A President in the Dock
Many governments’ leaders are now engaged in strenuous efforts to block the International Criminal Court's indictment of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Despite the ICC's inability to arrest indictees, those leaders who fear that they, too, could one day face such charges have good reason to be concerned.
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NEW YORK – In a way, the stir aroused by the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur is a surprise. After all, the Court has no means of its own to arrest anyone in Sudan, much less a head of state who commands the country’s armed forces. Nor is there any prospect that someone else will intervene in Sudan to make an arrest. While the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, expresses confidence that Bashir will be brought to justice, it is unclear how this will happen. But it could.