Will the courts arrest Sudan's Beshir for war crimes in Darfur

Which courts? The Hague?

Hi curios,

I just heard about this in the news. This is a good question.

You could have worked it out a little better, though, so a user can tell what it's all about just at a glance.

Some suggestions:

Do a good question title: "the courts" in this case is quite ambiguous. Use the name of the court in question.

Do some background text (just copy/paste from a news source, with link to original article, you don't have to write it yourself), like:

"International Criminal Court prosecutors will seek the arrest of Sudan President Omar al-Beshir for genocide in Darfur (...) It would mark the first-ever bid by the ICC, based in The Hague, to charge a sitting head of state."
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIxIo1qchLVoXw3eRs7XVu-PNONA

Good news source for such articles is http://news.google.com

Add some relevant tags to the question.
Really, "crime" ain't specific enough in this case. "beshir", would suffice, I think.

But: The question is correct as it is. No worries about that. And it is an important question, like I said, because it covers an important topic.

Thanks for creating those questions, curios!

I approve of what I believe this question means, but I think the use of arrest in the question makes it unable to be settled. @curios I appreciate that your HD question seeks to draw attention to the genocide in Darfur, but I'm not sure "arrest" is operative in this case. Sudan rejects the court's jurisdiction (as does the US). This from FoxNews "The head of Sudan's Bar Association and ruling party stalwart, Fathi Khalil told The Associated Press that Sudan was not a member of the International Criminal Court and was not bound by Moreno-Ocampo's decision.", and this, "... but al-Bashir is unlikely to be sent to The Hague any time soon. Sudan rejects the court's jurisdiction ...".

Also, given Sudan's rejection of the ICC the initial odds are probably off. If this question gets voided, I encourage you to resubmit it with more accurate odds and a question more of the form, "Will Omar al-Bashir be brought to justice by the International Criminal Court for the Genocide in Darfur?"

I'm flagging to the CatEd, but not suspending it.

Regards,
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@kruijis and anaverageamerican i really do appreciate your help in forming questions although i joined in Jan i think i have only been on here since late April and have only trying to create questions about a fortnight or so thank you both

you're welcome ;-)



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