I just found this post on the Amnesty International blog (Human Rights Now). It was published five days ago and talks about the possibility of justice, finally, in Darfur. In the upcoming weeks, the International Criminal Court (ICC) should indict Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. The writer, Denise Bell, warns however:
We need to be wary of using the possibility of International Criminal Court indictments as a carrot and stick in seeking to end the conflict in Darfur. Deferring the case of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir sets up a catastrophic precedent whereby politics dictates the course of justice. Amnesty International has advocated against such interference in the ICC from the court’s inception.
So, justice is more complicated than just handing over the indictment.... We knew that; it's just easier to get caught up in the fantasy that injustice might end. Bell's fear is that the ICC will recind the indictments if Bashir stops the killing. The post seems to raise the questions of what good is justice if the killing does not stop and what good is stopping the killing if there is no justice. Justice is important, she emphasizes, because the Darfuris, those directly affected by the six-year genocide, want it.
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