Al Jazeera Net obtained the text of the report it prepared International Criminal Court Regarding the investigations of its experts in Sudan and violations, especially in… Darfur region, It is scheduled to be formally presented to the UN Security Council next Monday.

The report included about 19 pages and dealt with the court’s efforts in Sudan following the outbreak of conflict in mid-April, between the Sudanese army and the forces Fast support.

The ICC prosecutor says Karim Khan In the report to be submitted to the UN Security Council, the current conflict in Sudan has left catastrophic humanitarian conditions, and the investigations of the court’s experts include the crimes that occurred in the city of El Geneina in Western Darfur, and other areas of Darfur.

On July 13, Khan announced that the International Criminal Court had opened a new investigation into “war crimes” in Darfur, western Sudan, after finding… 87 bodies were buried in a mass grave in the city of El Geneina, the center of West Darfur state, amid accusations that the Rapid Support Forces were responsible for them.

In the report, the court's prosecutor pledged to provide additional evidence to the Security Council about the crimes committed in Darfur since the start of the war last April.

Certificates and documents

Khan stressed the need for all warring parties in Sudan to adhere to international humanitarian law and not harm civilians.

The report indicated that the court was able to collect the testimonies of a number of key witnesses and other documents, while the Public Prosecutor’s Office is also working on relying on open sources, all thanks to the efforts of experts and also cooperation with partners outside the court.

He pointed out that despite the court's limited capabilities, the prosecution office worked to prepare teams of investigators and lawyers to serve the investigations.

Since last April 15, the war has continued between the Sudanese army led by… Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan His former deputy commander of the Rapid Support Forces Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamidity).

The ongoing fighting in Sudan left more than 13,000 people dead and about 26,000 injured, and caused about 7.6 million people to flee their homes and take refuge inside and outside Sudan, according to To the United Nations6.1 million people were displaced within the country, while about 1.5 million people crossed into neighboring countries.

Long work

According to documents seen by Al Jazeera Net, the International Criminal Court was present in this file, relying on the UN Security Council mandate issued in March 2005, which referred it to investigate Darfur crimes, and that the Public Prosecutor – according to those documents – had informed the Security Council in July. Last July, they began conducting investigations into serious human rights violations that occurred in Darfur shortly after the outbreak of war in April 2023, and that the court informed the warring parties of these investigations.

According to a number of witnesses who provided their testimonies to investigators from the International Criminal Court, the investigations began on July 5, 2023, and most of them were in the city of Adre, which received thousands of people fleeing the war from West Darfur state, and that the investigations included – in addition to other cases – the killing of the governor of the state West Darfur Thursday, earlier, in addition to sexual violence, rapes and mass killings based on ethnic identity.

For years, the International Criminal Court has been demanding the extradition of deposed President Omar al-Bashir and two of his aides: Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hussein and Ahmed Haroun, along with Abdullah Banda, one of the leaders of the armed groups in Darfur, according to arrest warrants issued against them since 2009, on charges of involvement in war crimes. In the Darfur region, west of the country.

The International Court has jurisdiction to consider crimes of genocide, crimes committed against humanity, and crimes of aggression, and the procedures begin at the request of a state party to it, or a member of the Security Council. The Public Prosecutor himself can also initiate an investigation.