Monthly Archives: July 2008
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Moreno Ocampo’s Coup de Theatre
I have been delaying writing about the ICC Chief Prosecutor’s public application for an arrest warrant against President Bashir until that application is public. As it ... -
Privatizing Security in the Central African Republic
The growth of a private security industry in Africa is a not a recent development. But the growth of a local one deserves particular attention. My ... -
On the Limits of Ideology in Ruling Sudan
Abdullahi Gallab’s book has taken me back in time. Writing nearly twenty years ago I thought that Sudan could not be governed by any ideologically driven ... -
The Politics of an Arrest Warrant
For Sudan’s governing National Congress Party, the unsettling prospect of having its leader, President Omer Hassan al-Bashir, indicted for the government’s disastrous response to the Darfur ... -
Putting the Cart Before the Horse
The world holds its collective breath, and waits to see the repercussions of the ICC prosecutor’s request to indict President Bashir. Much is at stake, not ... -
Justice is Useless if it Destroys Peace
International Law must be delivered with the right procedures and indubitable evidences if it has to be credited as objective justice. This Law of Nations must ... -
All Quiet in Sudan?
To date, the application by Moreno Ocampo for an arrest warrant for President Omar al Bashir has not led to disaster in Sudan. The CPA is ... -
Saving Sudan from Disaster: Memorandum from al Sadiq al Mahdi
Memorandum to EU Ambassadors On the ICC and Sudan From: Al Sadig Al Mahdi President of Umma National Party 17th July 2008 Excellencies, I have requested ... -
Nothing Else Seems to be Working…
Attempting to make a snap judgment on the outcome of the ICC’s intervention is perhaps a mistake. Commentators on both sides of the argument have skilfully ... -
The Case for a Deferment Under Article 16
Something is definitely happening – and there may even be reasons to be faintly optimistic about it. Having presented a “˜worst case scenario’ earlier in this ...