ICC: "Whole State Apparatus" of Sudan Liable for Darfur Crimes

(Image of Ocampo from VoA)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally found the Sudanese government to be officially liable for mass atrocities being committed in Darfur, directly linking the "whole state apparatus" of Khartoum with Janjaweed militias that have been massacring civilians on a massive scale for 5 years.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo will be delivering his report to the UN Security Council on June 5. The report is to update the Security Council on the progress of Darfur cases as well as explore options to deal with the lack of cooperation that the Sudanese government has shown the Court.

In response to the report, the Sudanese ambassador has called the report "fictitious and vicious," and proceeded to say: "We will never submit any of our citizens to be tried in the Hague. Ocampo is destroying the peace process and we demand that this man be held accountable for what he is doing to the peace process in Sudan."

More on this to come after Ocampo delivers his report tomorrow.