Should Uganda back the ICC on Bashir?

The African Union decision not to cooperate with and enforce a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has squeezed Uganda into a tight corner.

Botswana's Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani reacted to the AU decision with this statement: "The government of Botswana does not agree with this decision and wishes to reaffirm its position that as a state party to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (ICC) it has treaty obligations to fully cooperate with the ICC in the arrest and transfer of the president of Sudan to the ICC".

Uganda must now decide whether to follow the noble lead provided by Botswana i.e. distance itself from the AU decision and back the ICC to extradite Bashir to the Hague for trial on war crimes charges.

After all, unlike Libya which pushed the AU to that decision, Uganda cannot pretend that it does not recognize the ICC.

Uganda lodged its own case against Lord's Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony et al and expects the court and other countries that are party to the Rome Statute of the ICC to enforce warrants of arrest against them.

In the same vein, Uganda is duty bound to cooperate fully with the ICC in its investigations and prosecutions. In particular, it must cooperate in arresting and surrendering any person charged by the Court. This could be tested later this month as Bashir is scheduled to visit the country for the Smart Partnership meeting at Munyonyo. Sitting on the fence might leave Uganda tied in hypocritical tinsel.

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written by Emperror, July 08, 2009

Now this is the proverbial "squeaky bum time" for M7. Should Bashir show up for the smart partnership, then this should amount to a voluntary surrender to the jurisdiction of the ICC, no two ways about it.
That Uganda is a signatory to the Rome statute (and indeed that we have a case against Kony "live" at the ICC) should be a clear signal to Bashir that turning up for the Smart Partnership meeting will without doubt result in arrest and handover to the ICC.
Over to you M7 ... like they say, it is "squeaky bum-time!"

Slippery ground to tread for Uganda.
written by Russo, July 08, 2009

At one point Uganda accused Bashir of aiding Kony , then later Sudan gov't turned the hunter of Kony.Kony and Bashir have a case each at ICC on different facets.Uganda is a good /leading contributer to AU force in Somalia and is a signatory to ICC too.Currently Uganda holds the presidency of the UN security council.For certain, Bashir, would be a tricky visitor to Uganda because this will test our commitment to justice and peaceful resolutions of conflicts,yet also complying to the UN security resolutions and the ICC warrant to handover Bashir to the Hague Hall.

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written by Kambula, July 09, 2009

:angry:
Mr. Bashir is not only a criminal in the eyes of the ICC, but he is a criminal in the eyes and hearts of most sudanese people. He petrayed the trust of the people of the sudan by dishonoring his oath nas a sudanese army officer to protect the democratically elected government and after the coup, he humilated and humilated most of the sudanese people by ways of imposing emergency and martial laws, carfues, jail, ghost houses jails etc. he also committed the crime of forcing children into military brief training by means of kidnapping them from their schools and send them to the war zones to face their death. He also interfered into neighbouring states' affairs. He tried to assasinated the current Egyptian president. Mr. Bashir is responsible for the death of millions of civilians in the south. last but not least, Mr. Bashir turned to the west and started a genocide against the african tribes there infront of the whole world and we are still raising the question if he is a war criminal or not. What is going on here?

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.Currently Uganda holds the presidency of the UN security council.For certain, Bashir, would be a tricky visitor to Uganda because this will test our commitment to justice and peaceful resolutions of conflicts,yet also complying to the UN security resolutions and the ICC warrant to handover Bashir to the Hague Hall.

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Currently Uganda holds the presidency of the UN security council.For certain

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written by christian louboutin, July 06, 2010

Bashir that turning up for the Smart Partnership ugg bootsmeeting will without doubt result in arrest and handover to the ICC.
Over to you M7 ... like they say, it is "squeaky bum-time!"

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