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UPDATE 1-ICC prosecutor seeks full investigation into Nigerian conflict

Published 11/12/2020, 17:58
Updated 11/12/2020, 18:00
UPDATE 1-ICC prosecutor seeks full investigation into Nigerian conflict

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AMSTERDAM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court on Friday said she would seek a
full investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against
humanity allegedly committed during Nigeria's conflict with the
Islamist rebel group Boko Haram.
Fatou Bensouda said in a statement her office had completed
a preliminary examination and found a "reasonable basis to
believe" that Boko Haram and its splinter groups had committed
war crimes and crimes against humanity, through murder, rape,
sexual slavery, and torture. Judges must approve the request.
Bensouda's office has been reviewing the conflict between
government forces and Boko Haram and its various splinter groups
in western and northern Nigeria since 2010.
She said the office recognised that the vast majority of the
crimes were attributable to non-state actors, but that it had
also found a "reasonable basis" to believe that members of the
Nigerian security forces had also committed crimes,
Bensouda's statement added that the court, set up in 2002 in
The Hague, Netherlands, to prosecute atrocities when member
states were unwilling or unable to do so themselves, was facing
capacity constraints.
Bensouda's office in running investigations in Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Central African Republic,
Kenya, Libya, Ivory Coast, Mali, Georgia, Bangladesh and
Afghanistan, and a decision on whether to investigate alleged
atrocities in the Palestinian territories is pending.
Bensouda's term is due to end June 15 and her successor has
not yet been chosen.



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