Al Bashir flees Nigeria after ICC petitions Nigeria as a state party to the Rome statue to arrest and hand him to ICC
Quote:Situation: Darfur, Sudan
Case: The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir
On 15 July 2013, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested the Federal Republic of Nigeria to immediately arrest Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, on visit to Abuja (Nigeria) and to surrender him to the ICC. Omar Al Bashir faces charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, allegedly committed in Darfur (Sudan).
The Chamber recalled that Nigeria is a State party to the Rome Statute since 2001, and has the obligation to execute the Court’s orders.
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