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Africa: Bashir and South African Foreign Policy - Beyond Considerations of African Unity
African Arguments, 1 July 2015
The diplomatic and legal crisis precipitated by Omar al-Bashir's "escape" from Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria on June 15 has prompted a heated debate amongst South African… Read more »
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Sudan: Three Things Al-Bashir Did to Earn ICC Arrest Warrant
The Daily Vox, 24 June 2015
The High Court in Pretoria ruled on Wednesday that allowing Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir to leave South Africa last week was a clear violation of the law. Read more »
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Sudan: NDPP Mulling Over Al-Bashir Judgment
News24Wire, 25 June 2015
The National Director of Public Prosecutions has yet to determine what steps to take following the court's recommendation that it investigate the controversy around Sudanese… Read more »
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Sudan: Al-Bashir, SA Government and the Courts - When the Democratic Edifice Crumbles
Daily Maverick, 25 June 2015
It is the job of judges to be dispassionate, to look at facts and the law, and to give their views very carefully. For most judges, that must be reasonably easy; they are deciding… Read more »
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South Africa: Court Invites Criminal Probe Into Al-Bashir Saga
News24Wire, 24 June 2015
The High Court in Pretoria has suggested that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) investigate how South Africa violated a court order to prevent Sudanese President… Read more »
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South Africa: Bashir Court Warns of 'Chaos' If Govt Defies Law
allAfrica, 24 June 2015
Excerpts from the full text of the judgement of three judges of the South African High Court on the obligation of South Africa under international and domestic law to arrest Omar… Read more »
South African Court Wants Probe Into Bashir's Departure
The High Court in Pretoria has suggested that the National Director of Public Prosecutions investigate how Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was able to leave South Africa in violation of a court order calling for his arrest. The court said if the government did not abide by court orders, "the democratic edifice will crumble stone-by-stone until it collapses and chaos ensues."
Documents
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24 June 2015
Judgement in the Case Involving Omar al-Bashir
- Author:
- Judges D Mlambo, A P Ledwaba and H J Fabricius
- Publisher:
- Judges D Mlambo, A P Ledwaba and H J Fabricius
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Full text of the judgement in the application brought to the Gauteng High Court in South Africa to secure the arrest of President Omar al-Bashir. [PDF ... see more »
InFocus
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's dramatic flight from South Africa to avoid custody focuses attention on whether a sitting head of state can be arrested on a warrant issued by ... Read more »
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An NGO is "strongly considering" bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country. Read more »
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A South African court ordered the government to detain President Omar al-Bashir on Monday. But he had already left an African Union summit in a hurry, flying out of a South African ... Read more »
