Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the conviction of Mr Abd-Al-Rahman

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court welcomes today’s historic conviction of Mr Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), a senior leader of the pro-government Janjaweed militia, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the first conviction in the Situation in Darfur, Sudan, and the first in a situation that the UN Security Council referred to the Court. The case also represents the first conviction for gender-based persecution at the Court.