( CNN ) -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that the U.N. Security Council is not doing enough to root out Sudanese war criminals suspected of genocide . Fatou Bensouda said her team of investigators had uncovered an `` ongoing pattern of crimes committed pursuant to the government-avowed goal of stopping the rebellion in Darfur , '' noting specific attacks on peacekeepers and civilians in the region . She then blasted the council , asking `` how many more civilians must be killed , injured and displaced for this council to be spurred into doing its part ? '' The International Criminal Court has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide during a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur , a province in western Sudan that is about the size of Spain . Some 300,000 people have died in Darfur , the United Nations estimates , and 2.5 million have been forced from their homes . A June 2011 Human Rights Watch report said that about 70,000 people had become displaced by aerial from Darfur bombardments since the preceding December .
Mohamed Bensouda says he had uncovered an ` ` ongoing pattern of killings '' The ICC has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al - Said . Some 500 people have died in Darfur , the United Nations estimates .