Hussein Case

The Prosecutor v. Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein

ICC-02/05-01/12

A warrant for arrest for Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein was issued on 1 March 2012. The suspect is at large.

Next steps: The case remains in the Pre-Trial stage, pending the suspect’s arrest or voluntary appearance before the Court. The ICC does not try individuals in their absence.

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Who else is involved?

Representation of the Office of the Prosecutor

Defence Counsel

Legal Representatives of the Victims

Office of Public Counsel for Victims

Next Session

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Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein
At large
Minister of National Defence (former Minister of the Interior and former Sudanese President’s Special Representative in Darfur), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 1 March 2012
Charges: 7 counts of crimes against humanity: persecution, murder, forcible transfer, rape, inhumane acts, imprisonment or severe deprivation of liberty, and torture; and 6 counts of war crimes: murder, attacks against a civilian population, destruction of property, rape, pillaging, and outrage upon personal dignity, allegedly committed at least between 2003 and 2004 in Darfur, Sudan
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