Sudan to set up rights court
2008-07-23 13:58
Cairo - Sudan has agreed to set up special courts to try alleged human rights abuses in Darfur which will be monitored by international bodies including the UN, an Arab League official said on Wednesday.
"They agreed to establish special courts," Hisham Yussef, chief of staff for Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa told AFP.
"They also agreed that the Arab League, the UN and the AU would follow (the trials), but also ensure that laws in Sudan cover all the aspects required under international law."
The move follows a request by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to have Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir charged with war crimes including genocide in the war-ravaged region of Darfur.
If Sudan holds viable trials of those accused of crimes in Darfur, the ICC automatically drops its charges.
- AFP