Pre-Trial Chamber I requests additional information in relation to the application for a warrant of arrest for three rebel commanders in Darfur

The Hague, 10 December 2008

ICC-CPI-20081210-PR381-ENG 
 Situation: Darfur, Sudan

On 9 December 2008, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued a decision requesting the Office of the Prosecutor to submit, no later than 16.00 hours on 26 January 2009, additional information and supporting materials in relation to the Prosecution's request for a warrant of arrest for three rebel commanders.

On 20 November 2008, the Prosecutor made a request to Pre-Trial Chamber I for the issuance of a warrant of arrest for three rebel commanders, for war crimes against African Union peacekeepers in Haskanita, Darfur on 29 September 2007. 

The situation in Darfur, Sudan, was referred to the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council under resolution 1593 of 31 March 2005. The Prosecutor opened an investigation into the situation on 6 June 2005.

The case against the three concerned rebel commanders is the third case arising from the situation in Darfur, Sudan. In the first case arising from the same situation, on 1 May 2007, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued warrants of arrest for Ahmad Muhammad Harun, former Minister of State for the Interior of the Government of the Sudan and currently Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs, and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman ('Ali Kushayb'), a leader of the Militia/Janjaweed, for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Pre-Trial Chamber I is currently examining the Prosecutor’s application, filed on 14 July 2008, for a warrant of arrest against the Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. 

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