Tim Witcher (AFP) – Dec 12 2010 UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court faces a new battle of wills this week with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir even as its top prosecutor says the wanted leader is increasingly encircled. Bashir, who faces ICC warrants for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arrest Warrant’
Travel Restrictions for Bashir Continue
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC, Sudan, Zambia on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ICC Urges Uganda to Arrest Bashir if he Attends AU Talks
Posted in News Updates, tagged African Union, Arrest Warrant, AU, Bashir on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alfred Wandera, Daily Nation , June 9 2010 President of the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court has insisted that Uganda must arrest Sudan President Omar al-Bashir should he visit the country during the AU summit due in Kampala in July. In a statement released yesterday to media at the ongoing ICC Review Conference [...]
One Year (and a month) After the Bashir Warrant
Posted in News Updates, tagged 2010 Sudanese Referendum, Arab League, Arrest Warrant, Bashir, genocide, ICC, JEM Peace Treaty, Sudan on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ICC Warrant a Pain in the Neck for Bashir (The Daily Nation – Kenya) Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir seems to have enjoyed his year as fugitive head of state. Recent boasts and threats would indicate that. A little humility might help. An interview with German magazine, Der Spiegle, published a week ago today; President Bashir commended [...]
Two Different Sides Opposed to Joining the ICC
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arab League, Arrest Warrant, Gaza, ICC, Obama, ratification, sovereignty, US Government on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ambassador: U.S. moving to support international court (CNN) The United States is “prepared to listen and to work with” the International Criminal Court even though the Obama administration is not prepared to sign on to the treaty that established the court, a U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. The U.S. government announced Tuesday it would support key [...]
ICC Press Release and Decision, Denial to Confirm Bahar Idriss Abu Garda Charges
Posted in News Updates, Site-Visit Reports, tagged Arrest Warrant, Darfur, ICC on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pre-Trial Chamber 8 Feb 2010 Pre-Trial Chamber I declines to confirm the charges against Bahar Idriss Abu Garda Situation: Darfur, Sudan Case: The Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued a decision declining to confirm the charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu [...]
ICC Dismiss Charges Against Darfur Rebel Leader, Bahr Idriss Abu Garda
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arrest Warrant, Darfur, ICC on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times MARLISE SIMONS Feb 9 2010 International judges dismissed a war crimes case against a Sudanese rebel leader on Monday, saying there was not enough evidence to try him on charges that he played a key role in the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers in Darfur in 2007. Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, a [...]
Bashir Defies Arrest Warrant, Visits Zimbabwe
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC, Sudan, Zimbabwe on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CNN, 07 June 2009 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, visited Zimbabwe on Sunday for a regional trade meeting. Al-Bashir landed Saturday in the capital, Harare, for the two-day African leaders’ summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant [...]
Bashir Attends Arab League Summit
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arab League, Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
March.29.09, AP, DOHA, Qatar — Sudan’s president, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, has arrived in Qatar to attend this week’s Arab League summit. President Omar al-Bashir was greeted warmly by Qatar’s emir in a red-carpet welcome at Doha’s airport on Sunday. He later had coffee with [...]
US Congressman Hastings Introduces Resolution Commending ICC Warrant
Posted in News Updates, tagged Alcee Hastings, Arrest Warrant, Bashir, Congress, ICC, US Government on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
12 March 2009 Washington, DC: Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) introduced a resolution commending the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and restating the United States’ commitment to supporting a multifaceted approach to facilitating justice, peace and [...]
Prosecution’s Application for Leave to Appeal the “Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir”
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC, Ocampo, Sudan on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
10 March 2009 Read Prosecutor Ocampo’s official application for leave to appeal the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber on Bashir’s arrest warrant. For a quick sense, here’s the Introduction: 1. Pré-Trial Chamber I (the “Pre-Trial Chamber”) unanimously issued a warrant of arrest for Omar Al Bashir for his alleged responsibility for five counts of crimes [...]
