A moot court?

The New York Times reports that the International Criminal Court in the Hague has issued warrants for two Sudanese leaders--one in Khartoum and the other a janjaweed leader--suspected of involvement in war crimes in Darfur.

Sudan does not recognize the ICC (like some other countries we know and live in) so it remains to be seen if the warrants will prove anything other than symbolic, or at best a warning to others who may wish to take similar actions in their own countries. The court is only allowed to act on Sudan due to a UN mandate.

The BBC has a good round up of the charges and the suspects here.

Yesterday UNHCR decried the temporary abduction of six of its staff in West Darfur.