Al-Bashir and the ICC - Tag, Hide-and-Seek ... or Rather Blind Man´s Bluff?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Al-Bashir and the ICC - Tag, Hide-and-Seek ... or Rather Blind Man´s Bluff?

Original language description

Prosecution of incumbent Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir before the International Criminal Court (ICC) has become subject of much controversies and attracted considerable attention in theory of international criminal law. Without any exaggeration, it is a touchstone of effectiveness of the ICC as such. The contribution analyzes challenges and consequences arising out from arrest and surrender of Al-Bashir to the ICC. Famous metaphor describes international criminal tribunals as giants without arms and legs which are entirely dependent on the cooperation provided by the States or international organizations. The ICC is not an exception. Despite considerable effort to arrest Al-Bashir, the simple fact remains that he is still at large. Only between 2015 and 2017 the ICC issued 18 (judicial) decisions concerning arrest and surrender of Al-Bashir which were addressed both to State Parties and non-State Parties to the ICC Statute. The crucial issue here at stake is whether the ICC may demand arrest and surrender of serving Head of State coming from a State which is not State Party to the Rome Statute. This question incorporates two aspects which have been used by States as arguments explaining impossibility to enforce decisions issued by the ICC: (a) personal immunity of Head of State and (b) execution of an order to arrest and surrender Head of State. The contribution analyzes existing case-law and advocates conclusion that the ICC cannot exercise jurisdiction over the sitting Head of State coming from the third States. The effort of the ICC to capture Al-Bashir reminds tag game, hide-and-seek or blind man&apos;s bluff, unfortunately with scarf on the ICC&apos;s eyes.

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

The Rome Statute of the ICC at Its Twentieth Anniversary (Achievements and Perspectives)

ISBN

978-90-04-38755-3

Number of pages of the result

14

Pages from-to

177-190

Number of pages of the book

252

Publisher name

Brill Academic Publishers

Place of publication

Leiden

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