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ICC prosecutors to pursue genocide charges against Sudan president

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday that they would attempt to charge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide. The announcement came after the ICC ruled last week to permit prosecutors to appeal the decision not to issue genocide charges against al-Bashir. More evidence will need to be proffered in order for the court to overturn its decision on the genocide charge. The prosecution plans to file its appeal in early July. The prosecution sought leave of the court in March to appeal the ICC's decision not to indict al-Bashir on three counts of genocide. Instead, al-Bashir was charged with seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The controversial arrest warrant had been sought by ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who in July filed preliminary charges against al-Bashir alleging genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in the Darfur region in violation of Articles 6, 7, and 8 of the Rome Statute.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).