ICC Chief Prosecutor Presents Seventh Darfur Report to U.N. Security Council, Provides Impetus for U.S., Council Action

On June 5, 2008, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, presented his seventh report on the ICC?s Darfur investigation to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1593. Resolution 1593 referred the Darfur situation to the ICC Prosecutor on March 31, 2005. The U.S., although a vocal critic of the ICC, abstained from the vote, permitting its passage...[more]