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Sudan to refute ICC accusations with legal defenses
(Xinhua) -- A senior Sudanese official said here his country is seeking for legal defenses to refute International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor's call to arrest Sudanese president over alleged war crimes, the Egyptian state MENA news agency reported on Sunday. Sudan is consulting Arab legal experts in this regard, Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Salman al-Wasilla said at a seminar in Cairo. Describing the ICC prosecutor's decision as "faulty," Wasilla said an Arab lawyers' delegation would visit Sudan to offer legal assistance to face the ICC allegations. According to earlier reports, a delegation of the Arab Lawyers Union will arrive in Khartoum on July 21. The Arab lawyers will meet Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and attend an emergency meeting to lay down a legal mechanism to deal with the ICC prosecutor's accusations. On Monday, the Hague-based ICC's Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo formally requested an arrest warrant against al-Bashir for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Sudan, which is not a member of the ICC, has rejected the ICC allegations, dismissing them as "null and false" and maintaining the ICC has no jurisdiction over Sudan. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-21 |
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