Cases
The Prosecutor v. Banda
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Allegations & Charges
Factual Allegations
Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain (Banda) is the alleged Commander-in-Chief of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Collective Leadership, a component of the larger United Resistance Front, a coalition of several groups fighting against forces supporting the Government of the Republic of Sudan in Darfur. The ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) alleges that splinter forces of JEM along with troops from the Sudan Liberation Army-Unity (SLA-Unity) and the Sudan Liberation Army Abdul-Shafie (SLA-Abdul Shafie) attacked the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan (AMIS) at the Haskanita Military Group Site (MGS Haskanita) in Darfur on September 29, 2007. The attack allegedly resulted in the death of 12 and the wounding of 8 AMIS soldiers, along with the destruction of communications, vehicles, computers, fuel, and ammunition, among other property of AMIS. The OTP alleges that Banda commanded the attackers from the JEM splinter group who committed the attack jointly with other armed groups, including those commanded by Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus (Jerbo). The OTP also alleges that Banda and other commanders participated in meetings establishing a common plan to attack the MGS Haskanita and committed the attack pursuant to this plan. Banda and Jerbo both allegedly made an essential contribution to the attack by designing and planning it, and by ordering the involved troops and personally participating in the attack and, afterwards, looting MGS Haskanita property.
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Charges
The Accused is alleged to have committed the crimes listed below as an individual, jointly with another, or through another person (Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute).
Under this mode of criminal liability, the Accused is charged with the following atrocity crimes:
Violence to Life (War Crime): Article 8(2)(c)(i)
Directing Attacks against Personnel, Installations, Material, Units and Vehicles Involved in a Peacekeeping Mission (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(iii)
Pillaging (War Crime): Article 8(2)(e)(v)
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Key Events
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Pre-Trial Chamber I issued a sealed summons for Banda on September 27, 2009, which was unsealed on June 15, 2010. Charges against him were confirmed on March 7, 2011. Following the death of Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, his arrest warrant was replaced on September 11, 2014 by Pre-Trial Chamber IV.
- Summons to Appear Issued : September 27, 2009
- Initial Appearance : June 17, 2010
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Decision on the confirmation of charges
Confirmation of Charges : March 7, 2011 - Second Arrest Warrant Issued : September 11, 2014
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Decision upholding verdict
Appeal Rejected : March 3, 2015
Press release
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