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ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrant for the President of Sudan

Today, the ICC Prosecutor finally confirmed numerous news reports of the last days (which also were mentioned on several law blogs) presenting evidence against Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir and also requesting an arrest warrant. According to Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the President of Sudan “bears criminal responsibility in relation to 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes“. The Prosecutor went on to state that President Al-Bashir “masterminded and implemented a plan to destroy in substantial part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa groups, on account of their ethnicity”. The Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC will now review the evidence presented by…