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February 12, 2020 News Release

Sudan Opens Door for ICC Prosecutions
Ex-President Bashir May Finally Face Trial for Alleged Darfur Crimes

Français العربية Expand Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a press conference after the oath of the prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan March 2, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Khartoum) – Sudan’s leaders say that they will ...
May 23, 2019 Dispatches

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Nairobi Conference Commits to Greater Efforts to Fight Impunity, Defend Rights

Français Expand Jean Baptiste Nguondija, a resident of Ngbada, Central African Republic, by the grave of his 10 year-old daughter Nathana Poura. Nguondija has lost 5 children since the conflict began in 2013. ©2015 Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch Last week, the International Conference on the Great ...
May 6, 2019 News Release

ICC: Jordan Was Required to Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
Appeals Chamber Rules States Must Arrest Wanted Leaders

Expand Omar al-Bashir greets his supporters at a rally in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 9, 2019. He was ousted on April 11. © 2019 Mahmoud Hjaj/AP Photo (Geneva) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on May 6, 2019 that Jordan failed to meet its international legal obligations to arrest then ...
April 18, 2019 News Release

Sudan: Heed Calls for Justice
Al-Bashir, Other Rights Abusers Should be Held to Account

العربية Français Expand Omar al-Bashir greets his supporters at a rally in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 9, 2019. He was ousted on April 11. © 2019 Mahmoud Hjaj/AP Photo (Nairobi) – Sudan ’s transitional military council should uphold their commitments to human rights and justice for past crimes by ...
March 26, 2019 News Release

Tunisia: Bar or Arrest Sudan’s al-Bashir
ICC Members Should Not Allow Fugitives Unrestricted Movement

العربية Français Expand Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir speaks at the Presidential Palace, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Khartoum, Sudan. © 2019 AP Photo/Mohamed Abuamrain (Tunis) – Tunisia should bar entry to or arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is a fugitive from international ...
February 25, 2019 Letter

Letter to Chef de Cabinet of Secretary-General on his Photos with President Omar al-Bashir

Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Chef de Cabinet Executive Office of the Secretary-General Re: Photos with President al-Bashir Dear Ms. Viotti, As you know, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010 for suspected ...
September 15, 2011 Report

Unfinished Business
Closing Gaps in the Selection of ICC Cases

Language English Français Introduction In March 2011 the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, opened the court’s latest investigation—in Libya. The previous month, the United Nations (UN) Security Council had referred the situation in Libya to the ICC prosecutor ...
September 24, 2007 Report

Ten Steps for Darfur
Indicators for Evaluating Progress in the HRC Group of Experts Process

Language English On September 24, 2007, the Human Rights Council will consider an interim report by the Group of Experts (GOE) appointed on Darfur. The GOE compiled existing recommendations on Darfur in its June report, and has been working with the government of Sudan to foster their ...
June 19, 2017 Q & A

Ten Questions about the drawdown of the US Counter LRA-Operation

Expand Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, waits for the start of court proceedings at the International Criminal Court in The Hague January 26, 2015. © 2016 Reuters 1. Who are the LRA? 2. What has the LRA been fighting for all these years? 3. ...
June 8, 2006 Report

Lack of Conviction
The Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur

Language English This briefing paper examines the first year of the special court's operations, and sets out the major roadblocks to the prosecution of war crimes in Darfur. The courts were established by the Sudanese government to deal with the widespread crimes in Darfur. The Special ...
January 21, 2005 Report

Targeting the Fur: Mass Killings in Darfur

Language English Since February 2003, Darfur has been the scene of massive crimes against civilians of particular ethnicities in the context of an internal conflict between the Sudanese government and a rebel insurgency. Almost two million people have been forcibly displaced and stripped of all ...
August 11, 2004 Report

Empty Promises?
Continuing Abuses in Darfur, Sudan

Language English This 35-page report documents how the Sudanese armed forces and the government-backed Janjaweed militias continue to target civilians and their livestock in villages in rural areas and in the towns and camps under government control. The report also analyzes Sudanese government ...
July 19, 2004 Report

Darfur Documents Confirm Government Policy of Militia Support
A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, July 20, 2004

Language English Numerous reports from Human Rights Watch and other sources have described the “hand-in-glove” manner in which the Government of Sudan and the nomadic ethnic militias known as the Janjaweed have operated together to combat a rebel insurgency in Darfur. A Human Rights Watch Briefing ...
July 15, 2003 Report

Abducted and Abused
Renewed War in Northern Uganda

Language English July 2003 Vol. 15, No. 12 (A) UGANDA ABDUCTED AND ABUSED: Renewed Conflict in Northern Uganda ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. SUMMARY.. II. RECOMMENDATIONS To the Lord's ...
March 28, 2017 News Release

Jordan: Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
ICC Members Should Not Allow Fugitives on Their Territories

العربية (Amman) – Jordan should deny entry to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir or arrest him if he enters the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-Bashir has been invited to visit Jordan on March 29, 2017, to attend the 28th summit of the Arab League, news reports say. Expand Sudan's ...
February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye
Opposition to Withdrawal by States

The African Union made headlines Tuesday for purportedly agreeing to mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. The reality is more complex. The decision by AU member states welcomes the announced withdrawals by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia, adopts the “ICC withdrawal strategy,” ...
September 9, 2015 Video

Sudan: Special Force Rampages and Rapes in Darfur Villages

Language English العربية Français (Nairobi, September 2, 2015) – A Sudanese government special force has gone on two sprees of killings and mass rape of civilians in dozens of Darfur villages and towns since October 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should end ...
January 27, 2016 Q & A

Recent International Criminal Court Developments on Kenya, South Africa
Questions and Answers

When the International Criminal Court’s member countries gathered in November 2015 for their annual meeting, both Kenya and South Africa raised issues about developments at the ICC over the previous year that affected their countries. Kenya raised an issue relating to the trial of its deputy ...
October 19, 2015 News Release

India: Do Not Welcome Bashir
International Criminal Court Seeking His Arrest

(Nairobi) – India should not welcome Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, 21 international and African nongovernmental organizations said today. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has warrants out for his arrest to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur. ...
August 28, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: China Welcomes War Crimes Fugitive

China plans to welcome dozens of international leaders on September 3 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Among them is expected to be President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, who should be in The Hague facing justice, not an honored guest anywhere. China has made headlines ...