By Cliff Stricklin The world's most dire humanitarian situation worsened last week when a prosecutor from the International Criminal Court presented an

By Howard Lesser Demonstrators continued to rally in the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum Tuesday against plans by the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Last Monday, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, made history by charging the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan el-Bashir, with genocide in Darfur.
Several commentators in America and Europe have questioned the wisdom of the court, an independent entity based in the Hague, Netherlands, that was established by an international treaty in 2002.
of el-Bashir lends them hope and a sense of worth, satisfaction and a sense of being recognized by the world as victims of genocide. Their welcome of the indictment demonstrates their willingness to endure further privation, threat and uncertainty if it is accompanied by the prospect of bringing the perpetrators to justice.

NAIROBI (AFP) - Sudan on Tuesday warned that peacekeeping in the troubled Darfur region would suffer if the International Criminal Court indicted President Omar al-Beshir for war crimes and genocide.
Sudan would not accept the presence of a peacekeeping force on standy-by in Darfur to arrest the president when he visited the region, presidential advisor Bonal Malual told reporters.
could include denying or withdrawing visa for foreign nationals in Darfur to enable the the government to enforce security there.

The drama that has unfolded in the past few days in the name of the "International Criminal Court" has baffled many observers.
This phenomenon, which can only be interpreted as an "insult", is a manifestation of the harassment that has been accumulating.
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NAIROBI, July 22 (Xinhua) - The Sudanese government vowed on Tuesday to protect its sovereignty, reiterating that indictment of President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will jeopardize the entire peace in Africa's largest country.
Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Bona Malwal also maintained that Khartoum will not surrender any Sudanese citizen to a court outside Sudan, stressing that doing so "surrendering Sudan's sovereignty to foreigners."
id the Sudanese are ready to defend themselves, their land, and won't give in to any type of political blackmail.