Travel Restrictions for Bashir Continue

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 [...]

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Arab Leaders Back Bashir Against ICC Indictment

Sudan Tribune eptember 16, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – A meeting of the Arab league foreign ministers today endorsed a resolution reaffirming its position in rejecting the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir for war crimes and genocide allegedly committed in Darfur. An Arab Ministerial Committee on [...]

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ICC Suspects in Sudan Surrender

The Associated Press, June 19, 2010 Two men suspected in a deadly 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur have voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges, the court said Wednesday. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus are accused of commanding a 1,000-strong rebel force in [...]

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research International Justice In Africa Series

OTJR has recently produced a new debate series on International Justice In Africa: http://www.csls.ox.ac.uk/otjr.php?show=currentDebate10. Contributions Include: 11. International Criminal Justice and Non-Western Cultures 12 April 2010 by Tim Kelsall As the ICC Review Conference nears, it is time to consider how best to create a form of international criminal justice that is culturally and socially [...]

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One Year (and a month) After the Bashir Warrant

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 [...]

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ICC Appeals Chamber Allows Renewed Consideration of Genocide Charges for Bashir

CNN International Feb 3 2010 Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan’s Darfur region. Al-Bashir, who remains in office, has already been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutor Luis [...]

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US Creates New Sudan Policy

10.22.09- The LA Times, By Paul Richter. Reporting from Washington - The White House on Monday unveiled a Sudan policy that seeks a middle ground between punishing the country for its actions in Darfur and appeasing it, a step away from the get-tough policy advocated by President Obama during his election campaign. The announcement of the new [...]

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International Court Under Unusual Fire

By Colum Lynch, Washington Post, 30 June 2009 …. At issue is how to strike a balance between the quest for justice in Darfur and the pursuit of a political settlement to end an ongoing civil war in the western region of Sudan. In recent months, African and Arab leaders have said the Argentine lawyer’s [...]

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Bashir Defies Arrest Warrant, Visits Zimbabwe

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 [...]

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Court Acts to Protect Peacekeepers: Rebel Commander Expected to Appear Before the ICC

Human Rights Watch, 17 May 2009 (New York) – The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to summon a rebel leader allegedly responsible for the killing of African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur underscores the gravity of attacks against those deployed to protect civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Rebel commander Bahar Idriss Abu [...]

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