ICC Sentences Darfur Janjaweed Militia Leader to 20 Years for Atrocities in Sudan Conflict

The International Criminal Court has sentenced a senior Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years in prison over crimes committed during the height of the Darfur conflict. The ruling marks one of the ICC’s most significant judgments related to Sudan’s decades-long humanitarian crisis, bringing renewed international attention to long-standing allegations of ethnic violence, mass displacement, and systematic abuses.

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00:28That is to say, factors common to all operations in respect of the gravity localities,

00:46is access to and close relationship with key figures.

00:51The Chamber sentences you to a joint sentence of 20 years.

00:59The Chamber would have pronounced a higher sentence had it not been for the mitigating

01:03circumstances discussed above.

01:07That sentence is passed unanimously.

01:10The Chamber is of the view that this term is proportionate to Abd al-Rahman's specific

01:18circumstances, conforms with the purposes of punishment under the court's legal framework,

01:26and adequately acknowledges the victim's suffering and harm while recognising your good conduct

01:33in detention and during trial, as well as your surrender to the court and age.

01:41A high degree of planning of the crimes, aggravating factors.

01:48Abd al-Rahman's conviction is the first acknowledgement that the people of Darfur were not victims of

01:55mere intertribal conflict or something akin to that.

02:01They were victims of a deliberate campaign.

02:05The Chamber made it very clear, orchestrated by those in power, executed by the Janjaweed led

02:14by Mr Abd al-Rahman in the Wadi Saleh region, under the authority of the Government of Sudan, even

02:23even if not specifically ordered by anyone in particular.

02:30The Chamber made it very clear.

02:45The Chamber of Ore with the Father has a great opportunity to have a personal achievement

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