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France says no dialogue with individuals accused by ICC of war crimes

July 14, 2008 (NEW YORK) – The French envoy at the United Nations (UN) Jean-Maurice Ripert hinted that his government may freeze contacts with the Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir if the judges International Criminal Court (ICC) decide to issue an arrest warrant for him.

French Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean-Maurice Ripert (AP)
French Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean-Maurice Ripert (AP)
“The EU [European Union] rules are very clear. We have no dialogue and no cooperation with anyone indicted by the ICC; this is very clear” Ripert told reporters today at the UN headquarters.

However he stressed “this is not the case yet” referring to the fact the ICC judges’ decision is still pending.

The ICC’s prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked pre-trial judges on Monday to issue arrest warrants for Sudan’s head of state.

Ocampo filed 10 charges: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder. Judges are expected to take months to study the evidence before deciding whether to order Al-Bashir’s arrest.

The French diplomat also suggested that his country will oppose any attempts to invoke article 16 of the ICC rules that empowers the UN Security Council (UNSC) to suspend prosecutions by the world tribunal.

“The position of France is very well known. We think that the judicial process should go on. The UNSC has seized the ICC with the case of Sudan” Ripert said.

“The UNSC should not mix up with the process, the due process of law” he added.

But in what appeared as a implying a compromise, Ripert said that it is “not too late for the Sudanese authorities to cooperate” with the ICC by handing over two suspects accused of war crimes in Darfur.

The judges of the ICC issued their first arrest warrants for suspects accused of war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region a year ago.

The warrants were issued for Ahmed Haroun, state minister for humanitarian affairs, and militia commander Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel-Rahman, also know as Ali Kushayb. Sudan has so far rejected handing over the two suspects.

The European states are faced with a dilemma of being strong supporters of the court but fear a new wave of violence if Sudan’s president is charged by ICC of war crimes.

Sudan has not ratified the Rome Statue, but the UN Security Council (UNSC) invoked the provisions under the Statue that enables it to refer situations in non-State parties to the world court if it deems that it is a threat to international peace and security.

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11 Comments

  • Sihs
    Sihs

    France says no dialogue with individuals accused by ICC of war crimes
    France you the most ridiculous …………..no…..no………..and .no for you to intervene in Sudan , you just trying to make Darfur part of Chad , competing with China and USA for the oil …….your foxy president agenda are very clear ………the Hidden war against China ,,,,,,is very obivious…….but we would say ………no for you ..you remeber Algeria when they kiked you out …….Sudan would be the same if you tried to step your A****** in. get the ……….. out.

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  • William Dimo Deng - Melbourne - Australia
    William Dimo Deng - Melbourne - Australia

    France says no dialogue with individuals accused by ICC of war crimes
    The people of justice and humant right children of God, EU, US, stand beside the truths, as Jesuse said, say the truhts and the truths liberat yuo.

    After ICC decision, what African says? cowerds fear of Arabs and they are betweent, some so and some on.

    What Arab? In the Arab world, is condemn,and language of war with ICC, and the west, and the truths rejected by the devils, and still promissing with more crime as the government said, Darfur will be fire under ash.

    The ICC will not be fear, because they do not cover the truths from the God, that is why, the devile is not strong any where.
    The people who knows humanity and obey God all standby with the ICC.
    If any one think that the west is not doing what is right, please chuck who arrest the president of Surbia who is a christian, he did a crime agains humanity of innousince Muslims in Bosnia, who protact them? Islamic Arab?No. and now those who joncide in Darfur are Christian? No.then what is the hades with the west?
    The humanity dose not meant religons,and black Darfurian are Muslims.
    But Arabs want to sweep them out. please Arab of Jihadi be civilized.

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  • fadi
    fadi

    France says no dialogue with individuals accused by ICC of war crimes
    Now really to all commentators using ***** and ,,,,, is not a mature way to comment on political activities. While using the works Fucking and Swallow his dick are not a mature way to comment either. This kind of attitude and hate between sudanese is the exact reason why this country fell into the hands of distators that raveged and destroyed the whole country and its position in the world politically and economically and even socially. You have to work to gather to sending this government to the gutter where it came from originally and bring in the right people to rule Sudan and unite it.

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