As my esteemed colleague warned earlier, the potential for a trial for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is in jeopardy. On Wednesday, lawyers at the International Criminal Court at The Hague urged a panel of judges to issue an arrest warrant for genocide.
Prosecutors met in a closed-door meeting to deliver evidence supporting their claims that a warrant is needed to bring the Sudanese president to trial.
ICC Chief Luis Moreno-Ocampo in July asked the court for a warrant claiming Beshir had “personally instructed” forces to ethnically cleanse western regions of Darfur.
If granted, it would be the first such warrant issued for a sitting head of state since the court came into being in 2002.