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STORY: UN / SUDAN ICC
TRT: 02:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 18 DECEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN headquarters
18 DECEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Fatou Bensouda approaches dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“Sudan must ensure that the five ICC suspects in the Darfur situation are brought to justice without undue delay, either in a courtroom in Sudan or in The Hague. In this way, this Council's referral of the Darfur situation to my Office can finally yield tangible results in court for the victims this Council sought to protect, and progress can be made towards resolving this Council's referral of the Darfur situation to the ICC.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The Office is not aware of any concrete information suggesting that the suspects in the Darfur situation are currently subject to domestic investigation or prosecution for the same criminal conduct alleged in the relevant ICC arrest warrants. Unless and until Sudan can demonstrate to ICC judges that it is willing and able to genuinely investigate and prosecute the Darfur suspects for the crimes alleged in their respective arrest warrants, then these cases will remain admissible before the ICC.”
7. Wide shot, Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“Sudan has a legal duty to cooperate with my Office, pursuant to this Council's Resolution 1593 and the jurisprudence of the Appeals Chamber of the ICC. Cooperation with the ICC would clearly demonstrate to this Council and the international community at large that Sudan is committed to achieving justice for the victims in the Darfur situation, and that it has followed through on its declared commitments and assurances with visible and practical steps.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan to the United Nations:
“The transitional government is fully committed to fighting impunity. We have started serious efforts to settle this issue in a manner that would satisfy the Sudanese people, especially the victims of Darfur. We will not allow any person to escape punishment and accountability.”
11. Zoom out, end of session
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, today (18 Dec) told the Security Council that Sudan must ensure that the five ICC suspects, including former President Omar Al Bashir “are brought to justice without undue delay, either in a courtroom in Sudan or in The Hague.”
Bensouda said, “the Office is not aware of any concrete information suggesting that the suspects in the Darfur situation are currently subject to domestic investigation or prosecution for the same criminal conduct alleged in the relevant ICC arrest warrants” and added that “unless and until Sudan can demonstrate to ICC judges that it is willing and able to genuinely investigate and prosecute the Darfur suspects for the crimes alleged in their respective arrest warrants, then these cases will remain admissible before the ICC.”
The ICC prosecutor said, “Sudan has a legal duty to cooperate with my Office” and “cooperation with the ICC would clearly demonstrate to this Council and the international community at large that Sudan is committed to achieving justice for the victims in the Darfur situation, and that it has followed through on its declared commitments and assurances with visible and practical steps.”
For his part, Sudanese Ambassador Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig, said, “the transitional government is fully committed to fighting impunity. We have started serious efforts to settle this issue in a manner that would satisfy the Sudanese people, especially the victims of Darfur. We will not allow any person to escape punishment and accountability.”
Al Bashir, Abdel Raheem Hussein, Ahmad Harun, Ali Kushayb and Abdallah Banda, are all wanted by the ICC for crimes committed in Darfur.
