SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Guardian - Sudan signals it may send former dictator Omar al-Bashir to ICC
The Guardian quotes Darfuri refugees, following reports that the Sudanese government has suggested it is prepared to hand over former dictator Omar al-Bashir to the ICC.
Abdulrahman Deiges, a refugee in Norway forced from his home by the Darfur conflict, said he cried when he heard the news.
Dr Manisk Hussein, a doctor who fled with her family after their Darfur home was bombed by government forces, said it was “amazing” that Bashir might appear at The Hague.
She said, however, that any trial of Bashir would be meaningless unless others responsible for atrocities went unpunished.
The decision comes a boost for the ICC, which has struggled to secure convictions of high-profile criminals in recent years. Jens David Ohlin, an expert on international criminal law at Cornell University, said “although the ICC has generated important legal precedents, it has had few important cases brought to verdict.”