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...Sudanese were confirming to other people involved in the crimes that they were protected," says Moreno-Ocampo. International diplomats seemed to take no notice, let alone care. In September French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner organized a meeting of 18 foreign ministers from around the world to discuss the Darfur crisis at the U.N. Justice was not on the agenda...
...Moreno-Ocampo had diplomatic allies as well. Liechtenstein's ambassador to the U.N. gave the ICC a huge amount of public exposure by premiering the documentary Darfur Now at the U.N. headquarters the day before Kouchner's conference. The film tells six stories out of Darfur, and one of them is Moreno-Ocampo's. The presence of Angelina Jolie ensured a packed house and media attention...
...October, Moreno-Ocampo felt that his case against al-Bashir was clear. But he faced a U.N. that seemed out of touch with what was going on in Darfur. Diplomats at the world body began calling violence in Darfur "intra-tribal clashes" - reminiscent of the "ancient tribal hatreds" definition that stalled intervention in Bosnia for so long. "I said the janjaweed and the army attacked in September and October, and this is not intra-tribal clashes," says Moreno-Ocampo. "Haroun obstructing humanitarian assistance in the camps is not intra-tribal clashes." Moreno-Ocampo challenged the Security Council, asking why they...
Failing with the West, Moreno-Ocampo spent the next six months traveling the Arab world - Cairo, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan - to assure them of his impartiality and to bring them onto his side. Then in June, the ICC got a break...
...states are "furious with me," acknowledges Moreno-Ocampo, alluding to criticism that the international court's indictment will damage the pursuit of a peace agreement in the country. "But we're creating a global community based...