Appealing the Genocide Decision?
March 15, 2009 by iccobservers
SSRC Blogs, Making Sense of Darfur
By Alex de Waal, 15 March 2009
I was surprised to read a report that the Prosecutor of the ICC is considering an appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to charge President Omar al Bashir with genocide. The Prosecutor’s complaint seems to resemble that of a student who has been given a fail grade, arguing that the examination board should have set the mark needed for a pass at 25% and not 50%. Much better for the Prosecutor to rest content that he managed to get an arrest warrant and quietly forget about his ‘ongoing genocide’ claims.
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Appealing the Genocide Decision?
March 15, 2009 by iccobservers
SSRC Blogs, Making Sense of Darfur
By Alex de Waal, 15 March 2009
I was surprised to read a report that the Prosecutor of the ICC is considering an appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to charge President Omar al Bashir with genocide. The Prosecutor’s complaint seems to resemble that of a student who has been given a fail grade, arguing that the examination board should have set the mark needed for a pass at 25% and not 50%. Much better for the Prosecutor to rest content that he managed to get an arrest warrant and quietly forget about his ‘ongoing genocide’ claims.
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