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 Our responsibility to Darfur
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Gordon Brown must do everything in his power to ensure that those charged with atrocities are brought to justice at the international criminal court
Open Letter
December 5, 2007 3:00 PM
The Guardian Newspaper
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/open_letter/2007/12...ility_to_darfur.html
Dear Prime Minister
We write to urge to use your influence within the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the Council publicly demands the cooperation of the government of Sudan with the International Criminal Court
As you will know, despite thehttp:// warrantsfor http:// [URL]Ahmed Haroun and Ali Kosheib's arrest being secured in April 2007, both are still at large
These men are only two amongst many who are implicated in appalling human rights abuses during the ongoing conflict in Darfur
Kosheib was the commander of thousands of Janjaweed fighters in the Wadi Saleh province in the west of Darfur and is suspected of participating in killings, rape and widespread destruction in four villages in 2003
Haroun managed the "Darfur Security Desk" for the Sudanese government during the same period. He is wanted for his alleged part in implementing the 'scorched earth' policy in the region, including one attack on a village in which civilians had gathered after previous attacks and which was subsequently bombed by the armed forces. Haroun is now state minister for Humanitarian Affairs, responsible for the ongoing welfare of those he is accused of persecuting. He is also co-chair of the Human Rights Commission, created to investigate crimes in Darfur
Through manipulating tribal disputes and directing poorly trained militias, the Sudanese government has overseen the murder, rape and brutalisation of millions of their own citizens. The ICC must be given the chance to hold to account those responsible for these terrifying attacks
The UK government already has a record of supporting international action on human rights abuses in Darfur. In 2005, the UK supported resolution 1593 which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. The UK government has also helped to promote resolution 1769, which allows the deployment of an international peacekeeping force http:// UNAMID , in the region. Silence from the UK government on this critical issue would call into question its long-standing commitment to securing justice for Darfur
The UK delegation must build on its work with peers on the Security Council to use the strongest possible means to demonstrate publicly to the government of Sudan that their disregard for the ICC will not be allowed to continue. The Sudanese government is one the world's worst violators of human rights and the death toll in Darfur - over 200,000 people - testifies to their utter disregard for life. The ICC was created to bring the architects of such atrocities to book - the UK Government must make sure it is able to do so
Yours sincerely
Professor Philippe Sands QC
Timothy Otty QC
Lord Anthony Lester of Herne Hill
Professor Conor Gearty
Helena Kennedy
Richard Gordon QC
Sudhanshu Swaroop
James Greenslade
Mathew Jury
H2O Law LLP
Julian Knowles
Dr. Jenny Kuper
Simon McAleese
Jason McCue
Emma Norton
Melvyn Orton
David Greenhalgh
Adrian Stearman
Mark Stephens
Jemima Stratford
Dr. Sejal Parmar
Alon Taitelman
Taitelman Law Company
Jodi Westbrook Flowers
Jonathan Cooper
John RWD Jones
Edward Fitzgerald QC
Tamsin Allen
Kavita Bassan
Sharneet Birk
Simons Muirhead and Burton
Nichola Carter
Helen Crosslan
H2O Law LLP
Jonathan Dembo
AOB Limited
Anna Dickie
Michael Ellman
Solicitors International Human Rights Group
Bronwen Fitzpatrick
Danny Friedman
Phil Shiner
Stephen Shotnes
Nicola Soloman
Rachael Robinson
(عدل بواسطة Mohamed Omer on 12-05-2007, 07:48 PM)
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| Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 05:48 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 07:31 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 07:36 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 07:50 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Suleiman | 12-05-07, 08:01 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 08:11 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 08:21 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 08:42 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-05-07, 11:08 PM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-06-07, 07:16 AM |
| Re: Our responsibility to Darfur | Mohamed Omer | 12-08-07, 05:43 AM |
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