Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu, Wangari Maathai, Wole Soyinka, and a number of African civic leaders and human rights advocates have signed a letter urging African Union leaders to support the International Criminal Court’s pursuit of justice and accountability in Sudan.
An excerpt: “We are convinced that the ICC can be one effective vehicle, alongside national and regional mechanisms, for achieving justice for the gross violations committed by all sides in the conflict in Darfur. The people of Darfur deserve more than negotiating warlords forgiving each other for the violence–including brutal sexual violence–they have perpetrated primarily against women, children and other non-combatants. There can be no real peace without justice and security.”
The letter was released last week. Read it in full on the Save Darfur Coalition’s website.
