Should International Criminal Court Have Jurisdiction Over Darfur Atrocities?

With terms like "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" being used to describe the situation in Darfur, there's growing debate over how to prosecute those responsible. Some are calling for the International Criminal Court to take the lead. But others say simply threatening prosecutions won't end the violence in Darfur or eliminate it causes.

Last summer, when Harvard professor Samantha Power visited Darfur, she asked many people where they would go if they could escape the violence? She says the "surprisingly common answer" was The Hague. She says they had somehow heard it was home to a court and they "wanted to go testify."

"I wouldn't say they knew about the International Criminal Court. That was a degree of specificity that I didn't encounter. What they knew was that there was this thing called The Hague that was out there. I didn't even ask if they knew where The Hague was. But......

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