...The military forces Joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission (click title to entry - thank you): The 15,000-member contingent, which by November is expected to grow to 26,000, remains underequipped and has been attacked by warring factions.
Sudanese armed forces: Believed to number more than 100,000.
SLA and JEM: Their combined forces number about 10,000, according to Jane's Information Group. The International Crisis Group puts the figure at 7,000 to 15,000, though some estimates put it much lower, about 1,200 to 2,000.
Janjaweed: Peaked at about 10,000, but figures fluctuate.
The ICC The International Criminal Court is the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal, coming into force in 2002 and headquartered in The Hague. It is an independent body, not a U.N. court. The ICC acts only when member countries are "unwilling or unable" to dispense justice themselves. It may prosecute individuals responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed after July 2002.
Sudan: International Court Issues Bashir Arrest Warrant (click here)
4 March 2009
...However, two of three judges on the court panel which issued the warrant declined on the evidence currently before them to press charges of genocide. It said the prosecution had failed to provide reasonable grounds for believing that the Sudanese government had the specific intent to destroy three ethnic groups in Darfur....
