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The International Criminal Court: Appeal of the Prosecutor Against the ‘‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest Against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Susana Sácouto
Susana Sácouto*
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American University, Washington College of Law
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International Legal Materials , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 922 - 933
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* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text available at the International Criminal Court website (visited May 26, 2010) http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc817795.pdf.

1 Prosecutor v. Al Bashir, Case No. ICC-02/05-01/09-2-Conf, Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest, ¶ 159 (Mar. 4 2009) [hereinafter Al Bashir Arrest Warrant PTC Decision].

2 Id. ¶ 8 (Ušacka, J., dissenting).

3 Id. ¶ 32.

4 Al Bashir Arrest Warrant PTC Decision, supra note 1, ¶ 33.

5 See Prosecutor v. Brdjanin, Case No. IT-99-36-T, Judgment, ¶ 704 (Sept. 1, 2004) (citing Prosecutor v. Stakic, Case No. IT-97-24-T, Judgment, ¶ 526 (July 31, 2003) (recognizing that in the absence of smoking gun evidence of intent, genocidal intent can be derived from circumstantial evidence, including pattern evidence of abuses against the protected group); see also Prosecutor v. Krstic, Case No. IT-98-33-A, Judgment, ¶¶ 33-34 (Apr. 19, 2004); Prosecutor v. Jelisic, Case No. IT-95-10-A, Judgment, ¶ 47 (July 5, 2001).

6 See War Crimes Research Office, Interlocutory Appellate Review of Early Decisions by the International Criminal Court (Jan. 2008)Google Scholar, available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/warcrimes/documents/01-2008InterlocutoryAppeals.pdf?rd=1.

7 Prosecutor v. Dyilo, Case No. ICC-01/04-01/06-2205, Judgment on the Appeals of Dyilo & the Prosecutor against the Decision of Trial Chamber I of July 14, 2009 (Dec. 8, 2009).

8 Id. ¶¶ 66-81.

9 Id. ¶ 94.

10 See ICC R. P. & Evid. 158 (‘‘An Appeals Chamber which considers an appeal . . . may confirm, reverse or amend the decision appealed’’).

1 ‘‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-2-Conf, 4 March 2009, para. 159 (emphasis added).

2 ‘‘Prosecutor’s Application under Article 58’’, ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp; ‘‘Corrigendum to Prosecution’s Application under Article 58 filed on 14 July 2008’’, ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp-Corr. A public redacted version was filed on 12 September 2009 under the number ICC-02/05-157-AnxA.

3. ICC-02/05-01/09-2-Conf A public redacted version was filed under the number ICC-02/05-01/09-3. In the present judgment, references are to the public redacted version.

4. Impugned Decision, p. 92.

5. Impugned Decision, para. 206.

6. ICC-02/05-01/09-12.

7. ICC-02/05-01/09-21.

8. Decision Granting Leave to Appeal, p. 10.

9. Decision Granting Leave to Appeal, p. 5.

10. ICC-02/05-01/09-22.

11. ‘‘Decision on the ‘Prosecution Request for an Extension of the Page Limit for its Document in Support of Appeal against the ‘‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-24.

12. MCC-02/05-01/09-25.

13. ‘‘Application under Rule 103 in respect of Prosecution Appeal against ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-27, registered on 21 July 2009.

14. ‘‘Prosecution’s Response to Application under Rule 103 in respect of Prosecution Appeal against ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-29, 11 August 2009. On 24 August 2009, the SWTUF and SIDG filed the ‘‘Application for Leave and Reply to the Prosecution’s Response to the Application under Rule 103 in respect of Prosecutions Appeal against ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-33.

15. ‘‘Decision on the Application of 20 July 2009 for Participation under Rule 103 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence and on the Application of 24 August 2009 for Leave to Reply’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-43.

16. ‘‘Reasons for ‘Decision on the Application of 20 July 2009 for Participation under Rule 103 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence and on the Application of 24 August 2009 for Leave to Reply’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-51.

17. ICC-02/05-01/09-44.

18. ‘‘Prosecution Response to Observations of Amicus Curiae in respect of the Prosecution’s Appeal against the ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-47.

19. ICC-02/05-01/09-35.

20. ‘‘Prosecution’s Response to Victims’ Request for Extension of Time and Observations on their Right to Participation in the Prosecution’s Appeal against the ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-39.

21. ICC-02/05-01/09-48.

22. See ‘‘Decision on Applications a/0011/06 to a/0013/06, a/0015/06 and a/0443/09 to a/0450/09 for Participation in the Proceedings at the Pre-Trial Stage of the Case’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-62, dated 10 December 2009 and registered on 15 December 2009.

23. ICC-02/05-01/09-65-Conf-Exp; a public redacted version was filed on the same day under the number ICC-02/05-01/09-65-Red.

24. ‘‘Order on the Filing of a Response to the ‘Second Request for Participation and Observations on the Prosecution’s Appeal against the Decision on the Application for a Warrant for the Arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-66.

25. ‘‘Prosecution Response to the Victims’ ‘Second Request for Participation and Observations on the Prosecution’s Appeal against the Decision on the Application for a Warrant for the Arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-68.

26. ‘‘Decision on the Second Application by Victims a/0443/09 to a/0450/09 to Participate in the Appeal against the ‘Decision on the Prosecution’s Application for a Warrant of Arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir’’’, ICC-02/05-01/09-70.

27. Impugned Decision, para. 147, (footnotes omitted).

28. Impugned Decision, paras 158-159 (footnotes omitted).

29. See Impugned Decision, paras 162-205.

30. Impugned Decision, para. 206.

31. ICC-02/05-01/09-3, pp. 96-146.

32. Dissenting Opinion, paras 7-10.

33. Dissenting Opinion, para. 31.

34. Dissenting Opinion, paras 32, 34.

35. Dissenting Opinion, para. 86.

36. Dissenting Opinion, para. 105.

37. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 19.

38. Document in Support of the Appeal, paras 20-21.

39. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 27.

40. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 29.

41. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 30,

42. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 30.

43. Document in Support of the Appeal, paras 32, 33

44. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 42.

45. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 38.

46. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 40.

47. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 41.

48. Document in Support of the Appeal, paras 44-45.

49. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 46.

50. Document in Support of the Appeal, paras 47-48.

51. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 49.

52. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 50.

53. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 53.

54. Document in Support of the Appeal, paras 55-61.

55. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 54.

56. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 64.

57. Observations, para. 4.

58. Observations, paras 8-9.

59. Observations, para. 10.

60. Observations, para. 11.

61. Observations, paras 16-17.

62. Observations, para. 19.

63. Observations, para. 20.

64. Observations, para. 23.

65. Observations, paras 27-29.

66. Observations, paras 33-48.

67. Observations, para. 30.

68. Observations, paras 49, 53.

69. Observations, para. 53.

70. Observations, paras 50, 53.

71. Observations, para. 51.

72. Response to Observations, para. 14.

73. Response to Observations, para. 15.

74. Response to Observations, para. 16.

75. Response to Observations, para. 18.

76. Response to Observations, para. 21.

77. Response to Observations, para. 34.

78. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 25.

79. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 26.

80. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 27.

81. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 30.

82. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 31.

83. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 32.

84. Second Victims’ Request for Participation, para. 34.

85. Prosecutor’s Response to Second Victims’ Request, para. 24.

86. Prosecutor’s Response to Second Victims’ Request, para. 25.

87. See Impugned Decision, para. 160.

88. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights), signed 4 November 1950, as amended by Protocol 11, entered into force 3 September 1953, 213 United Nations Treaty Series 2889.

89. European Court of Human Rights, Fox, Campbell and Hartley v. United Kingdom, ‘‘Judgment’’, Application no. 12244/86, 12245/86, 12383/86, 30 August 1990, para. 32 (emphasis added).

90. Impugned Decision, para. 158.

91. Impugned Decision, para. 159 (emphasis added).

92. Emphasis added.

93. Impugned Decision, para. 204.

94. Impugned Decision, para. 205 (emphasis added).

95. Impugned Decision, para. 206.

96. See for e.g.. Impugned Decision, paras 155-157.

97. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 65.

98. Document in Support of the Appeal, para. 65.