Iceland reaffirms support for ICC and calls for accountability over atrocities in Sudan

Addressing the United Nations, the Minister for Affairs of Iceland warned that years of civil war in Sudan have produced atrocities, mass displacement and grave breaches of international humanitarian law. He argued that the problem in Sudan is not lack of analysis but lack of action and stressed that acts that may constitute war crimes cannot be met with indifference.

The minister invoked the International Criminal Court as the mechanism for accountability, saying "Iceland stands with the ICC," and urged member states to remember that accountability matters when responding to atrocities and crimes against humanity.