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Security Council May Quash ICC Prosecution of Al-Bashir

By International Association of Penal Law

The Guardian is reporting today that the UK, France, China and Russia will be asking the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution blocking the International Criminal Court from continuing the effort to prosecute Sudanese President al-Bashir for Genocide in Darfur.  See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/14/sudan.humanrights The United States has not yet decided whether to support such a resolution, and as a Permanent Member of the Council (and the first country to label the situation in Darfur as genocide) it could exercise its veto, thereby allowing the International Criminal Court arrest warrant to issue without political interference. It will be absolutely tragic if the United States and the other members of the Security Council give in to al-Bashir’s blackmail, adopting a resolution ordering the ICC to defer its prosecution of the indicted genocidaire and war criminal in return for his pledge to cooperate with the UN and OAU...continue to full post

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).