text: Human rights group critical of US opposition to ICC in Darfur
  
  February 1, 2005 
  
  US based NGO Human Rights Watch has criticised the United States attempts to block the UN Security Council from referring atrocities in the Darfur conflict region to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The US favours setting up an ad hoc tribunal instead. HRW claims that the resulting delay will lead to the loss of more innocent lives. 
  The US has long opposed the ICC, because of concerns over politically motivated prosecutions of it's citizens. 
  A report prepared by a five member UN commission noted "killing of civilians, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur", and secretly named alleged war criminals that should go before the ICC.
tokens: Human rights group critical of US opposition to ICC in Darfur February 1 , 2005 US based NGO Human Rights Watch has criticised the United States attempts to block the UN Security Council from referring atrocities in the Darfur conflict region to the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) . The US favours setting up an ad hoc tribunal instead . HRW claims that the resulting delay will lead to the loss of more innocent lives . The US has long opposed the ICC , because of concerns over politically motivated prosecutions of it 's citizens . A report prepared by a five member UN commission noted " killing of civilians , enforced disappearances , destruction of villages , rape and other forms of sexual violence , pillaging and forced displacement , throughout Darfur " , and secretly named alleged war criminals that should go before the ICC .
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nps.text: US opposition
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nps.text: ICC
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nps.text: Darfur
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nps.text: US based NGO Human Rights Watch
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nps.text: the United States
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nps.text: the UN Security Council
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nps.text: atrocities
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nps.text: the Darfur conflict region
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nps.text: the International Criminal Court
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nps.text: ICC
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nps.text: The US
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nps.text: an ad hoc tribunal
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nps.text: HRW
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nps.text: the resulting delay
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nps.text: the loss
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nps.text: more innocent lives
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nps.text: The US
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nps.text: the ICC
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nps.text: concerns
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nps.text: politically motivated prosecutions of it
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nps.text: citizens
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nps.text: A report
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nps.text: a five member UN commission
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nps.text: killing
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nps.text: civilians
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nps.text: enforced disappearances
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nps.text: destruction
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nps.text: villages
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nps.text: rape
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nps.text: other forms
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nps.text: sexual violence
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nps.text: displacement
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nps.text: Darfur
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nps.text: the ICC
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nps.text: UN
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nps.text: UN
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nps.text: alleged war criminals
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nps.text: politically motivated prosecutions of it's citizens
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nps.text: the UN
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