United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593, adopted on 31 March 2005, after receiving a report by the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur, the Council referred the situation in the Darfur region of

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

to the

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(ICC) and required Sudan to co-operate fully. It marked the first time the council had referred a situation to the court, and also compelled a country to co-operate with it. Sudan, which is not a permanent member of the ICC under the

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, refuses to recognise the court's

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, stated that "the International Criminal Court has no place in this crisis at all."

Adoption

The resolution was adopted by 11 votes to none against and four

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s from

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, Brazil,

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and the United States. The Algerian representative preferred an African Union-devised solution to the problem, Brazil agreed with the resolution but objected to the U.S. view on selective

of the court, the Chinese representative disagreed with some elements of the ICC Statute and argued for the perpetrators to be tried in Sudanese courts, and the United States objected to some provisions of the court but overall supported humanitarian interests and the fight against impunity.

Resolution

Acting under

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, the council referred the situation since 1 July 2002 to the ICC and urged all states to co-operate with the Court, whether or not it was party to the Rome Statute. The ICC and

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were invited to discuss the practicalities of proceedings relating to the conflict, while the ICC was encouraged to promote the

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, human rights and combat

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in Darfur. The resolution also emphasised the importance of reconciliation, through the creation of truth commissions for example. Nationals from a state other than Sudan which did not recognise the jurisdiction of the Court would instead be subject to the jurisdiction of that state for acts related to Sudan.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
* {{International Criminal Court 1593 War in Darfur 2005 in Sudan 1593 1593 March 2005 events

Adoption

Resolution

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