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 KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The Sudanese can do a better job prosecuting crimes in Darfur than anyone else, Sudan's justice minister said Wednesday, asserting international courts have no valid reason to investigate suspects in the vast area of western Sudan.
Justice Minister Mohammed Ali al-Mardi spoke as a team from the International Criminal Court was in Khartoum to look into what the United Nations and others describe as war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"We as a government are willing and able to try all perpetrators of offenses in Darfur, and for this reason the ICC has absolutely no right to assume any jurisdiction," Justice Minister Mohammed Ali al-Mardi told The Associated Press in an interview. He declined to comment on specifics of the international court mission.
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