SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s justice minister denies support for al-Bashir handover to ICC

3/11/19: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s justice minister denies support for al-Bashir handover to ICC

 Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudanese government dismissed reports that the Minister of Justice Nasredlin Abdelbari assured the End Impunity Organisation that those involved in war-crimes in Sudan will be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

 Abdelbari said that the government has not adopted a policy or made a decision with regards to the handover, and that the Cabinet must discuss the matter to adopt a clear and unified stance.

 Prime Minister Hamdok previously said that the government wants to try al-Bashir in Sudan after the establishment of an independent judiciary, referring the ICC’s complementarity principle which says that the ICC can only investigate and prosecute core international