International Criminal Court 

• Sudan has decided to hand long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict. 

Background: 

• The Darfur war broke out in 2003 when non-Arab rebels took up arms complaining of systematic discrimination by Bashir’s Arab-dominated government. 

• The United Nations says 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced in the Darfur conflict. 

About International Criminal Court (ICC): 

• The International Criminal Court (ICC), located in The Hague, is the court of last resort for prosecution of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. 

• It is the first permanent, treaty-based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. 

• Its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, entered into force on July 1, 2002. 

• The Court’s management oversight and legislative body, the Assembly of States Parties, consists of one representative from each state party.