Abstract
Nesrine Malik points in the wrong direction in arguing that charges of genocide embarrass the ICC more than they do Omar al-Bashir. The embarrassment here should come from those, such as Malik, who snidely downplay the level of war crimes committed in Darfur, who discuss genocide as if it is a cultural rather than political matter (does Malik seriously think genocide ever has anything to do with a country’s cultural traditions, as she says in defending Sudan?), or who naively give credence to predictable political push-back from Sudan and its allies. The ICC faces serious legal and political obstacles, some of its own making. These obstacles, however, must be faced and overcome, not used as an excuse to cripple the ICC.
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Chase, Anthony
(2010)
"Confronting the Politics and Law Behind Battles over the ICC’s Bashir Indictment,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 10:
Iss.
4, Article 3.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol10/iss4/3
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