International justice is here to stay' - ICC prosecutor

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Dec 14, 2011

Sudan president, Omar al-Bashir will face justice one day asserted Luis Moreno Ocampo, the ICC's chief prosecutor, at a news conference following a briefing at the UN Security Council on Thursday.

Ocampo warned,

“International justice is here to stay. It will take time but the destiny is clear. He will face justice.”

Drawing parallels to the prosecution of war criminals in the former Yugoslavia, which took over 18 years but arrested all 161 accused, Ocampo warned that Bashir would eventually be arrested.

Commenting on the Security Council meeting, Ocampo stated that there was "full support for arrest warrants issued” and many delegates had asserted that “Sudan should cooperate with the court because it’s not about being a member of the ICC, but about complying with Security Council resolutions.”

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