Sudan Cites US Example Why It Won't Comply With UN ICC

Charged with war crimes, Sudan says it doesn't have to recognize the jurisdiction of the UN's International Criminal Court, citing the US as an example.

Last week, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed charges for the first time against a sitting head of state, charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with three counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/14/europe/EU-War-Crimes-Sudan.php

Fareed Zakaria had Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations on his CNN show, GPS, to discuss the charges, which he called "a joke" and cited the U.S.' 2002 withdrawal from the ICC treaty as an example of why Sudan does not recognize the court's authority and will not cooperate with it: ZAKARIA: Will your government mount a defense in the International Criminal Court? MOHAMAD: We have no relation with the International Criminal Court. We don't recognize its authority. We are not going to cooperate with it. ZAKARIA: But of course, you know that other governments that did not recognize the Criminal Court were still forced to extradite their leaders. I'm thinking of Yugoslavia. MOHAMAD: No. I don't care about them. As far as we are concerned, we are not members. We have been told these days repeatedly that the ICC is an independent body. And so, OK, if it's an independent body, I am not a U.N. organ. We have full right to be part of it or not. And we choose not to be part of it, like the United States.
full transcript - http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0807/20/fzgps.01.html

Complicating the ICC's ability to pursue war crimes charges, as referenced in the interview by Sudan's UN ambassador, is President Bush's "unsigning" of the International Criminal Court treaty in 2002.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2002/05/06/usint3903.htm

Though President Bush has publicly denounced the killings in Sudan as genocide, the administration has soft-pedaled sanctions against the Sudanese government to preserve its extensive intelligence collaboration with Sudan, once a safe haven for bin Laden that has become a crossroads for Islamic militants making their way to Iraq and Pakistan.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/11/world/fg-ussudan11

The most major impediment to ending the genocide in Darfur has been China's longstanding diplomatic protection and economic support in return for its access to the 500,000 barrels of oil that Sudan produces daily.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/22/...

China, also not a signatory to the ICC treaty, was revealed in a report about a week ago by the BBC to be in violation of the UN arms embargo there through its export of weapons and training of fighter pilots.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7503428.stm

Supporters of Barack Obama who would like to see the United States reembrace the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty, thereby reaffirming its commitment to human rights, have created a group on the candidate's website, my.barackobama.com.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SupportersoftheInternationalCriminalCour

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[swordpeak]

one would think they talking about bush

[politiclips]

He was using Bush's 2002 "unsigning" of the ICC treaty as an example why Sudan considers the war crimes charges "a joke"

ZAKARIA: "Are you worried that men like yourself, who are defending the regime and defending its actions, could be charged with complicity for genocide?"

MOHAMAD: "This is absolutely a joke. What complicity you are talking about? If you want to address genocides, then you have to address situations in Iraq and Afghanistan and in Gaza."

[xMya121x]

WTF!! why dont they charge americas leaders who have killed the people of iraq!!!??????? WHY? :@ thats what makes me angry!!

if they want to take him from us they will need to get throught us true sudanese FIRST!!

ALLAHU AKBAR!!

[Metsada007]

Sudan is right, Sudan is one of the few countries resisting western imperialism. Every decent human in the world should support countries like Sudan against the West, which are the real criminals and terrorists and warmongers.

[mimi4eva2006]

LMA @ " I DONT CARE ABOUT THEM."

[MikeMagician12]

netanyahu bush bashir khadafi should all be sentenced for warcrimes

[MikeMagician12]

@southsudanvoice I agree with you my brother and im from the north

[MikeMagician12]

@xMya121x true sudanese ppl are against bashir cause he massacres his own ppl

[MikeMagician12]

@xMya121x Basheer kills his own ppl u stupid bitch he massacred ppl in al Gharb al shimal and al genoob and hes gonna get killed by his own people who are fed up

[RxOLLER]

OKambo show us your evidences and even if you have them Fuck you , you skipping all these criminals just because he says no to you

go for Ihod barak - olmert - natanyaho go to israel and charge anyone of them for the mass killing they commit in occupied Palestine next minute you get fired

go for Bush he killed millions in iraq and Afghanistan too

Where is the world ?? where is justice ??

[howzindahouse]

ICC is a bullshit court its a clearly funded ''organisation'' that has its hidden agendas. The fact that mayority of its warrants have been handed out in africa proves it still contains pre-colonialism ideas which the court upholds which was signed back in the 60s. As everyone said the usa and israel on here have not signed up to these court yet how many innocent lives have been taken under their unslaught of the middle east?.......

[aelbeshir]

The US, British and Israeli governments should be punished the MOST for what they did, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Palestine.

[willesnille]

@BiblesOnLine

The ICC have prosecuted the United States (USA vs. Nicaragua) and ruled against the US. It does not however have any military forces at its disposal to enforce its rulings.