Sudan maintains opposition to international trials for war crimes suspects
Sudan's vice president maintained his government's opposition to any international criminal trials for war crimes committed in the Darfur region during a meeting with the UN Security Council Tuesday on Sudan . Vice President...
Sudan says no handover of war crimes suspects for foreign trials
Sudan's state-run news agency Saturday quoted the country's vice-president as saying that Sudan would not extradite any Sudanese suspected of war crimes for trial in foreign courts. Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha said...
International brief ~ Annan reports to Security Council on Sudan
In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did...
A European Union spokesperson said Wednesday that the EU supports the UN proposal to try those suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur at the International Criminal...
US insists Sudan violence is genocide, supports separate war crimes tribunal
Following up a story reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, the US State Department has welcomed the release of the UN report on the violence in Sudan , although it has maintained its...
Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1564 of 18 September 2004, January 25, 2005. Excerpt from the executive summary:Based on a thorough analysis of the information gathered...
Members of Sudan's National Assembly unanimously approved a peace deal with Darfur rebels Tuesday, designed to end more than two decades of conflict between Khartoum and the southern region of the country. The deal was reached earlier...
Continuing a story first reported yesterday on JURIST's Paper Chase, a UN report on whether genocide has been committed in Sudan has accused the Sudanese government and its militia allies of killing, torturing and raping civilians in...
Following up on a story that ran earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, a much-anticipated and as-yet-unreleased UN investigation into human rights abuses in the Darfur region of Sudan does not characterize them as "genocide", according to...
Speaking in Nigeria Sunday, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the UN Security Council to consider sanctions against Sudan for "gross violations of human rights". Annan cited a UN report, due to be released...
