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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is gathering evidence of alleged mass killings and rapes in al-Fashir, Sudan, following its capture by the Rapid Support Forces. This investigation falls under the ICC’s existing probe into alleged genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Darfur since 2005. Over 70,000 have fled al-Fashir, with reports of targeted killings. Experts fear a repeat of past genocidal events. The ICC, which recently convicted a Janjaweed militia leader for Darfur atrocities, can prosecute these crimes due to a UN Security Council referral. The fate of 200,000 people trapped in the city is unknown.
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The ICC has been investigating alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur since 2005 when the case was first referred by the U.N. Security Council, long before the current civil war erupted in 2023.
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“Within the ongoing investigation, the office is taking immediate steps regarding the alleged crimes in (al-Fashir) to preserve and collect relevant evidence for its use in future prosecutions,” the ICC prosecutors said in a statement.
The ICC can prosecute suspected perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and in some cases the crime of aggression if committed on the territory of one of the court’s 125 member states, or by nationals of ICC members or when a case is referred by the U.N. Security Council.
Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; editing by Mark Heinrich
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