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African Union calls for hybrid court to try Darfur genocide cases
February 9, 2010
[JURIST] The African Union (AU) [official website] on Monday called for a hybrid court of Sudanese and foreign judges to hear trials of individuals accused of war crimes in Darfur [JURIST news archive]. The AU Implementation Panel, led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki [ANC profile], ren....... [more] 
ICC drops charges against Sudan rebel leader
February 8, 2010
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Monday declined to confirm charges [judgment, PDF; press release] against Darfur rebel chief Bahr Idriss Abu Garda [case materials; JURIST news archive]. The ruling came after a preliminary hearing [JURIST report] in October to ad....... [more]
ICC concludes charges hearing for alleged Sudanese rebel leader
October 31, 2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Friday completed the confirmation of charges hearing [press release] against Sudanese war crimes suspect Bahr Idriss Abu Garda [case materials]. During the hearing, prosecutors alleged that Abu Garda controlled rebel forces during....... [more]
ICC begins Sudan rebel leader preliminary hearing
October 19, 2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Monday commenced the confirmation of charges hearing against Sudanese war crimes suspect and rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda [case materials], the first suspect to appear before the ICC in regards to the Darfur [JURIST news arc....... [more]
Sudan rebel leader appears before ICC
May 19, 2009
[JURIST] Sudanese rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda [case materials] appeared before the International Criminal Court [official website] on Monday to deny his responsibility for war crimes committed in Darfur [JURIST news archive]. Abu Garda is accused [press release] of orchestrating a September 2....... [more]
Sudan court sentences rebels to death for 2008 attack on Khartoum
April 22, 2009
[JURIST] A Sudanese court on Wednesday sentenced 11 members of the Darfur [JURIST news archive] rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) [advocacy website; BBC backgrounder] to death by hanging for their involvement in a 2008 attack on Khartoum [BBC report]. Out of seven other defendants....... [more]
Egypt joins calls for ICC to delay Bashir warrant
February 22, 2009
[JURIST] Egypt on Sunday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] to delay issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] for a least a year, in order to allow peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel....... [more]
Sudan official again calls for UN to delay Bashir ICC indictment
February 6, 2009
[JURIST] Sudan reissued a request to the UN Security Council Thursday to delay for one year war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged genocide in Darfur. International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-....... [more]
China warns ICC action in Darfur would be 'disastrous'
January 8, 2009
[JURIST] The Chinese government on Wednesday warned that pressing war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in the International Criminal Court (ICC) would have"disastrous" consequences on the implementation of a peace process....... [more]
Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
December 22, 2008
'[JURIST] A Sudanese man charged with aiding an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of a Darfur war crimes suspect appeared in court Monday. Mohamed Alsary Ibrahim is charged with working to overthrow the constitutional government, waging....... [more]
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