Hague court to announce verdict on South Africa's failure to arrest Sudan's Bashir

Record ID: 898156

  • Title: Hague court to announce verdict on South Africa's failure to arrest Sudan's Bashir
  • Date: 5th July 2017
  • Summary: ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** BASHIR TAKING SEAT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SEATED BASHIR ADDRESSING PARLIAMENT
  • Embargoed: 19th July 2017 13:25
  • Keywords: Hague ICC court verdict Sudan president Bashir South Africa
  • Location: THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA / KHARTOUM, DARFUR, SULEIA AND KONDOBE, SUDAN
  • City: THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS / JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA / KHARTOUM, DARFUR, SULEIA AND KONDOBE, SUDAN
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036OFVQRR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to give a verdict on Thursday (July 6) regarding South Africa's failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused of genocide and war crimes, when he visited the country for an African Union summit in June 2015.
    The Hague-based ICC issued arrest warrants for Bashir in 2009 and 2010, accusing him of masterminding genocide and other atrocities in his campaign to crush a revolt in Sudan's western Darfur region. Bashir denies the charges.
    In June 2015, Bashir was forced to flee South Africa, a member of the ICC, after a court ruled he should be banned from leaving pending the outcome of a hearing on his possible arrest.
    In March, South Africa's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the government against a ruling that said the state had made an error in letting Bashir leave the country despite a court order.
    Bashir, who has ruled Sudan since a 1989 Islamist and army-backed coup, rejects the ICC's authority and has flouted the warrant before, travelling inside the Middle East and Africa.
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