AU Heads Approve Anti ICC provisions: Coalition Calls on African States to Honor Obligations to the Court

On 27 July 2010, Heads of State at the African Union Summit approved a much debated decision which once again condemns ICC’s arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and criticizes the UN Security Council for not suspending the warrant. The decision also calls on AU members not to arrest and surrender al-Bashir and rejects ICC’s request to open a Liaison Office to the AU. CICC members worldwide have condemned this decision and called on African states parties to the ICC to make clear their continued obligations to the Court, including the obligation to arrest ICC fugitive Omar al-Bashir. Read CICC Press Release; Related Members Media Statements…

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