(by Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, March 2010)
On 3 July 2009, at the 13th African Union (AU) summit of Heads of State in Sirte, Libya, African leaders resolved to “denounce the International Criminal Court (ICC) and refuse to take action on the Court’s order that should Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir land in their territories, he should be arrested, and extradited for prosecution by the ICC, for crimes against humanity, allegedly committed in the Darfur region of southern Sudan.”
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The Standoff between the ICC and African Leaders: The Debate Revisited
Posted by oxfordtransitionaljustice in Comment on October 10, 2011
(by Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, March 2010)
On 3 July 2009, at the 13th African Union (AU) summit of Heads of State in Sirte, Libya, African leaders resolved to “denounce the International Criminal Court (ICC) and refuse to take action on the Court’s order that should Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir land in their territories, he should be arrested, and extradited for prosecution by the ICC, for crimes against humanity, allegedly committed in the Darfur region of southern Sudan.”
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Africa, ICC, International Criminal Law, Jus Cogens
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