South Africa: As Government Backtracks On Bashir, Civil Society Takes Action

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Pretoria — The South African government was legally obliged to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-BashIr, who arrived in South Africa on 13 June to attend the African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg, and is reported to have already left the country.

Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for various counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed from 2003 in Darfur, Sudan. Despite several obligations under both international and domestic law, South African authorities did not arrest Bashir.

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