Yearly Archives: 2008
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Can the International Criminal Court Prosecute President Bashir?
A famous sign on President Truman’s desk said “˜the buck stops here’. The principle is reflected in several dimensions of international criminal justice. Under article 28 ... -
Indicting a Head of State is a Political Act
If Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir were to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) “” as is rumoured “” it would not be entirely a ... -
A Nation at the Crossroads: The Case of Ocampo against al-Bashir
Posted by Abdalbasit Saeed. The truths, reflections, analysis or misjudgments and predispositions in this rejoinder are the sole responsibility of the author. They do not, however, ... -
Quo Vadis, ICC?
Pity the prosecutor. In the last few days, the very first case that Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo has brought before the judges of the ICC is ... -
Post al-Turabi Islam: Don’t Kill the Message
I recall reading in the 1960s for a wise man who said we keep staging failed revolutions because of the bad books we keep reading about ... -
Can the ICC Bring Peace to Sudan?
The ICC is currently pursuing its fourth case since the Court’s inception, but has yet to enforce justice or foster peace in any of the cases ... -
Adaptation and Devastation: Markets and Livelihoods
Two long-time specialists on Darfur, Margie Buchanan-Smith and Abduljabbar Fadul, recently published a superb report on trade and livelihoods during the conflict in Darfur. The title ... -
Humanitarian Dilemmas in Darfur
With 13,000 humanitarian workers and a hundred relief agencies, Darfur hosts the largest humanitarian operation in the world. The aid apparatus started to be deployed in ... -
Darfur’s Crime Scenes
In the debate over the ICC, and the indictments the Chief Prosecutor has promised for this month, my concerns are primarily factual: the depiction of the ... -
Sudan: Buying Time
The political geometry of Sudan defies resolution. No sooner had a framework been agreed for the provisional settlement of the North-South conflict in 2002 than the ...