The Sudanese government signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, 12 August 2021.This memorandum of understanding is intended to serve the international jurisdiction to clarify matters in the Sudanese region of Darfur. This measure was signed by the Sudanese Minister of Justice, Nasredeen Abdelbari and ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan.
Sudan took action by signing an agreement with the International Criminal Court on Thursday, 12 August. Its purpose with this signature is to do justice to the people. This O how important agreement will allow the country to illuminate many shadowy areas in Darfur.
“The MOU will provide the requested information (to the ICC) and continue to work with victims, survivors and civil society,” the prosecutor said at a press conference in Khartoum.
With this decision, the ICC will finally be able to try former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Since his dismissal by the army on 11 April 2019 following popular uprisings, the court has never hidden his wish to get his hands on the former leader.
However, the ICC prosecutor did not fail to recall that the two parties have not yet found a precise date for the transfer of the deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the other suspects incriminated. So to facilitate the work, the International Criminal Court decided to open a permanent office in Khartoum, the capital. “The seat of the court is in The Hague, if the judges think it is possible to hold the trial in another place, it will be up to them to decide,” said the Attorney General.
The author of the 1989 coup d’état, Omar El-Béchir remained in power for thirty years. He is accused by the International Criminal Court of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the context of the Darfur war that began on 26 February 2003. This inter-ethnic conflict has caused 300,000 deaths and 2.7 million displaced, including 230,000 refugees in Chad.
