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Unrest: ICC Chief Prosecutor Finally Touches Down In Sudan

Unrest: ICC Chief Prosecutor Finally Touches Down In Sudan

After weeks of speculation, Africa Daily News, New York can reliably report that Karim Khan who is the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has finally gotten to arrive in Sudan, which has been torn apart by unrest since the 2019 ouster of its leader who had been accused of genocide and war crimes.

β€œThe ICC prosecutor and a court delegation will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and he will be visiting the Darfur region,” the state news agency SUNA had reported late Saturday.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an international and interorganisational court which is usually opted for as a last resort for the prosecution of serious international crimes, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Its treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted in July 1998 and the court began operations on 1 July 2002, following ad hoc tribunals set up in the 1990s to deal with atrocious crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. 20 years after the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court has made significant headway in bringing global attention to accountability. States which become