demands of this Council. They do not put the true interests of Sudan first. And as long as they enjoy impunity for the crimes they commit, they will continue to represent a threat to international peace and security\u201d.Ending impunityThe Prosecutor reminded the Council that the reason it referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC in the first place was \u201cto address individual criminal responsibility for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, with a view to ending impunity\u201d.\u201cWe have done our part and it is up to this Council to live up to the legitimate expectations of Darfur\u2019s victims, namely that individuals alleged to be responsible for their daily sufferings are brought to justice,\u201d Bensouda said.\u201cI echo the concerns of the African Union Peace and Security Council, publicised in March 2013, that the Government of Sudan must end impunity in Darfur by bringing all criminals to justice, must arrest and try those suspected of crimes against Unamid, and must facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations and the delivery of aid by cancelling visa restrictions for staff, which has been described as a federal government responsibility.\u201dBensouda\u2019s statement encourages both the UN and the African Union to work together with her to monitor actual progress in this regard. \u201cWe have repeated this call too many times without effect; we cannot simply repeat history in having these discussions. My Office has taken note of some reports of prosecutions of rebels under the Government of Sudan\u2019s anti-terrorism act, but of no real prosecutions of systematic crimes committed by government forces. This cannot be allowed to continue.\u201dShe noted recent reports of ICC indictee Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, with the Sudanese Central Reserve Forces (known as Abu Tira) in clashes in Central Darfur in April 2013. \u201cWitnesses have placed Kushayb at the centre of an attack on the town of Abugaradil, 30 kilometres south of Umm Dukhun, on 8 April, in a government vehicle, together with units from the Central Reserve Police, the Border Guards, and other government-affiliated militia.\u201cMy Office has noted many other such incidents in the past; this is part of an on-going pattern\u2026 the on-going involvement of ICC indictees Ahmad Haroun and Abdel Rahim Hussein in alleged crimes elsewhere in Sudan. These alleged crimes are of concern to the international community and require urgent and concerted action. Again, this is a question of potential individual criminal responsibility, not of group or organisational responsibility.\u201dCritical analysisBensouda remarked that \u201cthe repeated travels of President Bashir, in particular to Chad, are also a matter of concern\u2026 this Council has failed to act on any of the seven formal communications from the Judges of the ICC regarding these matters\u201d.The Prosecutor urged the UN to make \u201ca critical analysis\u201d before meeting formally with ICC indictees, for example, the 20-23 May visit of UN OCHA Head Valerie Amos to Khartoum, which included a meeting with ICC indictees President Omar Al Bashir, Abdel Rahim Hussein, and Ahmad Haroun.\u201cWhile I appreciate the UN\u2019s assessment that the meeting was considered to be strictly required for carrying out essential UN-mandated duties, I strongly encourage the UN to conduct an on-going critical analysis of such contacts. We must ask ourselves whether the gain to the UN is worth the costs of such contact. We must be careful not to embolden fugitives from justice to think that they will be rewarded for manipulating their way into positions of \u2018indispensability\u2019 even as they continue to commit crimes.\u201dBensouda concludes that \u201cthe time is long past due for this Council to act with courage and conviction by adopting appropriate measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives are brought to justice sooner rather than later.\u201dPhoto: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Wednesday 5 June, on the situation in Darfur, Sudan (UN Photo\/Eskinder Debebe)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-05T23:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\"},\"headline\":\"ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-05T23:58:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\"},\"wordCount\":1038,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur\",\"name\":\"ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur - 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Bensouda notes that, in particular, her office \u201cshares the concerns of the head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, that 300,000 people have been displaced in the first five months of 2013 alone, more than were displaced in the last two years\u201d. She urges the UN to seriously heed Baroness Amos\u2019s warning that \u201cthe international community cannot let Darfur slip off the radar\u201d.Bensouda laments the on-going aerial bombardments in Darfur which, she says \u201ccan only be attributed to one party in this conflict\u201d.\u201cThe use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; the deliberate imposition of restrictions on delivery of humanitarian aid even in the face of an urgent humanitarian crisis; and the on-going impunity for these crimes are major problems for Darfur and for all of us who care about what happens to the Darfuri victims who suffer the brunt of these crimes.\u201dBensouda cautions that business relations with Sudan, if not monitored carefully, \u201ccould have the effect of facilitating, funding and supporting crimes against civilians,\u201d asserting that \u201cnormalisation of relations with Sudan should not come at such a high price to victims\u201d.\u201cI have noted in particular the Council\u2019s concern about the actions of some individuals affiliated with the Government of Sudan and armed groups, who continue to commit violence against civilians, impede the peace process, and disregard the demands of the Council.\u201dBensouda asserts that \u201cthose individuals who commit crimes are inherently disinterested in the peace process or the demands of this Council. They do not put the true interests of Sudan first. And as long as they enjoy impunity for the crimes they commit, they will continue to represent a threat to international peace and security\u201d.Ending impunityThe Prosecutor reminded the Council that the reason it referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC in the first place was \u201cto address individual criminal responsibility for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, with a view to ending impunity\u201d.\u201cWe have done our part and it is up to this Council to live up to the legitimate expectations of Darfur\u2019s victims, namely that individuals alleged to be responsible for their daily sufferings are brought to justice,\u201d Bensouda said.\u201cI echo the concerns of the African Union Peace and Security Council, publicised in March 2013, that the Government of Sudan must end impunity in Darfur by bringing all criminals to justice, must arrest and try those suspected of crimes against Unamid, and must facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations and the delivery of aid by cancelling visa restrictions for staff, which has been described as a federal government responsibility.\u201dBensouda\u2019s statement encourages both the UN and the African Union to work together with her to monitor actual progress in this regard. \u201cWe have repeated this call too many times without effect; we cannot simply repeat history in having these discussions. My Office has taken note of some reports of prosecutions of rebels under the Government of Sudan\u2019s anti-terrorism act, but of no real prosecutions of systematic crimes committed by government forces. This cannot be allowed to continue.\u201dShe noted recent reports of ICC indictee Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, with the Sudanese Central Reserve Forces (known as Abu Tira) in clashes in Central Darfur in April 2013. \u201cWitnesses have placed Kushayb at the centre of an attack on the town of Abugaradil, 30 kilometres south of Umm Dukhun, on 8 April, in a government vehicle, together with units from the Central Reserve Police, the Border Guards, and other government-affiliated militia.\u201cMy Office has noted many other such incidents in the past; this is part of an on-going pattern\u2026 the on-going involvement of ICC indictees Ahmad Haroun and Abdel Rahim Hussein in alleged crimes elsewhere in Sudan. These alleged crimes are of concern to the international community and require urgent and concerted action. Again, this is a question of potential individual criminal responsibility, not of group or organisational responsibility.\u201dCritical analysisBensouda remarked that \u201cthe repeated travels of President Bashir, in particular to Chad, are also a matter of concern\u2026 this Council has failed to act on any of the seven formal communications from the Judges of the ICC regarding these matters\u201d.The Prosecutor urged the UN to make \u201ca critical analysis\u201d before meeting formally with ICC indictees, for example, the 20-23 May visit of UN OCHA Head Valerie Amos to Khartoum, which included a meeting with ICC indictees President Omar Al Bashir, Abdel Rahim Hussein, and Ahmad Haroun.\u201cWhile I appreciate the UN\u2019s assessment that the meeting was considered to be strictly required for carrying out essential UN-mandated duties, I strongly encourage the UN to conduct an on-going critical analysis of such contacts. We must ask ourselves whether the gain to the UN is worth the costs of such contact. We must be careful not to embolden fugitives from justice to think that they will be rewarded for manipulating their way into positions of \u2018indispensability\u2019 even as they continue to commit crimes.\u201dBensouda concludes that \u201cthe time is long past due for this Council to act with courage and conviction by adopting appropriate measures within its mandate to ensure that Sudan fugitives are brought to justice sooner rather than later.\u201dPhoto: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Wednesday 5 June, on the situation in Darfur, Sudan (UN Photo\/Eskinder Debebe)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur","og_site_name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/","article_published_time":"2013-06-05T23:58:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dabanga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_site":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dabanga","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur"},"author":{"name":"Dabanga","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23"},"headline":"ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur","datePublished":"2013-06-05T23:58:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur"},"wordCount":1038,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/icc-prosecutor-reproaches-un-for-inaction-and-paralysis-on-darfur","name":"ICC prosecutor reproaches UN for \u2018inaction and paralysis\u2019 on Darfur - 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