Darfur ‘War Criminals’ Targeted by U.N.

The U.N. Security Council is set to hear from an International Criminal Court prosecutor Thursday regarding efforts to pursue two ‘war criminals’ indicted last year on crimes committed in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb face charges of murder, rape, forced displacement and other crimes against humanity, yet the Sudanese government refuses to arrest them.

In fact, Harun is now in charge of humanitarian affairs for the Sudanese government, putting him in a position to hamper peacekeeping efforts in the country.

The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal set up to handle prosecutions relating to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The court, which was formed based on a treaty signed by 106 nations, is not recognized by Sudan.

More than 300,000 have died in Darfur and over 2.5 million forced from their homes during the crisis.