It’s A Start
The CBC reports on the first real move by the international community to deal with the genocide in Dafur: International court issues warrant for Sudan’s president
Judges with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over his alleged war crimes in the region of Darfur in western Sudan.
ICC spokeswoman Laurence Blairon announced the decision Wednesday, saying the warrant against al-Bashir is for charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
“He is suspected of being criminally responsible … for intentionally directing attacks against an important part of the civilian population of Darfur, Sudan, murdering, exterminating, raping, torturing and forcibly transferring large numbers of civilians, and pillaging their property,” she said.
This is the first warrant the ICC has issued for the arrest of a head of state who is still in power.
“Omar al-Bashir’s official capacity as a sitting head of state does not exclude his criminal responsibility, nor does it grant him immunity against prosecution before the International Criminal Court,” she said.
Next they can start looking at the Hedgemony and its actions over the last 8 years. If the US won’t deal with what they did, the ICC is starting to act like it will. One of requirements for referral to the ICC is a country’s inability or unwillingness to deal with its own criminals.
