Social Science Research Council

My posting on the ICC Prosecutor’s application for leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to reject the genocide charge drew some fierce criticism from some quarters (notably Kevin Heller of www.opiniojuris.org). So I paused to consider.
Article 58 of the Rome Statute provides that the Pre-Trial Chamber shall, on the application of the Prosecutor, [...]

Yes, nobody wants to see Darfuris in the IDP camps and elsewhere suffer needlessly. And that “nobody” also includes, yes, the Sudanese government – as noted by LA Times journalist Ed Sanders in his recent piece about the government’s – thwarted – efforts to ward off a meningitis outbreak and water-pump fuel shortage in Kalma [...]

Alex,
I just posted a piece on whether NGOs passed information to the ICC, which is on this link.
In a recent piece in the Christian Science Monitor, you are reported as saying that Ocampo himself has indicated that much of his information came from NGOs. A number of people I know who work for operational NGOs [...]

I was surprised to learn that the Prosecutor of the ICC is seeking leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to charge President Omar al Bashir with genocide. The Prosecutor’s complaint seems to resemble that of a student who has been given a fail grade, arguing that the examination board should have [...]

I rarely use this blog to give a platform for ‘Enough’ but on this occasion I thought it right to give some prominence to the creative writings of the campaign’s leadership.
In a report published a month ago, ‘Enough’ speculated about what the ICC arrest warrant for President Bashir might mean. It put its hope for [...]

This blog has presented many arguments as to how the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against President Bashir has become yet another obstacle to peace in Sudan. ICC officials usually counter such accusations with the glib line that their mandate is only justice; peace is the responsibility of other bodies. And yet those same officials [...]

Alex appeared today, along with Mark Schneider of the International Crisis Group, on Kojo Nmandi’s show for NPR. Alex clashed with Mark on the issue of whether one should use a “scalpel” or a “hatchet” to remove Bashir from power. You can listen to the audio online; here are a few choice excerpts. [...]

At a moment like this, in which the ICC and the P3 have massively increased their threat against the Government of Sudan, which has retaliated in a manner that causes a new crisis, it is tempting for the UN and western governments to escalate further. Certainly, lives are in the balance. But the reflex to [...]

The expulsions of humanitarians are a catastrophe for the victims of the Darfur war, a fact upon which Luis Moreno Ocampo might well reflect given the requirement of the Rome Statute that prosecutions be in the interests of victims. If he wanted to indict President Bashir–a reversal, by the way, of his initial thinking–why [...]

I am in total agreement with you that the arrest and indictment of Omer El-Bashir will not bring peace to Sudan or bring an end to the problem of Darfur, however, I will not deny that I welcomed the decision of the ICC, and will definitely appreciate and celebrate the arrest of El-Bashir because of [...]