Social Science Research Council

Many commentators have questioned why the Prosecutor of the ICC, Luis Moreno Ocampo, is pursuing Bashir, given the unlikelihood of ever arresting him. To understand what the Prosecutor hopes to gain from this move, we should interpret it in the wider context of the ICC’s prosecutorial strategy to date. In particular, we should focus on [...]

Regarding the ICC’s likely indictment of Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, one of the main concerns expressed in this forum is that it would cause Khartoum to lash out and inflict further atrocities on civilians, worsening the security and humanitarian situations in Darfur. While echoing Chad Hazlett’s claim that it is near-impossible to predict [...]