The Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC has issued a second warrant of arrest against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, adding genocide to the charges against him. The Pre-Trial chamber considers, according to the ICC press-release, “that there are reasonable grounds to believe him responsible for three counts of genocide committed against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa [...]
Guest post by Professor Goran Sluiter, University of Amsterdam
On 25 May 2010 Pre-Trial Chamber I issued a decision establishing that Sudan has failed to comply with its obligations towards the Court and informing the Security Council thereof (ICC-02/05-01/07-57). The decision is of lamentable quality. It could not have been of worse timing, issued on the [...]
Michelle from Stop Genocide (http://genocide.change.org/) reported yesterday that Sudanese President and ICC Indictee Omar al-Bashir cancelled his scheduled trip to Turkey on Sunday for a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Human rights groups had protested the rolling out of the Turkish welcome mat for the wanted president, and European Union [...]
Guest Post by Kay Marshall:*
On 22nd July, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague announced the award in the recent arbitration between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). The award was rendered just over a year after the parties signed the original arbitration agreement, in which they [...]