According to a story that was published by The Guardian already on Sunday, 14 September, the Security Council may “ask” for a deferral of the prosecution of the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir pursuant to Art. 16 of the Rome Statute. Good or bad? In a last-ditch attempt to prevent ICC judges from issuing an arrest warrant for Bashir in the next few weeks, Bashir’s supporters – the Arab League, the African Union, China and Russia – will use the UN General Assembly, beginning on 23 September, to ask the UN Security Council to block the prosecution. They are supported by two…
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