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13 February 2020 by Franck Petit
Sudan: If Al-Bashir can’t go to the ICC, will the ICC go to Al-Bashir? 48 hours after the stunning news that Sudan’s ex-president Omar Al-Bashir would be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been trying to arrest him for 11 years, the situation is not so straightforward. I [...]
3 July 2019 by Kerstin Carlson
Al-Bashir and the ICC: is it worth getting your man, if you jeopardise your mission? The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for the immediate surrender of former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir for indictments dating back to 2009. But Kerstin Carlson warns that such a move would require colla [...]
5 March 2019 by Benjamin Duerr
Omar al-Bashir and the burden of the ICC Ten years ago the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against the Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir over the atrocities in Darfur. What was hailed as a break-through for justice has become a liability for the [...]
19 January 2018 by AFP
AFP and Reuters journalists detained covering Sudan protests Journalists working for Agence France-Presse and Reuters were among three reporters being held by Sudanese authorities on Thursday a day after they were arrested covering demonstrations against rising food prices that were dispers [...]
1 December 2017 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Children’s drawings as evidence of war crimes “Deflagrations: Children’s drawings and adult wars”, a book published by Anamosa, recounts war in 150 children’s drawings. The book is accompanied by an exhibition until December 16 at the André Malraux médiathèque in Strasbourg. [...]
7 October 2017 by AFP
Time not yet 'right' for Sudan talks on terror blacklist: US The top US envoy in Sudan said Saturday that conditions have to be "right" for holding talks with Khartoum on removing it from Washington's blacklist of state sponsors of "terrorism". US charge d'affaires to Khartoum Steven Koutsi [...]
7 October 2017 by AFP
Sudan eyes economic revival as US lifts sanctions Up until a few years ago, Sudanese engineer Ahmed Abdallah used to manage his family's expenses on his $400 monthly salary but he has since had to take out loans to make ends meet. With the US State Department's announcement Frida [...]
24 July 2017 by AFP
Sudan clashes kill up to 10 in Darfur: tribal chiefs Clashes between two Arab tribes in Sudan's war-torn state of East Darfur have killed up to 10 people this weekend, tribal leaders told AFP on Sunday. The fighting that began on Saturday comes as the United Nations and African Unio [...]
21 July 2017 by Angela Mudukuti
Non-Compliance But No Referral-The ICC Muddies the Waters Angela Mudukuti joins us for this take on the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding South Africa’s failure to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC. Angela Mudukuti is an internat [...]
7 July 2017 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC blames South Africa and UN for failure to arrest Sudanese President Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have deemed that South Africa flouted its duties to the Court when it failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. But the judges also blamed the UN Security Council for inac [...]
14 March 2017 by Jehanne Henry (Human Rights Watch)
Opinion : Sudan’s New Image Can’t Disguise Harsh Reality Last week, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir released 193 Darfuri rebel fighters from prison, some of whom had been there for nine years. He also waived the death penalty against 66 others.  Days earlier, a Khartoum court released [...]
13 July 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Uganda and Djibouti Referred to the UN for Non-Cooperation on Bashir Arrest: An Appeal in Vain by the ICC? Can the International Criminal Court (ICC) expect action this time from the United Nations?  The Hague–based permanent court has referred Uganda and Dijbouti to the UN Security Council for refusal to execute the arrest warrants ag [...]
16 June 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
United Nations Under Fire on Darfur At a June 14 Security Council meeting, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous admitted lack of progress in finding a viable political solution to the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan. Five days earli [...]
21 March 2016 by Nuba Reports
President al-Bashir of Sudan clocked in thousands of miles across the world, despite being a wanted war criminal Over seven years ago the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for al-Bashir’s arrest for his role in the Darfur genocide, accusing him of overseeing murder, extermination, forcible transfer, rape, and torture, as we [...]