Interesting Blog on the Bashir Arrest Warrant Decision at the ICC
Prof. William Schabas blogged last week about the Appeals Chamber decision on the arrest warrant application in the case of President Al-Bashir of Sudan. He notes and discusses that on the appeal of the Prosecutor, it was held that the Pre-Trial Chamber imposed too rigorous a standard and the case has been returned for it to rule again. He states : This is all much ado about nothing. Given the close overlap between genocide and crimes against humanity, even with the existing arrest warrant the Prosecutor would be unconstrained in producing relevant evidence that might lead to a conclusion that genocide was taking place.”
Also interesting is the analysis of the work of the Appeals Chamber at the ICC over the last year.
To read the blog see here :http://humanrightsdoctorate.blogspot.com/2010/02/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it.html