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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur

Karim Khan at a desk at the UN
Karim Khan at the UN security council meeting in New York. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

The prosecutor for the international criminal court has said he is seeking arrest warrants for people accused of atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region, where the US and others have determined that a paramilitary group and its allies have perpetrated genocide.

Karim Khan told the UN security council in New York: “Criminality is accelerating in Darfur. Civilians are being targeted, women and girls are subjected to sexual violence, and entire communities are left in destruction.

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