25-08-2021 | 17:37 PM
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.
