SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Bloomberg - Sending Sudan’s Bashir to The Hague Will Make Tyrants Tremble

12/2/2020: Bloomberg - Sending Sudan’s Bashir to The Hague Will Make Tyrants Tremble, by Bobby Ghosh

 Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh examines the uncertainty behind the prospect of Omar al-Bashir facing justice before the International Criminal Court.

 Ghosh raises the possibility of a potential special Sudanese court for Darfur crimes getting the first right of refusal to try al-Bashir. Ghosh adds that the Sudanese sovereign council may opt to pursue al-Bashir for numerous other crimes committed during his presidency –“keeping him in Sudan for months, even years.”

 Ghosh also raises the prospect of al-Bashir’s loyalists in the military and Islamist groups resisting al-Bashir’s extradition to the ICC. Furthermore, Ghosh argues that Sudan’s political balance may result in civilian politicians agreeing to a compromise that keeps al-Bashir away from the ICC in exchange for speedier political reforms.