Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the conviction of Mr Abd-Al-Rahman
6 October 2025, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, in Darfur, Sudan, between August 2003 and April 2004.
ICC Trial Chamber I analysed the evidence submitted and discussed before it at trial and found that Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a Janjaweed leader, was guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, of the following:
- as a direct perpetrator for murder and torture as crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime and persecution as a crime against humanity.
- as a co-perpetrator, for the joint commission with Janjaweed and/or Government of Sudan Forces, in relation to at least 200 captives and/or detainees during the Mukjar and Deleig Operations, of murder, attempt murder and torture as war crimes and crimes against humanity, outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime, and persecution as a crime against humanity.
- for ordering the Janjaweed to commit, during the Kodoom and Bindisi Operation, murder and rape as war crimes and crimes against humanity, attack against a civilian population, outrages upon personal dignity, pillaging and destroying the enemy’s property as war crimes; and forcible transfer of population, persecution and other inhuman acts as crimes against humanity.
The Prosecutor had brought four other counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes against Mr Abd-Al-Rahman but the Chamber did not enter a conviction on these counts considering that the criminal conducts underlying these counts were already covered by other counts for which a conviction was pronounced.
