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Al Bashir and the international criminal court
21/01/2009 By Mohammed Kadry Said
In this article published in July 2008 in Nahdet Misr, Mohamed Kadry Said revises the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) throughout its history, as well as its role in the particular context of the indictment of Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir.
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Disagreeing with the Arab public opinion that was against the ICC’s decision because it was believed to be based on Western interests (mostly from the US), Kadry Said defends the “invasive” power of this institution that, thanks to the evolution of the international legal system, is capable of prosecuting and punishing those proven guilty based on the principles of justice.
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Keywords
Civil society Conflict resolution International Criminal Court International Criminal Justice North Africa SudanRelated publications
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Bio author: Mohammed Kadry Said
Mohammed Kadry Said is Military and Technology Advisor and Head of the Military Studies Unit of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS), Cairo, Egypt
