Darfuris Support ICC Action

Yesterday, member organizations of the Darfuri Leaders Network, an association of Darfur diaspora groups in the US, sent a letter to members of the U.N. Security Council welcoming ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Campo's recent request for the arrest of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

They declared that the request "brings us some hope that the international community may finally match its rhetoric with actions that lead to real results in The Sudan. It is for this reason that we give our unequivocal support to Mr. Moreno-Ocampo's decision which aims to provide much delayed accountability for those responsible for the destruction of the lives and livelihoods of Darfuris."

The letter goes on to disagree with arguments against ICC action, saying that "these criticisms ignore the Darfuri voices that uniformly approve of the ICC's efforts and view the ICC as the only available outlet to secure justice and accountability for the crimes committed in Darfur since 2003. Therefore, we implore the UN Security Council to take no actions that would impede the work of Mr. Moreno-Ocampo and the ICC."

You can read the full text of the letter here.