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Sending Bashir to The Hague Would Aid Sudan’s Progress

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The question of whether and how to execute outstanding warrants against Bashir and others is a defining issue for Sudan’s nascent political settlement.

The demand for justice was a major driver of the December 2018 Sudanese revolution that saw former President Omar al-Bashir removed after almost three decades in power, and ensuring accountability is now one of the biggest challenges facing the transitional government which replaced him.

Atrocities committed under the Bashir regime are already well documented, such as the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, and Blue Nile.

The Darfur situation was referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the UN Security Council back in 2005, and arrest warrants were issued against Bashir and four others. One of them, Ali Kushayb, surrendered in 2020 and is now in The Hague but the others have not yet been handed over to the ICC despite three being in government custody.

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