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Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), visits a camp set up for victims of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.

Sudan

ICC: the never-ending nightmare of Darfur's victims

13 June 2023 by Margherita Capacci

This is the first trial for serious crimes committed in Darfur. On June 5 in The Hague, the victims’ representatives took the floor in the Ali-Kushayb case at the International Criminal Court (ICC), amidst ongoing violence in Suda [...]

Janjaweed rider on his horse in a village in Sudan (Darfur region)

Darfur crimes on trial at the ICC

15 April 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts

In this podcast, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts, Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, are discussing the first trial to open before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on crimes committed about 20 years ago in Suda [...]

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman (alias « Ali Kushayb ») at the International Criminal Court (ICC)

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Ali Kushayb, the first Sudanese on trial at the ICC

5 April 2022 by Gwenaëlle Lenoir

The first Sudanese trial at the International Criminal Court opens on Tuesday April 5, with victims and other suspects held in Khartoum watching. This is one of the ICC’s first historic investigations, launched in June 2005. Forme [...]