SALC welcomes Al-Bashir ruling
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The SA Litigation Centre (SALC) says today's appeals court ruling against government in the Omar al-Bashir matter upholds an important principle that South Africa had a domestic and international duty to arrest the Sudanese President.
The state this morning lost its appeal against a High Court ruling, that its failure to arrest al-Bashir was inconsistent with its constitutional duties.
Supreme Court of Appeal judge Carole Lewis said this failure to arrest al-Bashir when he was in South Africa last June, was inconsistent with the law and South Africa's obligations under the Rome Statue.
In June, SALC approached the courts for an order to force government to arrest al-Bashir in terms of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC wants to try al-Bashir for war crimes in Sudan's southern province of Darfur.
SALC's Angela Mudukuti welcomed the ruling.
The state this morning lost its appeal against a High Court ruling, that its failure to arrest al-Bashir was inconsistent with its constitutional duties.
Supreme Court of Appeal judge Carole Lewis said this failure to arrest al-Bashir when he was in South Africa last June, was inconsistent with the law and South Africa's obligations under the Rome Statue.
In June, SALC approached the courts for an order to force government to arrest al-Bashir in terms of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC wants to try al-Bashir for war crimes in Sudan's southern province of Darfur.
SALC's Angela Mudukuti welcomed the ruling.
