Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mohamed was additionally discovered responsible of crimes in opposition to humanity. The costs included flogging, sexual slavery and the destruction of historic websites in the traditional metropolis of Timbuktu, in accordance with the 822-page trial judgement.
The restive western African nation has confronted an inflow of armed terrorist teams for over a decade, together with these with ties to Al Qaida and Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh).
Amputations and floggings
The courtroom prosecutors mentioned the 46-year-old, also referred to as Al Hassan, was a key actor in Ansar Dine, one of the armed teams that seized energy in northern Mali and orchestrated a reign of terror throughout regional capital, Timbuktu.
According to case files of the trial, which opened in 2020, he confronted costs of overseeing amputations and floggings when performing because the group’s “de facto chief of Islamic police” between April 2012 and January 2013.
The ICC had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Ag Mahmoud on 27 March 2018, and he surrendered to the courtroom 4 days later.
He faces life imprisonment, with sentencing to be carried out at a later date.
UN working to scale up help for Sudanese mired in humanitarian crisis
UN humanitarians and companions are working to scale up the response to deal with the deepening humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Khartoum, and different “hotspots” throughout war-ravaged Sudan, the UN Spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday.
The state of affairs in and across the besieged capital of North Darfur, El Fasher – the place Rapid Support Forces militia have encircled the final Government-held metropolis in the area, continues to be “extremely worrying”, mentioned Stéphane Dujarric.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlighted that greater than 400 youngsters have reportedly been killed and maimed through the current escalation in the combating there.
Deadly circumstances
“The continued use of explosive weapons in populated areas is posing further risks to civilians and aid workers alike”, Mr. Dujarric added.
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed emergency meals and diet provides for greater than 135,000 folks in Al-Jazirah State in the east-central half of Sudan.
This is the primary time WFP provides have reached Sudan’s former breadbasket since battle spilled over to the state capital Wad Madani in December final yr, forcing WFP to briefly relocate.
Elsewhere, a WFP convoy carrying greater than 2,300 metric tons of meals help for some 164,000 males, girls and kids impacted by battle is crossing the border from Chad into Darfur and on the street to North and Central Darfur.
Some 14 million youngsters – that’s greater than half of the 24 million youngsters in Sudan – are in pressing want of humanitarian help.
UN Police summit to showcase function of legislation enforcement for peace
Government leaders and Chiefs of Police are gathering at UN Headquarters in New York for a summit to additional bolster the function of police personnel as important enablers of peace.
The fourth UN Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) begins on Thursday and goals to construct on the momentum of current high-level peacekeeping initiatives – reinforcing the significance of multilateralism.
The official theme is Advancing our Common Security: UN Policing for a New Era.
Participants will maintain conversations to “strengthen international peace, security, and development for all through the unifying power and enabling role of national and United Nations policing.”
Jean-Pierre Lacroix (proper), Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Faisal Shahkar, UN Police Adviser, transient reporters on the fourth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2024).
Opportunity knocks
Briefing journalists on Wednesday, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Peace Operations, mentioned UNPOL (the UN Police service) present experience and help to Member States on demand.
This comes with the problem of having to take care of the pressures and impression of local weather change, environmental degradation, transnational crime and international terrorism.
“That is why we’re putting a lot of emphasis, particularly in our capacity building activities to strengthen the rule of law capacities of the member states we work with and particularly helped help them better address these challenges,” mentioned Mr. Lacroix.