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ICC frustrated with Darfur

Published: March. 6, 2012 at 1:03 PM

UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (UPI) -- War crimes in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur have continued despite international arrest warrants for key perpetrators, the ICC lamented.

Luis Moreno-Ocampo said at U.N. headquarters that issuing arrest warrants wasn't enough to end the crisis so long as crimes in Darfur continue.

"I think we did something complicated -- we investigated the crime, we collected the evidence, we clarified the responsibilities," he said. "But our effort is not enough if the crime is not stopped."

The prosecutor didn't elaborate on security issues in Darfur.

The ICC last week issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese Defense Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein. He's wanted for crimes committed in Darfur from 2003-04. The court said it had "reasonable ground to believe" he committed crimes against the civilian population.

His is the fourth ICC case regarding Darfur. Sudanese President Omar Bashir is among those wanted for war crimes in connected with the genocide.

Khartoum isn't party to the Rome Statute that created the ICC.

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